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Chiswick High Road ‘transformation’ okayed
A plan to regenerate "a substantial section of Chiswick High Road and underutilised sites along Essex Place" with a snazzy-looking resi and mixed scheme has been given the green light by Hounslow's planners
New consortium enters race for Hyde Park Barracks
The battle for Hyde Park Barracks just got even tastier, with reports of new Middle Eastern-backed consortium entering the fray.
Fringe Benefits: Emerging Prime London outperforms Prime for third year running
Emerging Prime areas in SW London continue to drive some of the best returns on investment, according to Douglas & Gordon, outstripping PCL for the third year on the bounce.
Talk: The Georgian Architecture of Somerset
The honey-hued period architecture of Somerset will take centre stage at The Georgian Group's HQ on Fitzroy Square later this month.
London homeowners expect prices to rise by 9% in the next six months – Zoopla
It turns out that homeowners are a tad more bullish than most paid property pundits: Zoopla's latest sentiment survey estimates that people across the country think the value of their homes will rise by…
The Collection boosts property management arm
Boutique property buying/property management outfit The Collection LLP has hired Barbara Malcolm as Property Manager, in charge of the firm's burgeoning PCL portfolio.
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Westminster spoils Qataris ‘Regent’s Park Palace’ plans
A planning officer from Westminster Council has put the kibosh on the Qatari royal family's efforts to create a 33,000 square foot mansion in Regent's Park.
Wandsworth literary landmark to turn over a new leaf
The Malins Group, the developer behind 2013's Apple Apartments scheme on Baker Street, has lined up another cultural landmark for a prime resi conversion.
Billionaire H&M boss wins Battle of Ramsbury
The Battle of Ramsbury is over; the boss of fashion giant H&M has won permission to build a sprawling country mansion in Wiltshire, despite the protestations of his similarly powerful neighbour, property ty…
New English Heritage charity announces first Chief Exec
The new English Heritage - the current version splits in two in April to become Historic England (a government service) and English Heritage (a charity) - has announced it's first Chief Executive
Southbank’s Palace View site comes to market
A few days after Alchemi announced the sale of its 300,000 square foot scheme in Victoria, another prominent development site has just hit the market in the capital, this time on the Southbank.
Favourable policies boost China’s luxury resi market
Mainland China's luxury resi market is set to experience another wave of increases in terms of both prices and sales volumes in 2015, Knight Frank has said