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New £250m office-to-resi scheme on London’s South Bank?
A prominent building on the South Bank could be about to undergo a blockbusting office-to-resi makeover.
According to reports out today, Singapore-based Ho Bee Investments Ltd.
Hey Big Earner: £1m+ salaries on the rise
The number of British taxpayers earning more than a million pounds a year has almost doubled over the last 24 months, according to new stats from HMRC, while the number of UK ultra-high net worth (UHNW) households…
CPC rolls into retail finance
Christian Candy’s CPC Group is expanding its Omni Capital financial services brand into the retail sector, acquiring point-of-sale credit facilities provider Logical Finance.
PCL sales prices carry on up as rental market shows life
Prime central London house prices are now 58% above their 2009 low, having risen by 7.2% over the last 12 months, according to the latest from Knight Frank.
UK property over-priced by 31% – OECD
House prices in the UK are 31% too high in relation to rents and over-priced by 21% compared to incomes, according to research by the OECD.
The Law Review: Judicial reviews, squatters, office-to-resi and social media
Mishcon de Reya's Real Estate team gives the skinny on the latest machinations in property law, including office-to-resi permitted development rights, changes to the judicial review system, squatters,…
Candy wins office-to-resi approval in Westminster
Christian Candy's CPC Group has got the nod for a 31-unit residential development at 26 Chapter Street, SW1.
Vizzihome shacks up with Zoopla
Zoopla Property Group has bought-up property data company Vizzihome for an as yet undisclosed sum...
Royal Albert Docks to become a £1bn “gateway for Asian and Chinese business”
The Royal Albert Docks are to be turned into London's third financial district by Chinese developer ABP, working with UK developer Stanhope and architects/masterplanners Farrells.
Office to resi rules in play from today
New permitted development rights that allow the conversion of unused office space into residential use come into force today, although 17 local authorities, including swathes of London, are exempt from…
Stanhope and BBC submit TV Centre plans
Stanhope and the BBC have just submitted their planning application to turn West London's Television Centre into a 14-acre mixed use development with around 1,000 residential units.
Primelocation.com lords it up with cricket sponsorship deal
With a comprehensive drubbing of New Zealand in the bag and and a rip-roaring Ashes series in the offing, hopes are unnaturally high for some English success on the cricket field this summer.