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Grosvenor reshuffles its top table
Grosvenor Group is moving the chairs around its top table, creating a new Group Chief Exec role and promoting two, all with effect from 1st January 2017.
AccorHotels acquires luxury serviced home firm onefinestay for £117m
International hotel operator AccorHotels has bought onefinestay - a high-end and fully-serviced London-based version of Airbnb - for £117m, with big plans to roll out the rental business in more locations…
Wolf Curbs: Why ‘bonus season’ has disappeared from prime central London
Fundamental changes in the financial sector have put pay to the pick-up in activity traditionally seen during the first two months of the year from bankers, notes Knight Frank...
Cain Hoy completes on landmark South Audley Street acquisition
Developer Cain Hoy has finalised its purchase of a significant chunk of Mayfair's South Audley Street.
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Flood Re opens for business with £2.1bn cover
The scheme, which aims to spread the cost of flood damage by imposing a £180m levy on the insurance industry, is now accepting policies from insurers.
Prime central London gets a spring in its step as sales volumes rise
A 'sense of impetus' was noted in the prime central London market last month, with the first rise in transaction volumes recorded this year.
Howard Kennedy resi head joins Winckworth Sherwood
Law firm Winckworth Sherwood has bolstered its residential sales team with the hire of Jodie Campbell as partner.
£1.4bn merger creates ‘a new force’ in UK resi investment
Qatari Diar, APG and Delancey have pooled resources to create a gigantor for the Private Rented Sector with ambitions "to become the leading player in the delivery of professionally managed homes in London…
Goldsmith v Khan: London’s leading mayoral candidates’ housing policies head-to-head
With one month to go until polling day, there's still clear water between the leading pair of candidates – Conservative Zac Goldsmith and Labour's Sadiq Khan – and the rest of the Mayoral hopeful pack…
Luxury hotel plans revealed for US Embassy building on Grosvenor Square
Plans to turn the US Embassy on Mayfair's Grosvenor Square into a five-star hotel and spa, six shops and five restaurants have been revealed.
New St James’s HQ for the Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is moving its London operations to a new base in St James's.
Strutt & Parker to open up in South Ken as expansion continues
Strutt & Parker has decided to open up a branch in swanky South Kensington.