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Fenton Whelan buys Royal Bayswater Hotel for resi conversion
Fenton Whelan’s Aurium Fund, which invests in ultra-prime London property, has acquired the Royal Bayswater Hotel on the Bayswater Road with plans in place for a residential-led development.
Savills announces ‘important’ new venture in Jakarta
After completing a raft of international tie-ups and openings already this year, Savills has just launched a new office in Indonesia.
CBRE strengthens resi development team
CBRE has bolstered its development advisory capability by bagging a top name from British Land.
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Scaling Up: How to turn staircases into selling features
Following step changes in design, technology and fire safety, the simple staircase can now be elevated into something surprising, inspired and beautiful, says Sheila McCusker...
Candy GPS #4: Where would you spend $10m?
Candy & Candy rounds off its latest GPS Report by asking its panel of experts which emerging or second tier city they would choose and why... Here's what they said.
£10,000 psf? Seems reasonable…
How to get Abingdon Road prices up to One Hyde Park levels? All it'll take is a bit of canny marketing and a squaddie to hold open the door. Probably, says doer upper Alan Page.
Millgate buys Berkshire estate for resi conversion and new ‘discreet country mansions’
Developer Millgate (which merged with Essex-born construction form Countryside earlier this year) has bought the rather magnificent Woolley Hall and Wolley Grange in Berkshire, with plans to convert the…
Battersea Power Station mania continues
With the last of Elton John's chords still ringing out, it's been revealed that 95% of the latest phase of units released at Battersea Power Station have already been snapped up in an "unprecedented"…
Planners give nod to Lodha’s second major London play
Lodha's £90m plans for the resi conversion of the old London School of Business and Finance’s Holborn campus have been approved by Westminster Council.
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Sales rise but new stock drops for fourth month in a row
The latest numbers from the RICS show that demand continued to grow in April, with the number of homes sold per chartered surveyor hitting its highest level since February 2008, while the supply of new…
Westminster Labour pledges to ‘outlaw’ mega-basements & tighten affordable housing rules
Labour Councillors in Westminster have come out swinging ahead of this month's local elections, claiming that the Conservatives are "killing" its communities by granting planning for "huge numbers of luxury…