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Against The Grain: Could this be London’s first timber skyscraper?
Researchers at Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture are working with PLP Architecture and engineers Smith and Wallwork on the future development of tall timber buildings in central London.
New York has it right on property market transparency – Khan
Labour mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan has called for New York-style transparency on all property transactions in London
Is this the world’s grandest agency office?
If we're talking impressive bureaus, few will be able to compete with Engel & Völkers' new 15th century digs on the Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Rome.
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Opening Night: Shoreditch Stage breaks City launch sales records
Galliard's £750m resi development on the site of William Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch - The Stage - has opened with a pretty rapturous first night performance, with £60m-worth of flats bei…
Why the Panama Papers’ legacy of tax avoidance began with Blair & Brown
Morality aside, who can blame the world's super-rich from heading to London and taking advantage of legal tax efficiencies, asks William Cash
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 …
At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow (exhibition)
The Royal Institute of British Architects and BBC Four have teamed up to create a new exhibition - At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow - which re-examines how we live and showcases thought-provoking id…
Government plans to ‘lift the veil’ on foreign companies buying UK real estate
In June, the UK will become the first G20 country to set up a publicly accessible central registry showing who really owns and controls companies. It
London & New York compete for UAE HNWI private capital
Big-spending high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UAE currently see London as the top global destination for real estate investment, according to new findings from Cluttons and YouGov.
38 step up to director level at Savills
Savills has announced a raft of promotions, including 38 fee earners to director across the UK business.
Luxury rents slip across prime global cities
Rents in prime cities around the world fell by an average of 1.1% in 2015 - a pretty significant contrast to the 2.5% growth posted in 2014.
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Ultra-modern Cheyne Walk townhouse up for £5m
A cutting-edge Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios project has hit the market on Chelsea's historic Cheyne Walk.