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Patrizia appoints UK resi specialist
German fund manager Patrizia Immobilien AG has significantly bolstered its resi investment and asset management capabilities in the UK, by appointing former CBRE and Grainger big-hitter Andrew Pratt.
The Art of Space
How does a developer successfully choose, commission and install artwork? Can the right pieces significantly enhance saleability? What are the tangible benefits for the wider art scene?
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.
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.
Vizzihome shacks up with Zoopla
Zoopla Property Group has bought-up property data company Vizzihome for an as yet undisclosed sum...
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,…
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.
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.
London still needs Singapore buyers
Property developers from London still need buyers from Southeast Asia, says PropertyGuru's Andrew Batt from Singapore, despite a notable increase in the number of British buyers who have returned to the…
Lettings Agency of the Year 2013: The Winners
Filling Sir Matthew Pinsent's super-human-sized shoes, the Apprentice's Karren Brady was the celebrity of choice to grace this year's Lettings Agency of the Year Awards, held at The Lancaster Hotel this…
Savills goes cross-country for charity
An intrepid team from Savills is limbering up for an epic expedition from Land’s End to John O’Groats next week, all in the name of promoting the joys of our countryside to the younger generation.
MCIFA strengthens Family Office Division
London-based HNW property finance specialist, MCIFA, has appointed Mariel Maretti to head up its Family Office Division.