Location: London
New owners of Sotheby’s franchise unveil ambitious expansion plans
It sounds like the new owners of the British arm of Sotheby's International Realty have some pretty big plans for the high-end estate agency.
‘Legal battle’ over US Embassy redevelopment
Tempers appear to be fraying in Grosvenor Square over the redevelopment of the US Embassy building, or rather the lack of it...
Developers partner up on £400m Islington scheme
Sager and Cain Hoy have just signed a joint venture agreement to develop a £400m scheme in the middle of happening Islington.
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INTERVIEW: Ben & Nick Wilson of ResidenceOne on starting a prime resi development business
With two significant projects currently launching in Belgravia - including a per square foot record-breaker - and a rapidly burgeoning super-prime pipeline, brothers Ben and Nick Wilson may be new…
The £1m Creep: Mapping the evolution of prime London
Savills has mapped the expansion of prime London from 2003 to 2018, tracking the number of £1m+ sales across the capital. Sophie Chick walks us through the changing face of the six-figure city.
Great Portland posts speedy sales at Rathbone Square
Great Portland Estates has offloaded 125 of the 142 private residential units in its Rathbone Square development on the old Royal Mail site off Oxford Street.
Cordea Savills widens London resi development fund zone
Investment manager Cordea Savills has broadened the remit of its London residential development fund, to look at "select locations" across Greater London rather than maintaining the prime central focus…
Product Basement: The Ladbroke Road project with big plans
A rare development opportunity on one of Notting Hill's best streets has just come up for sale, complete with permission for a double-storey basement extension. Got to be worth a look...
MMR plus ‘acute’ conveyancer shortage slowing transactions by up to a month – RICS
We're seeing a return to a 'less volatile' market, according to the monthly collective finger in the air by RICS surveyors.
£8m investment fuels Canburg’s global interiors ambition
Canburg, the owner of high-end interiors brands Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture, has netted an £8m capital investment from the Business Growth Fund to "accelerate its UK and international…
Prime Property of the Week: Elsworthy Winner
Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill
£19.85m
Special Relationship: Knight Frank teams up with top US brokerage
Anglo-American relations have taken a big step forward - in the resi property world at least - with the formation of a 'strategic alliance' between Knight Frank and US brokerage Douglas Elliman.