Location: London
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…
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.
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.
RBKC mulls futuristic mansion block extension scheme
Plans to extend a classic Victorian mansion block have caused a right kerfuffle in the Royal Borough.
Urban land values outperform in multi-speed market
The UK is seeing a highly regionalised housing market reflected in a multi-speed development land market, with urban brownfield sites powering ahead of greenfield and PCL.
House prices have risen by 47,000% during the Queen’s lifetime
To mark and show respect for Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday on 21st April, estate agency Jackson-Stops & Staff has worked out that house prices have risen by 47,000% during her lifetime.
Strutt & Parker to open up in South Ken as expansion continues
Strutt & Parker has decided to open up a branch in swanky South Kensington.
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.
Sourcing Property launches block management service
Jo Eccles' Chelsea-based search agency Sourcing Property has debuted a new block management service, recruiting KFH's Stephen Britton to head things up.
INTERVIEW: Alex de Blonay of Pure DNA on building luxury property brands
Former Head of Branding at Candy & Candy talks to PrimeResi about what makes a great premium brand
Knight Frank reissues resi forecasts; splits PCL into East and West
Knight Frank has taken another look at its predictions (the last review was in November), adding in a few "new challenges" now faced by the UK market.
Northacre to sponsor the Serpentine’s Summer House exhibition
After branding up the V&A's "What is Luxury?