Location: London
Pidgley’s £18.75m pre-election equity cash in
Berkeley Group's bosses quietly cashed in £25m-worth of shares just before the election, with Tony Pidgley taking home £18.75m.
Shares were sold by the two Berkley bosses for £25 a-pop on 28th April;
Galliard swoops on Chiswick Octopus site with new residential designs
Galliard Homes, Cain Hoy and ARV Investments have paid over £15m to buy up the half acre "London Octopus" site near the Chiswick Roundabout in Hounslow, with ideas to create a residential-led development.
Pricing the Unpriceable: How to value international trophy homes
Redefining the pinnacle of residential real estate is a lofty task, notes Christie’s International Real Estate.
Prime Property of the Week: Brick Bait
Ovington Square
£9.7m (OIEO)
Remember that Hans Place house that grabbed loads of headlines (including ours) for being the most expensive online-only instruction ever at £15.5m last year?
North London agents team up to launch new firm
There's a new name on the NW London scene.
Former Goldschmidt & Howland Associate Director Lee Cash has just launched his own West Hampstead-based agency, Oakhill Residential.
New estate management head for Chestertons
Sales and lettings agency Chestertons has recruited Greg Campbell to direct its burgeoning estate management business.
How to tackle London’s housing shortage? Ideas wanted…
The Mayor of London and New London Architecture are asking around for ideas on how to tackle the ongoing demands of London's housing shortage.
Fenton Whelan hires top interior designer as Creative Director
Georgina Wood will be in charge of coming up with "opulent" and "timeless" interiors across the firm's £500m portfolio of PCL projects
Abu Dhabi picks Northacre to deliver New Scotland Yard scheme
Abu Dhabi-owned BL Development has awarded Northacre the Development Management gig to deliver the landmark 10 Broadway development in Victoria, SW1.
Geography Lesson: Redrawing the property market map
"Many local markets actually have a stronger correlation with a region other than the one in which they are physically located," says Savills' Neal Hudson, as he re-draws the UK property market map.
Crown Estate marks Dukes Court as next stage of St James’s overhaul
The Crown Estate has mooted Dukes Court, a commercial block on the corner of Duke Street St James’s and Jermyn Street, as its next big play in the £500m redevelopment of the St James’s area in central…
Don’t Miss: LFA Open Studios – MSMR Architects
Our pick of the many highlights of this year's London Festival of Architecture has to be a look behind the scenes of one of the capital's top architecture practices.