£25m price tag for Artemis Onassis’ former residence on Grosvenor Square
Mega-lateral with 63-foot balcony up for sale for the first time in 28 years; luxury makeover could potentially deliver a £5m uplift, suggests agent
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Touring Twenty Grosvenor Square, Four Seasons’ first standalone residences
Finchatton’s landmark Mayfair play – the conversion of the former US Naval European Headquarters on Grosvenor Square – is ready for inspection by the world’s elite buyers…
Sales success for City & Docklands in Midtown
The developer is one away from a sell-out at its boutique Halsey House scheme on Red Lion Square
Real Business: How I went back to basics to build a successful property agency
After two decades in the corporate world, PCL agent Harry Wigram took the plunge and launched his own consultancy earlier this year – amid some seriously challenging market conditions. Here, he talks us through his first six months, explaining how some early goodwill helped dispel any anxieties about going it alone…
Cadogan & RBKC unveil £40m plan to revamp Sloane Street
John McAslan + Partners commissioned to redesign one of PCL’s most famous thoroughfares as an ‘elegant green boulevard’, with planting by Chelsea Flower Show winner Andy Sturgeon
Redevelopment of grand Piccadilly block approved
AHMM-designed reworking of Nuffield House and Pegasus House will deliver a handful of resi apartments, along with office, retail and restaurant space
PCL’s higher price ranges holding up as sub-£2m market suffers
Knight Frank flags up the differing fortunes of the £10m-plus and sub-£2m brackets in the capital’s prime postcodes
Belgravia sprouts ‘world-first’ green lamp posts
Grosvenor has pimped hanging baskets to create mini solar-powered vertical gardens along Ebury Street
Infography: PCL property has outperformed other assets over the last 30 years
A £100 investment in PCL property in 1989 would now be worth £575, according to Knight Frank’s sums, while the same stake in the FTSE 100 or Gold would be worth £351 and £338 respectively
In Pictures: Martin’s mixed-use transformation of Islington’s Old Sorting House
Martin’s Properties has converted a former Royal Mail building in N1 into high-spec office space plus two apartments
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Notable sales were recorded by the Land Registry at Holland Park Villas, One Blackfriars and in Regent’s Park in May, while the total number of registrations rose significantly on the previous month
Market Snapshot: Belgravia bears up amid Brexit challenges
Buyers baulking at the prices in Mayfair and Knightsbridge are seeing a ‘good value proposition’ in neighbouring Belgravia, reports longstanding local agency Best Gapp, with some notable short-lease activity…
