Investment firm swoops on Bond Street Station mixed-use site
Hines has acquired a prime block on Oxford Street, opposite Bond Street station, with plans for a residential and retail development
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Lodha UK goes it alone as Indian parent company gears up for IPO
Mumbai-based mega-developer to concentrate efforts on its business in India ahead of a planned public listing; reports suggest c.£470m could be raised from the sale of Prime Central London assets
Almacantar pushes on with sales at Centre Point follow-up
Developer rolls out Farrells-designed boutique scheme on Edgware Road, after standing down sales agencies at its flagship Centre Point project
Almacantar puts Centre Point sales on ice as uncertainty grips the market
Resi sales agents CBRE & Knight Frank ‘stood down’ at landmark West End scheme as developer ‘sees no point in chasing a market that is increasingly detached from reality’
Firmdale Hotels wins approval for mixed-use development in Soho
Luxury hotel operator ditches plans for a remarkable resi scheme – featuring a quadruplex “Skyhouse” – in favour of office space plus two apartments next to the Soho Hotel
Merchant Land reinvents trio of historic Fitzrovia townhouses
Boutique developer unveils new Studio Downie-designed project in the Charlotte Street Conservation Area
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway enters London’s estate agency market with Kay & Co franchise deal
Sage of Omaha’s investment vehicle strikes franchise deal with west London-based boutique firm; plans to roll out ‘up to ten’ more offices in PCL under the BH brand via acquisitions and JVs
In Pictures: Almacantar completes epic Centre Point transformation
How the ultimate office-to-resi conversion scheme revived one of London’s original skyscrapers
Titanic penthouse relaunched after 35% price cut
Marquee unit at Misland’s Oceanic House scheme off Trafalgar Square now asking under £3,000 psf after £8.75m drop
Work begins on Crown Estate’s new resi-led scheme on Regent Street
MSMR’s reworking of the Grade II listed Morley House is delivering 44 new apartments for the rental market
Grosvenor reveals plans for ‘South Molton Triangle’ makeover
‘Early stage’ proposals aim to better manage pedestrian routes as the new Bond Street Crossrail station opens
Carter Jonas doubles size of UK HQ
“Step-change” in business strategy producing results for national agency