Location: Prime Central London

Great Portland Estates has reported shifting over £223m worth of units at its Rathbone Square scheme in W1.

So many features that we normally associate with the inside of a property are now finding their way outside.

A firm has been explaining how an ancient newspaper found under the floorboards of a gut job on Sloane Square inspired a meticulous Art Nouveau and Art Deco restoration.

Heaton & Partners, the top-end consultancy set up two years ago by former Property Vision man Ed Heaton, has poached a key member of Strutt & Parker's buying team.

Tom Grogan and Kouros Golestaneh's resi design and development outfit LUTTI - which scored backing to the tune of £50m from Halkin Investments last year - has made a chunky acquisition on Great Portland…

Triangle has strengthened its London-based team by hiring a new Head of Asset Management, just a few weeks after snapping up the New Oxford Street Estate for £15.75m. The New Oxford Street Estate

The start of the Chelsea Flower Show tomorrow has prompted some timely workings on the value of outside space from Marsh & Parsons.

It sounds like a chunky deal may have just gone through on Mayfair's Mount Street.

British Land has reported an "excellent" year for the resi side of the business, despite the pre-election heebie-jeebies. Clarges Mayfair on Piccadilly

Property prices in prime central London nudged up by 0.3% in April, says Knight Frank, to take the annual rate of growth at a five-year low of +2.8%.

Turns out there were some serious buyers around last month after all. One of the biggest deals to ever go down in W11 completed just a few weeks before the General Election, PrimeResi has learned.

Some councils in London are turning down nearly two thirds of the planning applications they receive, according to a review of all the proposals submitted over the last 12 months.