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Qatari-financed bank backs central London resi fund
Residential fund/asset manager London Central Portfolio (LCP) has teamed up with the Qatari-backed Al Rayan Bank, which opened a flagship branch in Knightsbridge last year, to finance its latest Sharia-compliant…
PCL price growth continues to slow as prime country values edge up
Price growth continued to decelerate in prime central London last month and venerable areas like Notting Hill, Knightsbridge and South Ken are now lagging well behind the young upstarts to their…
Developer uses super-prime resi fit-out to create its HQ in ‘London’s most luxurious boutique office building’
Enstar Capital - which recently sold out its boutique apartment scheme in Covent Garden - has put a some of its luxury residential experience into its own home: a new office development in Mayfair,…
TfL to release 300 acres across London to build 10,000 new homes
Transport for London has announced that it will release more than 300 acres of land - two-thirds of which is in Zones 1 and 2 - to help create more than 10,000 new homes across London.
Shard developer unveils £1bn plan to transform Paddington
Sellar Property Group has pulled back the covers on plans to turn the former Royal Mail sorting office next to Paddington Station into west London's tallest skyscraper, kickstarting a £1bn makeover…
Crown Estate rejigs business and executive structure
There's been a major restructuring of the Crown Estate's leadership, with some new faces and roles added to the team sheet.
Terence Donovan’s Mayfair mews with a Bond-Candy makeover hits the market for £18m
Candy & Candy's "Bond-inspired" Mayfair mews project, which used to be owned by fashion photography royalty Terence Donovan, has hit the market with an £18m asking price.
Agency reveals most popular (and outlandish) buyer requests
London-based estate agency Marsh & Parsons has been spilling the beans on some of the more outlandish requests fielded by the firm's sales and lettings offices across the capital.
Wealth management guru joins RFR
Lord North Street co-founder William Drake joins the Chelsea-based team
City of London embarks on biggest house-building programme since the Barbican
The City of London Corporation, local authority for the Square Mile, has decided to build 3,700 new homes by 2025, in what will be the biggest house-building programme since the completion of the Barbican…
Westminster sees highest rent increases; K&C is the most expensive
Average rents for private properties increased faster in Westminster than anywhere else in England in 2014, rising by 28.4%.
87% of English countries saw rents rise; 13% saw drops.
Manhattan developer offers private jet service to residents
Fisher Brothers, Witkoff and New Valley, the developers of 111 Murray Street, a 157-unit 800-foot high tower in TriBeCa, NY, have signed a "first-of-its-kind partnership" with a luxury jet broker.