Location: United Kingdom

Westminster Council has granted planning for an eight-storey resi scheme at 4-16 Artillery Row, Victoria.

After an invigorating tour of India, doer upper Alan Page's triumphant London return takes a turn as he risks losing a chunk of the margin on his first SW3 renovation project, and weighs the relative merits…

Songbird Estates, the owner of 69% of Canary Wharf Group, has indicated that up to a third of its new developments will be residential, despite being known as principally commercial titan.

Hamptons International's shiny new Amersham branch, which opened its doors last week, is inviting in the neighbourhood for a launch party complete with strolling jazz band and facepaint.

Luxury London property developer Londonewcastle has been appointed as development manager on The Third Quarter's latest acquisition on the South Bank.

An independent review of architecture and the built environment has been launched by the Culture and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey today.

** UPDATE: The City of London Planning Committee granted full permission for Sugar Quay today **

Is this the perfect West Country manor house?  Midelney Place, Somerset £2,950,000 

James Raynor has been called up to take over as Chief Executive of Grosvenor Fund Management, which has around £5bn under management.

The transformation of 5.5 acres of land by Victoria Station - billed as "the capital's most exciting master-planned mixed use scheme in decades" - looks to be gathering pace.

Forget hi-falutin adjectives and swathes of superlatives;

Hurford Salvi Carr has decided to scale-up their AST Management team and bring it back to Central London. Natalie Doyle will be the new face in charge of things.