'Product has overtaken location as the driver for PCL buyers': Northacre's Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro on London's shifting luxury property market
“With little to no large sites left in the Capital many PCL developers will shift to boutique development,” writes the CEO of leading luxury property developer, Northacre. “For Northacre this is going to be interesting”.
Niccolò has spent more than 20 years in the worlds of finance and real estate. A partner at global real estate advisor Est4te Four and former hedge fund trader, he brought his wealth of experience to Northacre in 2013.
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