'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”.
Northacre chief Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro moves on
The CEO of super-prime London property developer Northacre, Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro, has resigned from the company after nine years "to pursue a new business venture."
PCL landowners Capco & Shaftesbury in ‘advanced discussions’ to merge
Two of central London's great estates are set to merge, creating a vast property empire across the West End.
Selling Super Prime: Reality TV show signs PCL & LA property stars to create ‘the ultimate London agency’
Celebrity real estate magnate Paul "PK" Kemsley is returning to London with ambitions to "turn the super prime property market on its head.
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