Main image: Savills’ management: Sparrow, Ridley & Rees (left to right)
Savills appoints two to lead UK operations
James Sparrow and Richard Rees start work as UK CEO and UK MD, as Mark Ridley becomes Deputy Group CEO
Savills confirms Ridley as Helsby’s successor in 2019, in a suite of succession planning announcements
Mark Ridley will replace Jeremy Helsby as Savills' Group Chief Executive at the start of 2019; James Sparrow to become Chief Exec of UK and Europe; Richard Rees to become UK MD
Savills creates a dedicated super-prime team; rejigs residential offering in PCL
Resi agency and development sales in prime London are being integrated at Savills, which now claims to have the capital's biggest residential sales team
Ex-Savills chief Helsby joins Get Living
Jeremy Helsby is now Non Exec Chairman of build-to-rent operator Get Living.
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Freehold gem with garden and parking, available for the first time in half a century, changes hands following discreet campaign.
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Licence to Sell: Firethorn brings former Westminster ‘spy school’ to market
Agents instructed on 'landmark' London office block with MI5 links and consent for a significant resi reinvention.
Buxmead penthouse seeks £16.95mn after A-list tenancy
Marquee residence atop the Billionaires’ Row apartment scheme returns to market, billed as ‘one of the strongest offerings currently available in North London.’
Campions expands in SW London with Battersea & Nine Elms swoop
Agency group presses ahead with growth drive following recent acquisitions of Aston Chase and Madison Brook.
Rare fully-consented PCL development opp seeks buyer
The oven-ready boutique scheme in Bayswater could have a GDV of £9mn.
The developer’s view: Why delivering super-prime homes in London is getting tougher
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‘Truly exceptional’ Scottish estate with Baronial castle seeks £9mn
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