Lockdown deal sees Old Queen Street penthouse set a price record
A unique eighth-floor apartment in a boutique development next to St James’s Park has sold during the Coronavirus lockdown, becoming the area’s most expensive one-bedroom apartment.
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In Pictures: Nancy Mitford’s Curzon Street townhouse offered for £7.5m
One of Mayfair’s oldest houses is being sold by celebrated perfumer Frank Sawkins.
Google owner ditches plans for pioneering ‘smart city’
Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its grand plan to create a 12-acre “smart city” on Toronto’s waterfront.
In Pictures: Capability Brown’s Hampton Court mansion offered for sale or rent
The storied Prestbury House near Hampton Court is being marketed as “an outstanding lockdown pad”, for sale at £6.5m or to rent at £4,500 per week.
In Pictures: Grosvenor finalises Cundy Street plan
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has finalised its plan for the controversial redevelopment of the Cundy Street Quarter in Belgravia, sharing a revamped proposal after 12 months of banter with locals and three years of public consultations.
Top interior designer’s lavish bedroom giveaway raises thousands for NHS Charities Together
Laura Hammett is giving away a high-spec bespoke bedroom worth £35,000 to raise funds for NHS staff, volunteers and patients impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Developer reboots residents’ amenities with virtual fitness & wine tasting events
Canary Wharf Group’s new build-to-rent arm has “reimagined” its Club Vertus offering for a socially-distanced world, organising virtual wine tastings, a remote quiz, and video gym sessions.
Green light for ZHA’s Vauxhall Cross Island
Great Marlborough Estates has won approval for its major ZHA-designed redevelopment of Vauxhall Cross, following a call-in by the Housing Secretary last year.
Rightmove’s five most viewed homes of 2020 so far
From contemporary seaside residences to Georgian-style country mansions, these are the most looked-at properties in Britain over the last three months…
Galliard reaches 50% sold at The Stage, two years ahead of completion
Over half of the 412 private residential units at Galliard’s The Stage scheme in Shoreditch have now been forward sold.
In Pictures: Soho music studio transformed into four loft-style apartments
2 Royalty Mews in Soho has been transformed from an influential recording studio into four loft-style apartments, designed by March & White.
In Pictures: Resi sales launch at NY’s famed Waldorf Astoria Towers
The “unprecedented restoration” of Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria is due to complete in 2022, delivering 375 apartments alongside a 375-key hotel. Condo sales have just launched, with prices starting from $1.7m.