London Property News
In Pictures: Richard James’s tailor-made Mayfair penthouse offered for sale
The Pollen Street home of Savile Row tailor Richard James is being pitched as "one of the most stylish contemporary apartments in Mayfair", with a £2.5m asking price.
Sigma creates £1bn London build-to-rent venture
Sigma Capital has partnered with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with plans to deliver c.3,000 new rental homes in London over the next five years.
In Pictures: ‘Transformative’ designs for Grosvenor Square create ‘a global blueprint for shared urban spaces’
Designs by Tonkin Liu promise a comprehensive revamp of London's second-largest garden square, enlarging the Mayfair garden by some 3,000 square metres and creating a template for urban landscaping projects…
New instructions surge in Prime London amid ‘surprisingly busy’ summer sales market
More properties are also going under offer, but it’ll take another month or two before we start to see any annual growth in deal volumes, reports LonRes...
Running out of the gates: On the rush to the country & the hollowing out of a great city
"One would have thought the very city itself was running out of the gates”, wrote Daniel Defoe of London in 1665.
The Missing Market: Why London property developers are missing out on over 23,000 new-build buyers
Savills has identified a significant "missing market" for new-build homes in the capital that property developers "cannot afford to miss out on."
Westminster brings in Publica to oversee £235m Oxford Street revamp
Leading urban design consultancy Publica has been tasked with providing "strategic oversight to shape the holistic design and delivery" of the Council’s £235m plan to revamp the Oxford Street District …
Capco takes a 26% stake in Shaftesbury
Covent Garden owner Capco has agreed to buy a 26.3% stake in West End landowner Shaftesbury Plc, for £435.9m.
Green light for Keystone’s 5,000-home Royal Docks development
Foster + Partners' masterplan for Thameside West in East London has been given the go-ahead by Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe.
Taking Stock: The impact of Covid-19 on the prime London sales market
The first hard data from before, during and after the lockdown period reveals how stock, price & activity levels have been affected across the prime postcodes
How the super-rich conquered London
London is an "Alpha City", declares Professor Rowland Atkinson
CBRE assembles stellar line-up for new Private Office
Firm brings together four Savills alumni - including one of PCL's best-known agents, Charles Lloyd, and acquisition specialist Marcus Bradbury-Ross - to offer 'bespoke and confidential advice to private…