“This is an incredibly rare opportunity to acquire a prime, freehold property with strong investment and development potential in a sought-after area of London,” says Knight Frank – flagging the potential for a new boutique luxury development in Bayswater.
An Anglophile American entrepreneur spent over 30 years assembling a remarkable development prospect in the heart of South Kensington. It’s now on the market for £23.5m, complete with planning consent for a super-prime mixed-use scheme.
EXCLUSIVE: A remarkable luxury property development opportunity has come up just off Belgrave Square: this freehold island site on West Halkin Street has a colourful history, and already has planning permission for a super-prime makeover.
A large 1950s building on Exeter High Street has come up for sale at £8 million. It’s “well suited to residential conversion”, says Allsop, or could be turned into student flats or a city centre hotel.
Savills has been instructed to find a buyer for Bristol Zoo Gardens in Clifton. Proposals for a residential development are being drawn up for the “nationally significant” site before marketing properly begins.
The imposing former Royal High School building on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill has lain largely empty since the 1960s. It’s been the subject of a realm of development proposals, from a luxury hotel to a home for the Scottish Parliament, a music school, and a national photography centre.
“It is incredibly rare for an unbroken freehold block of this scale and stature to become available in such a prime location,” says Knight Frank of Allen House, which offers the prospect of a significant redevelopment in the heart of W8.
35-39 Leinster Gardens – formerly the Holiday Villa Hotel – has been put on the market at £29.5 million, with planning permission in place for a conversion to either residential or serviced apartments.
Two substantial freehold buildings in W8 have been put up for sale, with a combined guide price of £47 million.
Bristol Zoological Society has announced that it is selling its historic Gardens site in prime Clifton, suggesting that existing buildings could be developed for residential use.
40-acre site on Heslington Road was home to one of the world’s oldest mental health institutions.
The London Legacy Development Corporation is on the hunt for a Joint Venture partner to deliver £600m of residential-led developments across two sites at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London.