Property Developer News
Developer hit with record £700k planning fine
The biggest planning fine in history has reportedly been handed down to a private developer after a six-storey block of flats went up in Hoxton without permission.
Holland Park basement developer hit with hefty fine
A developer has been ordered to pay £4k in fines and costs for cracking on with a basement extension after being served up with a stop notice.
Balfour Beatty bags No. 1 Palace Street pre-construction gig
Balfour Beatty has won a key contract at Northacre's highly-anticipated new scheme in St James’s Park.
Dubai developer tempts Chinese buyers with ‘fully-paid vacation offer’
Two of the world's top mega-developers have come up with a novel idea for getting Chinese buyers to dip a toe in the Dubai property market.
Singaporean developer bags mighty Mortlake brewery site for £158m
One of the biggest resi development opportunities in SW London has just been snapped up for a cool £158m.
Is the new Electronic Communications Code good news for developers?
Proposed new rules for landowners and developers dealing with on-site telecoms paraphernalia sound like a win, says Thekla Fellas of Fladgate LLP, but there's still room for crossed wires...
Adverse Effects: Squatters, property developers, landowners and the law
In the wake of recent high-profile cases involving a property on Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, the former Stock Exchange building in Manchester and land near the Magna Carta memorial in Surrey, Nick Martyn…
China’s biggest resi developer makes NYC debut with Foster + Partners tower
Aby Rosen's RFR Holding and China's Vanke have kicked off sales at One Hundred East Fifty Third Street, a new Foster + Partners-designed addition to the New York City skyline.
Cooling measures drive Singapore developers into UK & Australian markets
Seven rounds of cooling measures brought in by the Singaporean government between 2010 and 2013 have triggered a giant wave of investment overseas, according to new research.
Office-to-Resi Rights: Boom or bust for developers?
In the wake of last week's big announcement by David Cameron, James Lawrence talks us through the real implications of office-to-resi permitted development rights becoming permanent...
Developer uses super-prime resi fit-out to create its HQ in ‘London’s most luxurious boutique office building’
Enstar Capital - which recently sold out its boutique apartment scheme in Covent Garden - has put a some of its luxury residential experience into its own home: a new office development in Mayfair,…
Shard developer unveils £1bn plan to transform Paddington
Sellar Property Group has pulled back the covers on plans to turn the former Royal Mail sorting office next to Paddington Station into west London's tallest skyscraper, kickstarting a £1bn makeover…