Property Developer News
Boutique resi developer named as one of Britain’s top luxury brands
Echlin has become the first property developer to be appointed a member of UK luxury industry body Walpole.
Echlin co-founders Sam McNally and Mark O'Callaghan
Knight Frank man joins luxury student accommodation developer
High-end student accommodation specialist Fusion Students has recruited a Head of Property Transactions from Knight Frank.
Tributes paid to ‘visionary’ developer Harry Hyams
The property world has been paying tribute to one of Britain's most influential developers, Harry Hyams, who sadly passed away at the weekend aged 87.
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.