Property Developer News
Grosvenor on the hunt for resi investment projects in regional towns & cities
Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has recruited Arrif Ali from Cain International to lead a new regional investment drive, looking for residential and mixed-use development opportunities around the UK
U+I reveals green-fronted Greenwich Peninsula masterplan
Morden Wharf aims to deliver around 1,500 new homes on a 7.6 hectare riverside site
Almacantar tops out Viñoly-designed Marble Arch Place
Mixed-use project on what Rafael Viñoly considers "the most important corner of Hyde Park" will bookend Oxford Street with Almacantar’s first flagship development, Centre Point Residences
RBKC wins right to review Mayor’s Kensington Forum decision
High Court agrees to a Judicial Review of the mixed-use redevelopment of the Kensington Forum Hotel
Monaco property scion plots £100m prime resi pipeline in London; acquires significant Mayfair block
REDD was launched by Jacopo Marzocco - of Monaco's Marzocco luxury property dynasty - in 2016; the developer / investor is now making a big move on prime London
Green light for London Fields Laundry Building project
Hackney "creative hub" The Laundry will be demolished and replaced with a mixed-use development delivering 58 apartments and 20,000 sq ft of commercial space.
Housebuilding numbers rise to an 11-year high
New-build home completions have jumped by 8%, but marginally fewer new-builds were started in the year to June compared to the previous 12 months
Trio of new super-prime mansions offered for sale on Guernsey
Savills is marketing three remarkable new homes on Guernsey, all of which would break the island's current price record
New Government design manual & planning reforms promise a ‘green housing revolution’
Housing Minister reveals an "ambitious revamp of planning rules" and bans gas boilers in new homes, as the Government publishes its first-ever "design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes"…
Indiabulls to offload luxury Hanover Square scheme for £200m
Indian giant confirms plans to sell high-profile Mayfair development, citing Brexit-related uncertainty and a 'sluggish' London property market...
Ten characteristics of well-designed places: official guidance
The Government's new housing design manual, aimed at property developers and architects, offers "planning practice guidance for beautiful, enduring and successful places"
Green light for British Land’s 53-acre Canada Water masterplan
Southwark Council has approved plans for a massive development in South East London, delivering 3,000 new homes, the first new high street in London for 100 years and 16 new streets