Housing secretary Michael Gove has approved two brownfield schemes comprising 2,150 homes in Hounslow, west London, even though they were initially rejected by the inspector.
The City of London approved a record number of retrofitting planning applications in the Square Mile in 2023 as landlords prioritise more sustainable, grade-A offices.
Indian billionaire Adar Poonawalla has agreed to pay £138m for a mansion in Mayfair in London’s most expensive home deal of the year.
Specialist insurance provider CFC has taken a 90,000 sq ft chunk of Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope’s 8 Bishopsgate scheme in the City of London.
Feldberg Capital has bought West End office building London 8 Bloomsbury Street from an undisclosed institutional investor, as the first purchase for its new ReForm Fund.
Regal London has launched its debut co-working brand alongside flexible office operator Platform, taking on 140,000 sq ft of space in Hackney from under-fire giant WeWork.
Aviva Investors has agreed two leases for a combined 8,700 sq ft at 30 Golden Square in Soho, London, following a refurbishment programme to decarbonise the office building.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has selected a consortium comprising Bouygues UK and Equitix as the preferred development partner for the redevelopment of the existing Bankside House student accommodation in Southwark, London.
Invesco Real Estate has secured a £200m loan with HSBC UK to support two stabilised residential build-to-rent (BTR) assets in east and west London.
Dutch developer Edge and Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate London have confirmed the acquisition of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, a 180,000 sq ft office building in London’s West End.
