LaSalle Investment Management and Trilogy Real Estate have won a planning appeal to secure consent for the second phase of a 716-room purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in east London.

Hines’ plans for a major mixed-use development in London’s Soho have been rejected by Westminster City Council, with the planning committee voting against recommendations for approval.

Central London office take-up reached 2.2m sq ft at the end of Q3, the highest quarterly take-up of the year so far, while active office demand in central London is surging ahead of the long-term average, according to new research from Savills.

London-listed sofa chain ScS will go private after accepting a £99.4m takeover by Italian furniture retailer Poltronesofà.

A joint venture (JV) between Ballymore and Sainsbury’s has submitted a planning application for the development a 2,519-home mixed-use canalside neighbourhood in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has lost a legal battle to thwart plans for a £2bn mixed-used development opposite its north London stadium.

Sable Capital, the living sector specialist investor, has acquired a residential development site in Nine Elms, south-west London, from a joint venture between Vinci UK Developments and St Modwen Developments plus Covent Garden Market Authority.

Planning and development consultancy Montagu Evans has strengthened its planning team in London with the appointment of Rachel Crick as partner.

ICG Real Estate has acquired a £125m portfolio of central London digital infrastructure assets let to Vodafone UK.

Converting London’s secondhand, vacant office stock could plug an urgent housing shortfall in the capital, creating an estimated 28,000 new homes, CBRE has calculated.