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Derwent agrees £131.8m sale of central London Burberry HQ

Horseferry House in Westminster, which is fully let to Burberry on a lease running to 2043, was snapped up by Indonesian developer Sinar Mas.

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Queensway to transform City office building into 239-bed hotel

The scheme will include a ground-floor café, a co-working space, a bar and a lounge area.

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LPA calls for upgrade in offices’ planning status as shortages threaten to ‘choke growth’

The London Property Alliance wants offices to be designated as critical infrastructure, after reporting that 14m sq ft of office floorspace has been lost since 2018.

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City of London Corporation approves plans to upgrade No. 1 Poultry

The consented proposal aims to decarbonise the grade II-listed landmark City building and keep it commercially viable, without compromising its architectural significance.

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Canary Wharf gets green light for revamp of 33 Canada Square

The office building, which the group is bringing forward on a pre-let basis, will span more than 545,000 sq ft of workspace, plus retail amenities.

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Allsop raises over £105m at commercial and resi auctions

The commercial auction raised £60m, while the residential sale brought in £45m.

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Tishman Speyer snaps up Lazari’s Pall Mall office

50 Pall Mall comprises 33,888 sq ft across nine floors and is 87% let.

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British Land and AustralianSuper win approval for revisions to Canada Water masterplan

The joint venture partners proposed major amendments to their masterplan for the 53-acre mixed-use development in early 2025, including changes to the heights, massing and uses of several buildings.

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Brown & Brown takes 52,303 sq ft at City Developments’ office building

The Singaporean investor bought the 211,000 sq ft Aldgate House for £183m in 2018.

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Aparthotel Locke to open sixth London location in Canary Wharf

The Edyn-owned brand will open the 279 room property in May, with a rooftop bar and restaurant set to follow later this year.

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JP Morgan looks for business rates discount to unlock £3bn Canary Wharf office project

Tower Hamlets Council is set to agree a business rates discount for the planned 3m sq ft tower, which would be the largest and most expensive office building in London.

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Landsec slaps £450m price tag on flagship Piccadilly Circus island site

Landsec placed the famous island site at London's Piccadilly Circus up for…

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Cost of building London skyscrapers up 40% since 2020, report shows

The cost of building towers over 20 storeys is second only to New York and now exceeds Seoul by more than three times and Mumbai by 10 times.

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Final phase of Get Living’s £1.5bn Elephant and Castle scheme approved

The West Site phase of the south London regeneration scheme will include 507 BTR homes, student accommodation, a cultural venue and new public square.

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Stanhope hires Mace to bring forward £450m South Bank office scheme

Mace has has started enabling and piling works on the Red Lion Court development between London Bridge and Southwark Bridge.

Zedwell: 39 Bell Lane, Spitalfields

Zedwell to convert London Spitalfields office block into 143-room hotel

The scheme will also include more than 7,500 sq ft of affordable workspace.

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Z Hotels secures £79m loan to refinance pair of prime central London assets

Metro Bank provided the loan to refinance development finance for the  Covent Garden and Leicester Square properties.

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Ex boss brings whistleblowing legal action against Battersea Power Station

Don O'Sullivan claims he was dismissed on "trumped-up" charges of gross misconduct after raising concerns about serious financial misreporting.

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Savills rakes in £45m at March resi and commercial auction

The standout sale was a three‑bedroom flat in Belgravia, west London, which went under the hammer for £2.37m.

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BP signs lease for new global HQ at Landsec’s Timber Square

The company has agreed to take the entire 15-storey Ink building at the Bankside office scheme.

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