Julia Cahill
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Difa to sell SW1 ministry HQ and City tower for £250m
Difa is to sell a major ministry headquarters plus a 20-storey City tower for nearly £250m. The German open-ended fund will bring Sanctuary Buildings on Great Smith Street, SW1, to…
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Grosvenor director hands in notice
Commercial director who was tipped to take over as chief executive quits after 18 years. Grosvenor’s commercial director ,Jeremy Titchen, has resigned.
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Difa markets prime London assets
£250m sought for government HQ and City tower as German fund moves to replenish coffers. Difa is to sell a major ministry headquarters plus a 20-storey City tower for nearly…
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Last Chesterfield Gardens space lets at £65 per sq ft
Delancey has let the final 6,500 sq ft at 6 Chesterfield Gardens, W1, through Godfrey Vaughan and Jones Lang LaSalle. Tudor Group, which has the first floor, is taking the…
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Ackerman bids for RBS sale-and-leaseback
Low-profile private investor Joseph Ackerman has emerged as one of three shortlisted bidders for the first in a series of sale-and-leasebacks with Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Ackerman makes RBS bid
Auction investor vies with Delancy and Mapeley for £180m deal. Low-profile private investor Joseph Ackerman has emerged as one of three shortlisted bidders for the first in a series of…
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JLL loses joint agency on PaddingtonCentral
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has lost out on the joint agency appointment for Development Securities’ and Morley Fund Management’s second phase of development at PaddingtonCentral.
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Quick turnaround for Standard Chartered HQ
Standard Chartered Bank has completed a £170m sale-and-leaseback of its proposed London headquarters just days after completing its purchase of the development for £120m.
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Six bids submitted for £415m Knightsbridge estate
Bids of up to 10% above the £415m asking price have been made for a 3.5-acre Knightsbridge estate, including one from a Russian tycoon.
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New West End Company wins BID ballot
The New West End Company secured a 61% vote in favour of becoming a formal business improvement district on Wednesday. Retailers on Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street voted…
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New look for New Street Station
The new team appointed to oversee the long-awaited £350m transformation of Birmingham New Street Station has provided a first glimpse of its proposals.
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HMS managers opt out of DTZ takeover
Hodnett Martin Smith’s 10-strong property management team has resigned to join leading Covent Garden and South Bank specialist EA Shaw. The team opted out of DTZ’s £9.1m acquisition of the…