London
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AXA gets green light for City skyscraper
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Lipton Rogers’ proposed 912ft skyscraper at 22 Bishopsgate, EC2, has been approved
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Pluto loan fuels Galliard project
Galliard Homes has received a £30m loan from Pluto Finance to develop a 228-flat scheme in Hounslow, west London
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Ikea in talks to sublet ground floor of BHS Oxford St store
Ikea is in talks to take space in BHS’s store on Oxford Street, and could sublet the ground floor of the building, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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London’s Tech City bosses wish for monorail
A poll by careers website Dice of managers and recruiters in London’s so-called Silicon Roundabout reveals 42% would like to see a network of pedestrian and cycling under- and overpasses,…
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Retirement opportunity on Kings Road
A 0.8-acre development site on the Kings Road, SW3, with potential for retirement housing is being sold
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BHS lines up Oxford Street sublets
BHS is close to subletting the retail element of its Oxford Street flagship, W1, prepping the site for sale
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Lack of affordable housing to exclude 350,000 households from market
The lack of affordable housing means some 350,000 households will be excluded from the housing market by the end of the decade, according to research by Savills.
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MPs’ empty office block could cost £140m
An office block rented by House of Commons’ officials to provide additional space for staff when MPs have to move out of the Palace of Westminster so it can undergo…
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Ikea eyes BHS store for click and collect
Ikea is in talks with BHS to house one of its smaller-format order-and-collection stores at BHS’s Oxford Street site.
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KF hires from JLL for new tech team
Knight Frank has hired James Nicholson as partner to lead a newly established central London tech and creative tea
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BHS may close flagship store
Struggling department store chain BHS is considering a deal to close its Oxford Street store in London, and sublet the space to two other retailers.
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London Mayor candidates pressed to stop office losses
Property firms owning £75bn-worth of assets in London have approached the Labour and Conservative mayoral candidates seeking a pledge that they will prevent more offices being converted into homes.