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A collection of 10 apartments in a newly completed block of the North West Quarter development, Queens Park, London, has been purchased by investment firm Prime Cities Embassy Gardens Ltd. The transaction was assisted by a £3m loan provided by Secure Trust Bank (STB) Real Estate Finance.

The government has appointed Deconstruct (UK) to carry out the carefully planned dismantling of Grenfell Tower, under a newly agreed £12.25 million contract extension.

Essex commercial property management and building surveyors, Whybrow, is pleased to announce the expansion of its team with two significant new appointments: Scott Barlow as director of building surveying and Guy Seymour as graduate estates surveyor. 

McCarthy Stone has announced that it’s opening a range of new affordable shared ownership developments across the North and the Midlands in 2025.

Affordable areas of East London have seen the strongest house price growth in the past 10 years, suggesting they’ve been subject to consistent demand over that period. 

In a strategic move that signals growth and diversification within the facilities and property services sector, LBC Exterior Cleaning has announced the acquisition of a major stake in Avisan, a rope access and maintenance company.

Odevo, the fast-growing international leader in residential property management, has acquired Ginger Energy — marking a strategic expansion of its service offering in the UK.

Leading multi-use developer, Rockwell, has marked a significant milestone with a traditional topping out ceremony at Hurlingham Waterfront, its landmark 3.2-acre luxury riverside development in SW6. 

Whilst London is widely considered the nation’s most expensive area of the rental market, it’s Buckinghamshire that is home to the postcode with the highest average rent in the current market, where tenants are paying almost three times the going rate when compared to the wider average in the South East and 358% more than the British average.

National brickwork, scaffolding and SFS specialist Phoenix Brickwork, based in Pinxton, Derbyshire, has won two major projects with a combined value of £4.5m.

With rental prices soaring in Greenwich, many Londoners are finding themselves priced out of the area. L&Q is proud to offer a solution with the launch of new London Living Rent apartments at their popular L&Q at Kidbrooke Village development, providing an affordable pathway to homeownership.