London’s Walkie Talkie building sold for record-breaking £1.3bn

Sum paid for City skyscraper by Hong Kong food conglomerate Lee Kum Kee is highest ever for a single UK building

The billion-dollar palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google

From California to London, the tech giants are employing top architects to build spectacular symbols of their immense global power. But they have their critics…

High living, low sales: Shard apartments still empty, five years on

Luxury flats with a price tag of up to £50m were touted as an easy sell – yet have failed to shift as the London market slows

Nobu introduces first two European Hotels. Which is the most beautiful?

Nobu Hospitality, the group founded by renowned Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, and Hollywood producer Meir Teper, announced the opening of the first two European Nobu Hotels in London & Ibiza. Instinctive and informal, Nobu Hotel Shoreditch delivers a captivating and unique escape with the perfect balance of luxury, fun, craft … Read more

Duke of Westminster’s property group to build 1,500 rental homes in London

Grosvenor Group plans to build 11 blocks on 12-acre site of former biscuit factory in Bermondsey, south-east London, aimed at lower and middle income workers