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Fans of luxury car and fashion brands are well catered for in the burgeoning branded residences space; whether you’re partial to a Porsche or mad for Missoni, real estate collaborations are springing up from Miami to Nine Elms – and…
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The number of planning applications to build tall towers in London has dropped by more than 13% in the last year, reports Abode2 as the overall development pipeline for high-rise buildings in the capital contracted by 1% year-on-year in 2021….
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London property developer Canary Wharf Group has teamed up with Cornish charity The Eden Project to “tackle biodiversity challenges in urban environments” and “create a blueprint for sustainable global cities to act on biodiversity loss,” Abode2 reports. The Eden Project has…
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Canada’s government has announced that it will ban most foreign property buyers for two years, in a bid to cool the country’s runaway housing market, reports Abode2. Canadian property prices have been escalating for a while now, jumping by 20%…
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The Spring Statement was never likely to contain any major surprises as far as the property sector was concerned; at least not directly. But action was needed and, positively, it was taken to ease pressure on people’s finances in the…
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References to Dutch culture and history are woven throughout the VIP centre of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, which has undergone a maximalist revamp by designer Marcel Wanders, reports Abode2. The airport lounge comprises a sequence of rooms including a library, drinks…
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Savills has seen a 40% jump in the number of UHNW US buyers registering with its London Private Office in the last two years, reports Abode2. These are serious players – most have budgets ranging from £20m to £50m –…
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Think of an iconic piece. More specifically the Medallion Chair from Dior. Did you ever think it was possible to reinvent what was already iconic? Well, if you’re Dior, you can. In this case, they had a little help from…
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It’s shaping up to be another record year in the French housing market, reports Abode2, with record numbers of homes changing hands – exceeding the million homes in the year before the Covid pandemic. Latest data from the Notaires de…
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