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The usefulness of a building is constantly changing as society evolves. While the best buildings remain essential for centuries, the most misguided in form and function are scarcely occupied as needs change and often remain empty until one day, they…
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It’s encouraging that today’s Queen’s Speech has signalled a renewed effort in favour of tackling geographic inequality across the UK as part of the forthcoming levelling-up and regeneration bill. In the face of the current pressing economic, social and environmental…
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The former New York home of late fashion tycoon Gianni Versace has come up for sale, sporting a $70mn (c.£55.9mn) asking price, reports Abode2. The opulent Baroque-style mansion at 5 East 64th Street in Manhattan sprawls over 14,175 square feet…
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The modern executive nomad – a distant cousin of the freelance creative working from a cafe in Bali or Costa Rica – owns a villa in the Algarve or a condo in Miami, attends Zoom calls from an airy home…
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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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