Property
The following articles have been tagged under Property.
9th August 2011
According to reports, Roman Abramovich has given his teenage daughter Anna a relatively modest £4million mews cottage in Belgravia.
The 19-year-old is moving into the three-bedroom cottage after splitting from solicitor fiancé Nikolai Lazarev.
The cottage is the former home of the family's nannies and is co-owned by Roman and his ex-wife Irina, whom he divorced in 2007.
Anna, who...
14th November 2010
A portfolio of rental properties located in some of Scotland's most desirable areas has been bought for over £70 million by a consortium led by the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor group.
It is understood that these luxury apartments attracted around a dozen bids when they were put on the market earlier this year.
David Sivewright, head of Grosvenor's Scottish office, said: "This is a...
10th May 2010
This weekend, Mohamed al-Fayed, who pledged to stay at Harrods until he died, agreed to sell the Knightsbridge department store.
A deal was signed in the early hours of 8 May 2010 at a meeting in Amsterdam between the two sides’ advisers with the ownership of the company moving to the royal family of Qatar for more than £1.5 billion.
After months of discussions Fayed, 81, agreed to...
2nd April 2010
Lakshmi Mittal is planning to build a 115-metre tall steel tower at the Olympic Games site in London ready for 2012. The tower is being touted as the tallest in Britain.
The tower will be a snaking, gigantic steel one and has been designed by London based artist of Indian origin, Anish Kapoor and funded by another famous Indian in London - steel baron Lakshmi Mittal.
The Arcelor Mittal Orbit...
22nd October 2009
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe extends his property portfolio by buying a town house in New York worth nearly £4 million.
The 20-year-old actor has spent £3.76 million on a five bedrooms, 3,000sq ft building on West 12th Street meaning he now owns a £10 million property empire in the Big Apple as well as a flat in Fulham, west London.
Radcliffe's first New York...
28th October 2008
Campaign for a black and white phonebox on the duke of westminster estate
The Duke of Westminster - Britain's biggest landowner and one of its wealthiest men, is campaigning to save a rarely used black and white telephone box outside his remote Scottish estate in Achfary.
The Duke of Westminster, who is godfather to Prince William and was named as the UK's third richest man in 2008 is a regular...
27th March 2008
Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan's Aspen ski lodge is listed as $135 million, while a 64-room Istanbul waterfront mansion is on the market at $100 million.
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is so far the only person to have paid more than $100 million for a home, when he bought a Kensington townhouse for $127 million in 2005.
Although there are a few on the market for higher amounts
Tim Blixseth is...
10th March 2008
Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, ranked as the world's 278th richest person in 2006, is moving to London with his wife Olga and two of their children.
His new London house is Britain’s most expensive new home at £35 million, designed by architect William Bertram, who came out of retirement for the job.
The Northwest London house is 17,000 square feet and includes an indoor swimming...
12th February 2008
The choice parts of the capital remain in the same hands - The Duke of Westminster, The Earl of Cadogan, Charlotte Townshend and The Portman family
There is still just a handful of the ruling elite who own huge swathes of London and the four largest estates are owned and controlled by aristocratic families who can trace their lineages back hundreds of years.
The Grosvenor Estate, the Cadogan...
Recent News
Roman Abramovich gives his teenage daughter a £4m 'starter home'
According to reports, Roman Abramovich has given his teenage daughter Anna a relatively modest £4million mews cottage in Belgravia.
The 19-year-old is moving into the three-bedroom cottage after splitting from solicitor fiancé Nikolai Lazarev.
The cottage is the former home of the family's nannies and is co-owned by Roman and his ex-wife Irina, whom he divorced in 2007.
Anna, who...
UK ticketholder wins record £161 million on Euromillions
With odds of 116 million to one the lucky ticket holder, who has not been identified, will now become the 430th richest person in the country if they are not a member of a syndicate.
A spokeswoman for Camelot said: "This is amazing news – we are absolutely delighted that a UK ticket holder has scooped the entire €185 million jackpot, which at the current exchange rate is a massive...
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