Three London town halls could be converted into hotels, as councils aim to rationalise their property in the wake of an average 4.4% cut to local authority budgets.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council is about to appoint Lambert Smith Hampton to sell the 19th-century Fulham Town Hall (pictured), pending a final cabinet …

Boris Johnson plans to create a Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership as one of a raft of new bodies set to be responsible for regeneration and public assets in London.
Speaking today at Property Week’s Thames Gateway Forum conference in Canary Wharf, the London mayor said that a new partnership of leaders …

Drivers Jonas Deloitte has been appointed project manager for four London 2012 temporary venues.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Drivers Jonas Deloitte to manage Greenwich Park, the equestrian events and modern pentathlon venue, Horses Guards Parade where beach volleyball will be hosted, The Mall, which …

Vandalism to the Conservative Party’s headquarters on Millbank following yesterday’s student protest is set to cost tens of thousands of pounds to fix.
Yesterday, around 50,000 students protested against the government’s plan to charge students up to £9,000 per year for tuition fees from 2012, three times the current annual £3,290 …

This week, 1,300 professionals in the public and private sector gathered to talk about sweating publicly owned assets and financing regeneration.
They were attending the inaugural Public Property Summit in London on 1 and 2 November.
To see photos from the event and get a flavour of the atmosphere, take a look …

The government wants to keep its property vehicles in public ownership, Property Unit chief John McCready has told Public Property UK.
In an interview at the Public Property Summit this week, McCready said the vehicles in London and Bristol would need to be held by the public sector to help him …

Defence Estates, the Ministry of Defence’s property arm, will take a more centralised and strategic approach to its property following a government review being conducted by Lord Levene.
Levene was commissioned by the government to carry out a defence reform review, looking at how to make the MoD more efficient.
Speaking at …

Prime Minister David Cameron has set out a government’s plan for London’s East End to become a technology hub similar to Silicon Valley.
Speaking to technology business leaders in Shoreditch in London today, Cameron also announced that the Olympic Park media centre was to become flexible office space, facilities and expertise, …

A planning application has been submitted for the regeneration of Hammersmith town centre, including demolition of the council’s Town Hall extension.
Following three years of public consultation, the application has been submitted to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham for the regeneration of the western end of King Street in …

The UK must grin and bear the coalition’s cuts in order to cut the deficit as Canada did during the 1990s, according to the former British high commissioner to Canada.
Speaking yesterday at the Public Property Summit in London, Sir Nicholas Bayne, who is also a fellow of the London School …