Press coverage

2018

Financial Times - Property Listings
Residential conversion revives London’s Centre Point
With its slim profile and small floor plates it is better suited to residential use than it ever was to offices, and the architects have done a meticulous, intelligent job of restoring, converting and maintaining this wonderful building.
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Mike Hussey’s Almacantar makes first asset sale
Almacantar, the property company founded by veteran developer Mike Hussey in 2010, has made its first asset sale as it looks to reposition its London portfolio. The company this week sold Grade II listed CAA House, which was designed by architect Richard Seifert in 1968, to small investor Seaforth Land for £165m. The Covent Garden building, originally known as …
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Soon-to-Open Crossrail Line Could Be Boon to London Real Estate
“Crossrail is a massive pull,” said Daniel Ritterband, director of communications for Almacantar. “It’s 28 minutes from Heathrow door to door. It’s four minutes from Mayfair, six minutes from the City. That infrastructure lights the touchpaper if you like and inspires developers and others to move in.” “Facebook, Warner Bros, LinkedIn and Twitter have taken …
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Press coverage

2018

Residential conversion revives London’s Centre Point

Mike Hussey’s Almacantar makes first asset sale

Soon-to-Open Crossrail Line Could Be Boon to London Real Estate

2017

Centre Point: star of a new West End show

One and Two Southbank Place top-out

The tallest residential tower in London’s West End breathes new life into the neighbourhood

Pursuitist Q&A with Mike Hussey, One of London’s Top Real Estate Developers

Almacantar signs WC2 letting deal with WeWork

2016

Special Report: Leading development financings 2016

Centre Point: From brutalism to towering beauty

Work It Out: Kathrin Hersel

Caruso St John’s Newport Street Gallery wins the 2016 Stirling Prize

Developer’s Eye

2015

Almacantar wins Centre Point public square planning

Southbank and City office rent gap hits historic low

Forty under 40

RIBA Client of the Year: What do the best clients look for in an architect?

Almacantar signs three-year deal to sponsor RIBA Stirling Prize

2014

Even restricted by policy we can run a good race

£60m refit for CAA House

Power List

Unfasten your seat belts and embrace our foreign investor friends

Ones to Watch

2013

EG Awards honour movers and shapers

Mediocrity and compliance have displaced flair and personality

Almacantar’s 408,000 sq ft Marble Arch vision

High hopes for new Marble Arch Tower

Mike Hussey’s Almacantar has secured a £47.5m loan from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank

2012

East joins the West End in Soho’s revival

Briefing: Sprucing up St Giles

Homes with central perks

High society

Almacantar to rework Centre Point

2011

Lord’s votes on vision for future; Exclusive MCC committee split over Nursery End redevelopment

New signings ready to take Chelsea along the river to Battersea

Room at the top, in the middle of town

Hussey appointed to Taylor Wimpey board

Hussey Goes Solo as Almacantar boss

2010

Almacantar closes in on Centre Point

Centre Point rescued

Real Estate’s missteps, opportunities for future

Brisk business on Boutique Street

Almacantar property firms looks for post-crisis opportunities in Paris, London

2009

The tap will turn – and screw tighten on borrowers

Champing at the bit to race for the upturn

Grass is only greener for property’s stars

Whom to know: Mike Hussey

Ex-Land Secs man plans £500m fund