Good things come to those who wait: Guinness the reward for record-breaking Aviators
Monument unveiled to first non-stop transatlantic flight: a warm welcome for Alcock and Brown in County Galway town
A helping hand for Ballymore’s communities
Ballymore and its creative and artisan businesses are joining forces to provide coffee, culture, food and fitness activity.
Docklands through the decades
As we enter the 2020s, Josephine Smit looks at the influence of Ballymore’s east London developments over the decades.
Breaking the plastics habit on site
Ballymore steps up action in plan to limit single-use plastics and promote more sustainable alternatives.
Help for the home turf
Gaelic football and hurling club Roscommon GAA is set to seriously upgrade its facilities, with a little help from its friends.
Snowhill seals success with BT signing
Construction of the last office building in Birmingham’s Snowhill regeneration is coming to a conclusion and BT has signed to take two thirds of the top quality space.
Nine Elms means business
New office buildings at Embassy Gardens confirm commercial status of emerging central London district.
Fundraising push helps charity realise hospice vision
How Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation found funding for much-needed facilities.
From margarine factory to cultural quarter
London City Island establishes a new model for placemaking, realised through vision, bravery, innovation and hard graft.
Live the high life at Goodluck Hope
The launch of a collection of eight very special penthouses brings loft luxury to a growing riverside neighbourhood.
Discovering the secret Gardens
Artisan coffee, world-class spa treatments and the best Guinness in London. Kate Wills samples the delights of the South Bank’s latest destination - Embassy Gardens.
Fun, fitness and new friendships help to foster community
A grand open day has helped a new community centre at Royal Wharf get off to a flying start.
All the fun of the Dublin Fringe
Diverse, invigorating and exciting: that is Constance Harris’ verdict on Dublin Fringe Festival.
Restaurateur Alan Yau to bring tastes of Asia to London’s Docklands
The influential restaurateur behind a string of famous dining spots is set to open two restaurants at Wardian London next summer.
Brentford celebrates creativity and community
The Brentford Project’s Summer Series ends on a high with a crowd coming along to Meet the Makers.
Topping out heralds new model for living with nature in the capital
Ballymore has celebrated a milestone in the construction of Wardian London, which promises to bring high rise living closer to nature with features including a spectacular 53rd floor sky garden.
Royal Wharf Pier wins top London design award
The design for the new Thames pier connecting Ballymore and Oxley’s development at Royal Wharf in London has scooped the transport and infrastructure award for unbuilt projects in the New London Awards.
Cool sounds for a hot summer night at Goodluck Hope
On July 4 there was a festival vibe at Goodluck Hope. Music producer Dantae Johnson, who set up Three Bears Entertainment with business partner Pete Boxsta Martin, gives the lowdown on his company and how it helped to make the Leamouth Peninsula’s first music festival happen.
“A community of creative people who want to help each other”
London City Island is providing creative workspace, co-working and affordable studios catering for everyone, from architects to ceramicists and fashion designers.
Surprise Cheltenham Festival triumph for Ballymore family
City Island, the horse owned by Ballymore’s Chairman and Group Chief Executive Sean Mulryan and his family, beat the favourite to win the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, the race sponsored by the Group.
Talk of the town
Seven new townhouses radically ‘reimagined’ to offer optimum open space and connectivity, lacking in ‘the little box’ design of most traditional models, are about make waves as they go on sale at London City Island.
Constructing careers for the next generation
As National Apprenticeship Week puts the spotlight on training, Ballymore has become one of the first developers in Tower Hamlets to assist with the delivery of Design, Engineer, Construct!, a learning programme helping to instil an understanding of built environment career prospects in secondary school children.
Hitting the high notes - new oyster bar, bakery and grill at Embassy Gardens
The trend pioneered by Ballymore to “create communities” reached the stars this week at the celebrity launch of the latest restaurant by award-winning Irish chef Robin Gill at the landmark Embassy Gardens development at Nine Elms.
We meet the youth charity making a real difference
A ground-breaking NGO, working in communities affected by crime and violence, is supporting thousands of young people to realise their potential.
London Fashion Week comes to London City Island
A new, Island-born fashion brand was launched in Canning Town this week as Lucretia Sandu’s maiden runway show delivered an enchanting, theatrical performance, featuring exceptional designs, perfect choreography – and even two real life wolves.
Lifting the spirits
The latest addition from innovative premium bar and restaurant operators The Alchemist, specialising in the theatre of spectacular cocktails - is coming to Embassy Gardens.
Ballymore backs ‘love letter to the city’
Ballymore is to be Principal Patron of the 2019 Dublin Fringe Festival, the annual arts festival that prides itself on developing new talent
Sean Mulryan honoured by global philanthropic charity
The most prestigious award honouring “an outstanding contribution to Ireland and the Irish community in Great Britain” this year goes to the Founder and Group Chief Executive of Ballymore, Sean Mulryan.
Heritage and craftsmanship combine to create London’s most luxurious lobby
As residents begin to move in to the Legacy Building - the second phase of Embassy Gardens - the lobby can finally be appreciated as a sophisticated design statement that hovers somewhere between a five-star hotel, a classical palace and a London members’ club.
Watch: Unity Arts Festival
Unity Arts Festival is a weekend of exhibitions, installations and workshops celebrating the creativity and energy of east London’s most exciting new neighbourhood.
‘Art of selling apartments in London revealed’, The Times
"Ballymore is getting creative at its huge residential developments in London by putting culture at their heart"
Stars join Guggi for the launch of ‘Rice Bowl’
An evocative new sculpture, the first in the UK by the influential Irish artist Guggi, has arrived at Embassy Gardens – conferring another powerful boost to the cultural vibrancy of Nine Elms, south of the Thames.
Bringing charity into the heart of company culture
For Ballymore people, charity really does begin at home. From cycling, to rowing, to abseiling, to football, charity heroes from company directors to hundreds of employees gave up their spare time over the summer to help raise nearly £40,000 for good causes.