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Mayfair needs little introduction. As the most expensive property on the Monopoly board, it is a destination familiar to most. It has London’s largest concentration of luxury hotels, amongst the best restaurants, bars and shopping in the world. From iconic fashion brands to hidden treasures, Mayfair is London’s most fashionable destination.

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The Grosvenor family has owned 100 acres of Mayfair since 1677, when Sir Thomas Grosvenor married Mary Davies, heiress to part of the Manor of Ebury. The northern part of the Manor, today bounded by Oxford Street , Park Lane, Berkeley Square, and Avery Row, took its name from the annual “May Fair”, held until well into the 19th century.  (Click to pdf map)

In 1720 Sir Richard Grosvenor – son of Sir Thomas and Mary – began to develop the land into a fashionable residential area, starting with Grosvenor Square .  In the 19th century commerce began to arrive with shops in Mount Street and Oxford Street, and in the second half of the 20th century Mayfair became a popular location for offices migrating from the war-damaged City of London.

Today Mayfair contains a cosmopolitan mix of commercial and residential property, with offices, five star hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants and fabulous shops.

Mount Street is at the heart of a rapidly emerging, super luxury retail and leisure destination in a quiet enclave south of Oxford Street. The shop-till-you-drop frenzy of Oxford, Regent and Bond Street gives way to a calmer more leisurely experience in the “new Mayfair”. Unlike Oxford Street or Bond Street, it is one of London’s urban villages with its own residents' society, a village association for local businesses, and even its own butcher, Allen’s at 117 Mount Street.

New Mayfair is not just a retail and leisure destination, it’s a place to live. When the district was redeveloped by the 1st Duke of Westminster, the buildings on Mount Street were created with mansion flats and apartments above the shops and restaurants. Many of those homes are still part of Grosvenor’s lettings portfolio. One of the flats in nearby Dunraven Street has recently been refurbished with the help of leading fashion designer Ben de Lisi.