Paul Scialla, founder of real estate wellness company Delos, has insisted the company’s developments are not just for celebrities and the high-end luxury market. Delos made waves in November when Golden Globe award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio become an investor in the project and purchased one of its homes in Greenwich Village, New York, US, boasting more than 500 wellness and health features. The company is already connected to a string

Chinese firm Sinohydro is to conclude negotiations for the financing and equity investment of the US$2.5bn (£1.5bn, €1.8bn) Harmony Cove Development project in Telawny, Jamaica later this month. The 2,300-acre (9.3sq km, 3.6sq m) property on Jamaica’s north coast, is to be developed into a resort to include three PGA golf courses, a luxury health spa, marina facilities, commercial developments, luxury hotels, private residences, a hotel, casino, convention and entertainment

Non-league football side Worcester City is planning to build a new £2.1m stadium capable of holding 4,130 spectators, should plans for a supporters trust to take over the club come to fruition. The new ground, which could be ready by the end of 2015, would include a 500-seater stand and a 3G all-weather floodlit surface. It would be built alongside a proposed new swimming pool and gym on land next

Boston United chair David Newton says he is looking to fund the club's new stadium project by securing loans from local and central government and hopes to submit a planning application in March. The non-league football side will gain a new 4,000-seat community stadium as part of a £100m mixed-use project which will also feature an all-weather 3G pitch for community use, plus educational facilities, conference and banqueting facilities. There

Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) has secured approval for an extension of its Etihad Stadium, which will see capacity at the venue increase from 48,000 to 62,000. The expansion is expected to cost £50m and when complete – in time for the 2015-16 season, will make the Etihad Stadium the second largest in the Premier League, behind rivals Manchester United's Old Trafford (capacity 75,811). Formerly called the City of Manchester

London Welsh says it is hoping to end a ground share deal with Oxford United and move to the redeveloped home of now-defunct football team Witney Town. The rugby union side has been playing at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium since September 2012 and wants to redevelop the disused Polythene Stadium into a 10,000-capacity ground with 6,000 temporary seats. Welsh moved from London to Oxford in 2012 and is currently exploring

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui in Hawaii has officially opened its new 13-treatment room Willow Stream Spa, following an US$8m (£4.8m, €5.9m) redevelopment. In addition to the existing three outdoor spa cabanas already at the resort, the renovation has more than doubled the spa in size from around 4,000sq ft (371sq m) to 9,000sq ft (836sq m) of retail space, manicure and pedicure stations, treatment rooms and facilities. The Nalu

Paris’ 16 “ghost stations” which have been disused for decades could have new life breathed into them as leisure spaces, if ideas put forward by a politician come to fruition. As part of her election campaign, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, of the UMP Party, has commissioned Oxo Architects and Laisné Architects to come up with designs for alternative uses for these redundant spaces. The designs show how Arsenal station – a disused

Bristol Rovers FC’s hopes of landing a new 21,000-seater stadium are heavily reliant on whether or not a supermarket chain can win a legal challenge against them going ahead with a new store. The club needs funding from selling its existing ground to Sainsbury’s to help pay for the new £40m stadium on the northern edge of the city. A Bristol Rovers fans' petition in support of a Sainsbury’s supermarket

Bristol City has vetoed plans to move to a new stadium in favour of a £40m revamp of its current home at Ashton Gate. Bristol Sport, which owns the football club, wants to replace two of the existing stands to increase ground capacity from 21,500 to 27,000. As part of the redevelopment of Ashton Gate, the club intend to install the new seating in two stands, with the areas initially

The 25th MIPIM exhibition and conference takes place in Cannes next month, with smart cities being one of the talking points and new technologies for sustainable building being exhibited. The conference programme includes a presentation from the European Commission about financing plans to support the development of smart cities. There will also be talks on the latest architectural designs and innovation, including positive-energy buildings, which are designed to produce more

A dome made by a robotic arm and live silkworms, a folding bike helmet and a floating pyramid-shaped school in a Nigerian lagoon are among the pioneering concepts nominated for Designs of the Year 2014 by London’s Design Museum. A total of 76 nominations have been put forward and will feature in an exhibition at the Design Museum from 26 March to 25 August 2013. Afterwards, the winners from each

South African eco-spa and yoga retreat Woodlands has made a fresh start to 2014, reopening with a new operator and design following renovation work. Spa operator Legacy Balance has taken the reins of the 770sq m (8,288sq ft) city escape, 30 minutes northwest of Johannesburg, on a five-year operating contract after being approached founder and ongoing owner Marisa Lloyd steps aside to pursue corporate ventures. Sitting on the banks of

A new initiative has been launched in Los Angeles to allow for community groups to use urban design kits to help create pedestrian plazas, mini parks and bike parking, in a bid to re-appropriate 7,500 miles (12,070km) of street within the city. In most states, community design and planning is often hampered by intense bureaucracy, or a lack of financial support from local authorities. However, the People St Programme is

Swansea Bay could soon boast a tidal lagoon featuring an international watersport centre and oyster hatchery as part of radical redevelopment plans. London 2012 Olympic Park designer LDA Design has released its masterplan for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, featuring the world’s first, man-made energy-generating lagoon, which would provide clean, renewable power for over 120,000 homes and could be connected to the national grid by 2018. Inspired by traditional fishing warehouses

Construction work is expected to start this year on the Lego House, a visitor and interactive exhibition centre in the Danish town of Billund, with the attraction made to resemble a giant stack of Lego bricks. The project has been designed by progressive architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), in conjunction with the Lego Group, the Lego Foundation and investment company Kirkbi A/S. Once completed in 2016, the centre will play

Spa Opportunities can exclusively reveal plans for an ambitious US$3m (€2.22, £1.84m) wellness retreat in the foothills of India’s Himalayan mountains, combining ancient Ayurvedic methods and integrative medicine with modern healthcare to tackle chronic disorders such as heart disease. Under the working title ‘Total Health Centre’, the project is the brainchild of Dr Robert Schneider, a leading physician and researcher into the science behind Ayurvedic methods and author of Total

German hotelier Michael Schlösser has launched the appealingly eccentric BaseCamp Bonn, an ‘indoor campground hostel’ in a former storage facility in Bonn, Germany. The indoor campsite features 15 vintage caravans, two railway sleeper coaches and four US airstream trailers, as well as a former GDR train and several VW camper vans, providing a total of 120 beds. The caravans were designed by German tv and film set designer Marion Seul,

The Trump Hotel Collection has announced the opening of its first property in South America with the Trump Hotel Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Located in the Jardim Oceanico district of the city and overlooking the beach, the 171-bedroom Trump Rio will be the only luxury hotel in the vicinity when it opens in 2016. Brazilian developer LSH Barra SA is building the R$200m (£50.8m, US$83m, €61.4m) project with the

Leisure Management magazine editor Liz Terry has described government proposals for building two garden cities in the south of England as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for the leisure and wellness industries. Her editorial in the magazine’s Q1 edition, called for a move away from traditional garden city models - used for Letchworth and Welwyn - towards a wellness city concept, built on the latest sustainable design principles, with

The American University of Notre Dame’s 80,000-seater football stadium is to undergo major work following the announcement of a US$400m (£242m, €295m) expansion. The development will create 4,000 new seats and three large buildings will flank the arena sides, with the buildings adding about 750,000sq ft (69,677sq m). It will also house a student centre, the University's anthropology and psychology departments, its digital media centre, plus a variety of music

Oldham Council has unveiled plans for a new £15m flagship leisure facility in its town centre, with hopes the complex could attract major televised sporting events. The new Oldham Sports Centre, at the junction of Manchester Street and St Domingo Street, would replace the existing Lord Street facility in 2015 if planning is approved. Oldham’s council leader Jim McMahon says the centre would represent a significant upgrade to current sporting

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to continue its push into the Southeast Asia market by opening a 62-storey luxury hotel and spa in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) development in 2017. Fairmont’s parent company, FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI), has signed a deal with CITITOWER SDN BHD (a joint venture between Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and KLCC Holdings Sdn Bhd) to launch its first property

Barcelona FC’s board of directors has rejected the option of building a new stadium and instead has approved a £495m (US$821, €602.2m) redevelopment of its iconic Nou Camp stadium. The proposal would see the capacity of Europe’s biggest stadium increase from 98,000 to 105,000 with work starting in 2017 to be completed in early 2021. Also planned for the remodelled stadium, which originally opened in 1957, is a new roof,

Chinese state-owned property firm Greenland Holding Group has bought the Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth, West London - home of Britain’s oldest brewery - as part of a £600m development. The 7.75 acre (3.14ha) site, previously held by real estate developer Minerva, will be converted into 661 new homes, plus a brewing museum and microbrewery under plans approved last year by Wandsworth Council. The project includes a 36-storey landmark residential

Scunthorpe United Football Club (SUFC) has revealed plans for a new 12,000-capacity stadium in the town. To be located close to the club's current Glanford Park ground, the stadium is set to be developed as part of a mixed-use project which will also include a 120-room hotel, a multi-use indoor arena, community sports pitches and a new transport hub for the town. The initial designs and masterplan have been created

Plans to construct a hotel and spa complex on a former naval battery outpost in Plymouth, UK, have been resurrected by Rotolok Holdings. The £10m ($16.4, €12m) scheme designed by LHC Architecture - featuring a 3,322sq.m (10,899ft) luxury hotel boasting 43 rooms and a spa overlooking Plymouth waterfront - was originally thrown out by local councillors last year, amid concerns over Drake Island’s wildlife and a Grade II-listed building. The