PROTESTERS descended upon a London hotel last night as property developers made merry at an awards ceremony promoting some of the capital’s largest gentrification projects.

As the 2015 Property Awards continued inside Grosvenor House, activists and community members held an alternative ceremony, celebrating famous campaigns such as Sweets Way Resists and other anti-gentrification groups.

“Property developers and companies are contributing to the destruction of our diverse capital city as we know it, from rising rents and a shortage of social housing, to the closure of libraries and social centres, the demolition of pubs and clubs,” said Friends of the Joiners Arms supporter Charlotte Gerada.