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BAM to upgrade old government offices in London

BAM will upgrade former government offices in London.

A sustainable construction company has emerged with the contract for the London offices which used to belong to a department of the British Government.

BAM have won a contract which will see them refurbish the former offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for £23 million.

The official office address is 1 Page Street in Westminster and BAM will be working under the contractor who tendered the bid out, Derwent London.

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THECUBE looking to encourage innovative ideas

Filed under: News — Tags: office space in Shoreditch — Javaria @ 10:56 am

A unique experiment is being trialled in London.

Shared offices in the east end of London could herald an interesting approach to problem solving by bringing together everyone from different businesses, whether friendly or not.

A structure known as THECUBE has been designed to gain the maximum potential out of clients who are using the commercial office space in Shoreditch.

The collaboration, which is being backed by Virgin Media is aimed at allowing companies to work better together and therefore keep them at the forefront of their industries.

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Crown Estate reveals £400 million redevelopment plans for Central London

Filed under: News — Tags: Central London office space, Crown Estate London office space, Crown Estate St James's Market proposals, Crown Estate St James's redevelopment, St James's office space — Amy Edwards @ 9:44 am

The Crown Estate has revealed plans to transform three sites in St James’s.

The £400 million project will create around 300,000 sq ft of mixed use accommodation, including 200,000 sq ft of office space in the West End.

The Crown Estate has announced proposals to spend around £400 million redeveloping three separate sites in the St James’s area.

The scheme, known as St James’s Market, will create around 300,000 sq ft of mixed use accommodation, including 200,000 sq ft of office space on Regent Street and Haymarket. The proposals also include plans to create a 10,000 sq ft pedestrian square with public art and to revitalise a 24,000 sq ft public area. (more…)

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PNB acquires two London office properties for £500 million

Filed under: News — Tags: KanAm sells two London office properties, London office space market trends, Permodalan Nasional Berhad acquires One Exchange Square, Permodalan Nasional Berhad purchased 90 High Holborn, PNB purchases London office space — Amy Edwards @ 9:13 am

Malaysian fund management company PNB has acquired two London office properties from KanAm.

Permodalan Nasional Berhad now owns One Exchange Square and 90 High Holborn.

German fund manager KanAm have confirmed they have sold two landmark London offices to Permodalan Nasional Berhad in a deal thought to be worth around £500 million.

The Malaysian fund management company have purchased One Exchange Square in the City’s financial district and 90 High Holborn for an undisclosed sum. The buildings are currently home to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and law firm Olswang Solicitors respectively. (more…)

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West End office space second most expensive in the world

Filed under: News — Tags: Hong Kong most expensive office space location, Knight Frank 2012 global real estate survey, London office space, London West End office space rents remain stagnant, West End office space rents, West End second most expensive location to rent office space — Amy Edwards @ 9:56 am

Knight Frank name London’s West End as second most expensive office space location in the world.

Hong Kong rents grew 28% in 2011 to knock the West End into second place.

London’s West End is now the second most expensive place to rent office space in the world – that’s the message from Knight Frank’s 2012 review of global real estate markets.

The firm found the capital’s upmarket area was knocked into second place after Hong Kong office space rents grew 28% in 2011 – a stark contrast to the West End’s growth which slowed last year following a 31% rise in 2010. Statistics show that while rents in the West End rose by 9% in the first half of the year, they remained stagnant during the last six months of 2011 as uncertainty over the UK economy grew. (more…)

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80 Leadenhall Street sold in £14.6 million deal

Filed under: News — Tags: 80 Leadenhall Street sold for £14.6 million, British Land and Barratt purchase 1&2 Aldgate Place, British Land and Barratt purchase EC2 office site, EC3 office space, Henderson Global Investors sells 80 Leadenhall Street — Amy Edwards @ 9:24 am

A private UK property company has purchased 80 Leadenhall Street for £14.6 million.

Henderson Global Investors offloaded the asset on behalf of its £690 million Central London Office Scheme.

Henderson Global Investors has announced it has sold one of its major London office schemes to an unnamed UK property company on behalf of its £690 million Central London Office Fund.

80 Leadenhall Street, which offers 23,000 sq ft of office and retail space, was sold for £14.6 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.4%. Home to a range of tenants including Hartford Financial and National House Building Council, the EC3 property was recently refurbished by the fund to provide quality, Grade-A standard office space across six floors. (more…)

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Workstation size slashed for City office workers

Filed under: News — Tags: City workers hit by smaller workstations, City workstation sizes slashed, London office space, London office space trends, Square Mile office space limited per worker — Amy Edwards @ 9:02 am

A new report shows the amount of office space allotted for each City worker has been slashed to just 10 sq m.

The DTZ study found space efficiency drives have led to a 7.3% drop in occupancy costs in the City.

Office space workers in the City are sure to be feeling the squeeze from the economic downturn – a new DTZ study has found that businesses in the Square Mile have slashed the amount of office space allotted to each employee.

A new space efficiency drive has seen the average workstation size drop from 11 sq m in 2010 to just 10 sq m today. This figure falls in direct contrast to workstation size in New York which currently stands at double the average City figure at 20.9 sq m per worker. (more…)

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Skanska to construct £115 million 6 Bevis Marks scheme

Filed under: News — Tags: 6 Bevis Marks Square Mile, AXA and MPGA appoint Skanska for 6 Bevis Marks construction, London office space, London office space construction, Skanska to construct 6 Bevis Marks — Amy Edwards @ 9:26 am

Skanska have been appointed to construct a £115 million development in the heart of the Square Mile.

6 Bevis Marks will provide 170,000 sq ft of office space and will be capped by a triple height glazed roof atrium and a roof garden.

AXA Real Estate and MPGA have appointed Swedish firm Skanska to start construction on their 6 Bevis Marks scheme in the Square Mile.

Designed by architects Fletcher Priest, the £115 million development will bring 170,000 sq ft of office space to the City of London when completed in 2013. Skanska were appointed for construction after being involved in the demolition phase of the project which has been financed by European real estate bank Eurohypo. (more…)

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Construction begins on new UBS base at 5 Broadgate

Filed under: News — Tags: 5 Broadgate, 5 Broadgate to be new hedquarters of UBS, Broadgate development, London office space, UBS to lease office space at 5 Broadgate — Amy Edwards @ 9:40 am

Construction work has begun on a new office space scheme at 5 Broadgate.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was there to break new ground at the site of UBS’ new headquarters.

Construction work has begun on a new office space scheme at 5 Broadgate which will become the new headquarters of Swiss bank UBS.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne joined owners Blackstone and British Land to break new ground at the site as the start of a three year construction phase begun. During this phase, 5 Broadgate is expected to create more than 5000 construction jobs and once completed will provide 700,000 sq ft of office space across 12 floors. (more…)

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Google to relocate Victoria HQ to King’s Cross

Filed under: News — Tags: Google London office space, Google to relocate to King's Cross, King's Cross office space, King's Cross redevelopment, London office space, Victoria office space — Amy Edwards @ 9:07 am

Google have announced they will relocate to new office space in King’s Cross when their current lease expires in 2016.

The search engine giant is preparing a planning application to build a 725,000 sq ft site behind King’s Cross Station.

Search engine firm Google has stunned the London office space market by announcing it will relocate from its current London base in Victoria to King’s Cross in 2016.

The tech firm, which is based at 123 Buckingham Palace Road for the next four years, is in the process of preparing a planning application to build a new development behind King’s Cross Station. Google have confirmed that in the last few weeks they’ve also appointed architect Allford Hall Monaghan to design the 725,000 sq ft scheme and signed an exclusivity deal with developer Argent. (more…)

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