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A survey by taxpayer-owned Lloyd’s Banking Group has revealed a roughly even split in estate agents’ optimism about the country’s commercial property market. Forty-six percent of res ...
Mixed feelings about commercial property market
UBS has sold its 50 percent stake in Watermark Place to Oxford Properties. The half share in the London development is thought to be worth in the region of £200 million. Since they already owne ...
Oxford Properties picks up Watermark Place stake
Staff at BNP Paribas Real Estate have begun their move to new office space. London employees of the arm of the European banking and financial group will be taking up around 35,000 square feet of space ...
BNP Paribas staff moving buildings
The State of Oman has entered into negotiations to sell its 75 per cent stake in Bishops Square. The Oman Investment Fund bought its share of the property in 2009 from developer Hammerson for £4 ...
State of Oman puts Bishops Square on the market
Rex Building now fully let | 17 September 2010
In the latest deal on the the Rex building at 62 Queen Street EC4, UBS Triton have let the remaining 62,300 square feet of the new build office space to independent fund manager, Gartmore.  Gart ...
Rex Building now fully let
50 New Bond Street completely let | 15 September 2010
The first floor of the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s 33,000 square foot building at 50 New Bond Street has been let by Apollo Real Estate, completing the development’s tenancy c ...
50 New Bond Street completely let
The City of London Corporation has signed an agreement with Exemplar Properties to redevelop the London Fruit and Wool Exchange site on Brushfield Street in Spitalfields. British Land decided to pull ...
Fruit and Wool Exchange redevelopment to go ahead
Ventia is launching a new set of serviced offices in London’s South Kensington to take advantage of high demand in an area with comparatively little competition. The business centre, which is on ...
Ventia creates South Kensington serviced offices
Financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co has predicted strong results for European commercial property shares over the coming five years. The company suggests that such shares may rise 20 perc ...
JP Morgan positive for commercial property
Companies are increasingly opting to move into refurbished properties, due to a lack of new London office space developments in the Midtown. According to a recent report, the limited amount of good qu ...
Lack of Midtown office space forces companies into refurbished offices