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Tottenham Court Road is the latest location to see a significant sale of office space. London-focused REIT Derwent London has just purchased 250,000 square feet at the Central Cross development, sold ...
Derwent London buys Central Cross
In a significant new West End deal, wealth managers Kleinwort Benson have signed for 50,000 square feet of office space belonging to the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership. Scottish Widows has see ...
Scottish Widows lets St George Street
Relaunch for Network Rail | 18 July 2010
Network Rail have relaunched their nationwide property portfolio, which includes 3,800 units at stations around London – making it the capital’s largest estate of commercial property. Lond ...
Relaunch for Network Rail
The Carlyle Group has bought six landmark London office properties for £617 million.  The group, which was established in 1987, is a global investment firm that has more than $90.5 billion ...
Carlyle Group buys Landmark London Office Properties
In a recession, there’s generally a declining demand for office space. London’s financial and commercial hub, the City of London, hasn’t seen a single new development in 2010, breaki ...
City Rents Predicted To Bounce Back
British Land is set to shift its focus upmarket to the West End. Ultimately the plan is to have more than 50 percent of its London office space in the West End; at present, the property company has ar ...
West End shift for British Land
The Hong Kong-based Chinese Estates Group is reportedly offering a compelling £300 million cash to buy the prestigious Tower 42 in the City of London, formerly known as the NatWest Tower. The gr ...
Chinese Estates makes offer on Tower 42
Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners are to open their first European offices in London. Avista is a US concern, founded in 2005 and based in New York. The company was founded as a spin out f ...
Avista to Open London Offices
A new report suggests that the capitals of England and France are two of the safest places in the world to invest in commercial property. London and Paris are two strong markets that investors would c ...
London and Paris safest for commercial property
Property development company Hammerson is set to realise a 74 per cent return on their 1999 purchase of the Exchange Tower near Canary Wharf. Initially bought for about £77 million, the real est ...
Property Developers Hammerson see 74 per cent return on 1999 investment