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Capita moves 1,000 staff to new City offices

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Offices.org.uk

CAPITA is to move over one thousand employees to new offices in the City of London. The staff from the company’s Property and Infrastucture division, formerly known as Capita Symonds, will occupy the new HQ in the Square Mile. The … Continue reading →

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News Corp signs 30 year lease at “baby shard”

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Rob Powell

NEWS Corp has announced that it has signed a thirty year lease at The Place at London Bridge. The seventeen-storey building which offers 430,000 sq ft of space has been nick-named the “baby Shard” as it sits next to the … Continue reading →

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Council’s own housing offices might become homes

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Rob Powell

OFFICES in which housing officers for Islington council work could themselves become homes if a developer’s bid is successful. Islington Council are vacating Highbury House in Highbury Crescent, London, in a cost saving moving and the owner, Folgate Estates has … Continue reading →

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Iconic offices shrouded in fog

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Rob Powell

DENSE fog across London this morning saw some the capital’s most iconic office buildings disappear from the vista. Here are some of the best photos from Twitter this morning… Foggy London this morning from the air… pic.twitter.com/C8nm3JWMhp — James Dolphin … Continue reading →

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Kingston office block to become budget hotel?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

A 1970s office block in Kingston upon Thames could be turned in to a budget hotel. The Surrey Comet newspaper reports that developers BA Partnership & Premier Inn Hotels Ltd have submitted a planning application requesting permission to change the use … Continue reading →

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Facebook Likes offices at Regent’s Place

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

SOCIAL media giant Facebook have agreed a ten year letting at British Land’s Regent’s Place mixed use campus in London NW1. The tech firm are taking 87,719 sq ft of space and will occupy three floors of 10 Brock Place, … Continue reading →

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New business centre at Canary Wharf’s Hertsmere House

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

A NEW 175-workstation serviced office centre has been opened at Hertsmere House at Canary Wharf. The new business centre from Targetspace sits at the western end of West India Docks and is the fourth serviced office space in their London … Continue reading →

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Architect selected for new Met Police HQ design

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

ARCHITECTS have been selected to create the new London HQ of the Metropolitan Police. Allford Halls Monaghan Morris won an international design competition (winning design pictured above) and it is their plans that will now go forward for the new … Continue reading →

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Bankside properties sold by Land Securities

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

LAND Securities has sold almost 400,000 sq ft of office space on the South Bank in central London. Their portfolio of property at Bankside has been bought for £315 million by M&G Investments. Two office buildings with space totalling 380,000 … Continue reading →

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British Land unveils new public art at Regent’s Place

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Offices.org.uk

A SPECIALLY commissioned piece of art that is 14metres tall has been unveiled by British Land for their Regent’s Place development. “Pecking Bird” is by Turner prize-nominated Gary Hume and will be located on the corner of Brock Street and … Continue reading →

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