Posted on April 23, 2014 by Rob Powell
A NEW skyscraper being built in China is to have the fastest elevators in the world, capable of reaching 45mph.
The lifts in the under-construction Guangzhou CTF Financial Center will move passengers up 95 storeys in just 43 seconds.
From a total of ninety-five elevators being supplied to the new tower in Guangzhou, south China, two will be super fast.
Japanase giant Hitachi has developed a “permanent magnet synchronous motor” to power the new lifts at record breaking speeds while providing a “comfortable ride even during high-speed operation” with reduced sensation of ear blockage.
The new 111-storey Guangzhou CTF Financial Center will be completed in 2016 and offer 208,000 sq metres of office space. It will also include space for residential properties and a hotel.
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Posted on April 22, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
A CLERKENWELL warehouse that has been used for many Hollywood movies will be turned in to new offices.
The Planning Committee at Islington Council approved the plans to convert the Grade-II listed Farmiloe building in St John Street.
3,000 sq metres of office space will be created in the building itself while a 1930s extension will be demolished to make way for a new five storey building with an additional 4,000 sq metres of offices.
The Farmiloe building, close to Smithfield Market and the City of London, was built in 1868 and replaced other buildings owned by the Farmiloe family that had been destroyed by a fire two years earlier.
The architect behind the approved proposals is Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. The movues Batman Begins and The Dark Knight both used the location for shooting.
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Posted on April 14, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
A MAJORITY of Londoners think that the Shard has improved their city’s skyline, a new survey shows.
The poll by Yougov shows that 57% of respondents believe that the eye catching tower has improved the way London looks.
Only 21% were of the opinion it had made the cityscape less attractive.
The 300-metre tall skyscraper was the tallest building in Europe when it was built and has close to 600,000 sq ft of office space. Construction of the Renzo Piano-designed tower was completed in the summer of 2012.
Londoners also believe that 30 St Mary Axe, commonly referred to as the Gherkin, has enhanced London’s skyline with 52% for it and 29% against. It’s been a fixture in the London skyline for 11 years, having been completed in 2003.
But they are yet to be convinced by the new “Walkie Talkie” building in Fenchurch Street with only 25% saying it had improved the view and 36% taking the opposite opinion.
Read Yougov’s survey results in full
Shard photo credit: Rob Powell/OnTheThames.net
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Posted on April 3, 2014 by Rob Powell
THE FCA is to move its headquarters to new offices at the Olympic Park in East London.
The financial regulator will leave its current base in Canary Wharf to move in to 430,000 sq ft of offices in The International Quarter (TIQ), Stratford.
Reports say that the move won’t take place until 2018 when the current lease in the North Colonnade at Canary Wharf comes to an end. The FCA is a successor body to the old FSA and employs almost 3,000 staff.
The International Quarter, Stratford City, is a new 22-acre, £1.3billion project from Lend Lease and LCR which will be home to 4 million sq ft of flexible commercial office space.
The commercial district is part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, large swathes of which will become open to the public as of April 5th.
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Posted on March 28, 2014 by Rob Powell
THE TOPPING out ceremony has been held for a brand new twelve-storey office block in the City of London.
Number 5 Broadgate will provide 700,000 sq ft of Grade A office space for occupants UBS when it’s completed next year.
The Make-designed office block has four trading floors and will allow UBS to consolidate its London operations in to one building.
The British Land development is the latest addition to the 32-acre Broadgate estate of offices and retail in the City, next to Liverpool Street station.
Construction work began on 5 Broadgate back in March 2012 and permission for it was granted in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Posted on March 27, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
SERVICED office provider United Business Centres have opened a new business centre in Birmingham.
The fit out has recently been completed on 65 Church Street which is now able to offer 33 offices and 148 workstations.
The period building in the city’s “jewellery quarter” was formerly formerly a Diocesan Lodge of the Girls’ Friendly Society.
Tom Mulvaney, Managing Director of United Business Centres, said: “We are delighted to bring 65 Church Street to the market and feel it will provide an ideal solution for small or medium businesses looking for a professional base in the UK’s second city.”
UBC now has sixteen business centres around the country, including two others in Birmingham.
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Posted on March 26, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
OVER 200,000 sq ft of office space in a new landmark building have been approved by Leeds City Council.
Planners have given the go-ahead to a detailed planning application for Roydhouse’s Central Square redevelopment project on the old Lumiere site in the city.
The mixed use building, designed by Leeds-based DLA Design, will combine high quality offices with a restaurant and also leisure facilities at lower levels.
The 11-storey building will also include atria, a winter garden with green wall and a green roof on one elevation.
Richard Thornton, of property agent JLL, commented to the Yorkshire Evening Post: “We are confident Central Square’s design will play a very important role in contributing to the city’s evolving skyline.
“Without a doubt this will be the most iconic building in Leeds for number of years and we are currently in talks with a number of interested occupiers.”
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Posted on March 19, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a number of exciting finds in Northampton at the site of brand new council offices.
A team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have excavated a medieval back yard and discovered a bread oven, medieval pottery and a collection of bronze pins.
The dig is taking place in Fetter Street, where a new £43million office building for Northamptonshire County Council will be built.
Andy Chapman, MOLA Archaeologist, said that the project “is providing a rare opportunity to look at the back streets of the medieval town, occupied by rows of small houses or cottages with their backyard plots, and to explore the everyday lives of the average medieval Northamptonian.”
The excavation will continue until August.
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Posted on March 11, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
WINDOW cleaners had to be rescued by the fire brigade yesterday after they were left dangling outside an office block in London.
The cradle had become stuck with two male workers on it outside the third floor of an office building in Great Tower Street in the City of London.
The two were eventually helped down to safety by specialised rope safety crew from the London Fire Brigade.
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Posted on March 10, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
SERVICED office provider Targetspace has announced a ten-year lease at Lion Court in Holborn, London.
The new business centre will span three floors of the five storey building, providing 280 workstations.
Targetspace Managing Director Stephen Finnegan said: “We are extremely pleased to have signed on this fantastic building, in such a prime location – Lion Court is close to both the City and the West End and is well serviced by the London Underground, being only minutes’ walk to Holborn station which is ideal.”
Targetspace’s other London business centres are in Wembley, the West End, the City of London and Canary Wharf.
The refurbishment at Lion Court, Procter Street, should be complete by the end of March.
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