Posted on January 30, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
OFFICES above a private members’ club in the heart of Mayfair are being turned in to a new luxury hotel.
The Arts Club in Dover Street, London, has announced that it is converting the rooms on its second, third and fourth floors in to a sixteen room hotel.
Visitors to the hotel will have the use of facilities usually only available to members, such as three restaurants, a night club and a garden.
The conversion from offices in to hotel suites is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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Posted on January 28, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
AN INTERNATIONAL serviced office company has leased space in the soon-to-be-complete Leadenhall Building.
Servcorp will occupy level thirty in the City of London skyscraper that has been labelled as the Cheesegrater.
It’s the first single floor leasing in the 225m-tall building which has been designed by Richard Rogers and is a 50:50 joint venture between British Land and Oxford Properties.
Tim Roberts, Head of Offices at British Land said: “Servcorp is a brand that is synonymous with the world’s premier buildings, We are delighted they have selected The Leadenhall Building to expand their London operations.”
Mike Rayner, Head of Development at Oxford Properties said: “Servcorp’s decision to take space at The Leadenhall Building underlines that this is a real trophy building; not just in the context of London, but globally. It is a fitting start to the year in which Leadenhall will reach practical completion.”
The Leadenhall Building, at 122 Leadenhall Street, is due for completion this year.
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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 company is to sublease about 100,000 sq ft of office space from JP Morgan at 10 Aldermanbury.
The recently built office block has eight upper floors and is close to historic Guildhall. About half of the employees moving to the new HQ will be moving from offices in Proctor Street and Shaftesbury Avenue.
Richard Marchant, chief executive, property & infrastructure, Capita said: “This is a hugely exciting move for us as we look to significantly grow our presence and profile in London over the next few years. Relocating the majority of our London staff in one central location presents us with a fantastic opportunity to promote even greater collaboration between teams within a modern and agile working environment.”
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Posted on January 16, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
A NEW four storey office development in Aberdeen will be known as Grainger House, taking its name from Scottish rower Kathleen Grainger.
The £5million development will be built on South Esplanade West, alongside the River Dee where Grainger trained.
The unoccupied former John Law frozen seafood factory will be demolished for the scheme to go ahead, which will create 20,800 square feet of office space able to accommodate 200 staff.
Mark Smith from the developer, Robertson, said: “2014 looks to be busy year for Aberdeen, a city which is already experiencing a mini-boom period.
“We are confident in the local market and see this site as the start of redevelopment of the South Dee quarter. We expect strong interest in this project and expect a range of companies to be interested in this opportunity.”
Kathleen Grainger, along with Anna Watkins, achived Gold in the Double Sculls event at London 2012.
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Posted on January 10, 2014 by Rob Powell
LEGAL & General’s Managed Property Fund has paid out over £50million for an Aberdeen office block.
The acquisition of Union Plaza office development from Union Plaza Limited Partnership, which is owned by the original developer – the Stewart Milne Group, in a deal valued at £54.8 million.
The office complex in Aberdeen’s Union Wynd, offers 122,012 sq ft of space, was built in 2008. Current tenants include Aberdeen Asset Management and GDF Suez Exploration & Production.
Mark Russell, senior fund manager at Legal & General Property, said: “This acquisition presents us with an increased exposure to growth from rising rental values.
“The strength of Aberdeen’s economy and its bias to the energy sector provides a strong platform for continued investment.”
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Posted on January 9, 2014 by Offices.org.uk
COUNCILLORS in Birmingham have today backed plans for a brand new thirteen-storey office building in the city.
The new office block at 2 Cornwall Street will sit on the corner of Livery Street, close to the city’s Snow Hill railway station, and offer 200,000 sq ft of Grade A office space.
A meeting of the council’s Planning Committee gave outline planning permission for the scheme today with detailed plans to be decided upon later.
An existing office building at the location called Peat House, which was only built in the late 1980s and rises to nine-storeys, will be torn down in order for the development to go ahead.
The Birmingham Post reports that Councillor Barry Henley, who chairs the council’s Conservation and Heritage Panel, said the existing “building is so ugly no one wants to refurbish it.” Another councillor likened it to a “giant radiator.”
Architects Associated Architects say in their documents supporting the new office building, submitted on behalf of developer West Register, that “careful consideration has been given to the character and appearance of the surrounding area, the scale of existing buildings in the vicinity, views into and out of the area and the planning policy framework.”
Peat House: “So ugly no one wants to refurbish it”
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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 country’s tallest building in the London Bridge Quarter development. The Place, like the Shard, was designed by architect Renzo Piano.
News Corp will take possession of the offices this summer and move its companies News UK, Harper Collins and Dow Jones to the new headquarters. News UK, which owns the Times, the Sunday Times and the Sun, will be leaving its Wapping offices after 27-years.
The decision to leave famous site in Wapping was first reported in the summer of 2013 but the deal to move south of the river has now been inked by News UK CEO, Mike Darcey, on behalf of News Corp’s UK operations.
News UK CEO Mike Darcey said: “There can be no clearer signal of our determination to secure a sustainable future for the world-class journalism we produce than the commitment we make today. This is a commitment by our company to London and the UK for the next three decades. Our titles will evolve, our relationships with our readers will strengthen and our mission to report, analyse and challenge the world will continue.”
Irvine Sellar, Chairman of Sellar Property, shareholder and developer of London Bridge Quarter said: “We are delighted to welcome News Corp’s UK operations to The Place. The wide range of global brands including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, Dow Jones and HarperCollins, is helping create a dynamic business hub at London Bridge with a strong media flavour.”
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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 submitted an application to turn the property in to 60 new homes.
Rules for the change of use from offices to residential were relaxed by the coalition government.
Local paper, the Islington Gazette reports that the council is opposed to the move. Councillor James Murray, executive member for housing, told the paper:
“The government’s change to housing is creating a reckless free for all so that you have office space being lost and businesses and small charities being evicted to make way for new residential properties.”
A top planner at City Hall told the London Assembly earlier this year that the government’s relaxation of the rules could place 4 million square metres of office space in the London at risk.
Highbury House, Islington.
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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…
Canary Wharf as seen from above
Another extraordinary photo of Canary Wharf, taking by the Metropolitan Police Helicopter.
The Gherkin in the City of London.
The Shard, the tallest building in the UK, emerging from the fog.
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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 of Combined House into a hotel.
The office block is in Wheatfield Way in Kingston upon Thames town centre and sits above an NCP car park and is next to a Travelodge Hotel which was also previously offices.
The tower was built in 1976 and has been owned by the BA Partnership since 2003. A planning statement supporting their application to turn the offices into a hotel notes, “Kingston has long been a relatively unpopular office location and its rental values are correspondingly low, only 60% of those in Richmond, for example.”
“It would not be financially justifiable to refurbish Combined House” [for use as offices], the report goes on to say. The closing date for comments on the application is December 6th.
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