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The Government has decided not to list the Broadgate complex in the City of London, EC2, clearing the way for construction of a new 12-storey 700,000 sq ft HQ for UBS bank at 5 Broadgate by developer British Land. Completion is scheduled for 2014. - (16-06-2011)
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London’s next development cycle is now well underway with some 30 office schemes starting in the last six months, amounting to 510,962 sq m (5.5m sq ft) of new space coming on-stream.
Skyscrapers are topical again, and in this CityOffices newswire we look in detail at the unprecedented ‘clutch’ of new office towers (defined as 20+ storeys) nearing completion, underway and planned.
The last development cycle saw completion of the 37,160 sq m (398,000 sq ft), 34-storey Broadgate tower, EC2, now largely fully let; the 38,740 sq m (417,000 sq ft) 36-storey 125 Old Broad Street, EC2 has only 5,000 sq ft still available; the 55,091 sq m (593,000 sq ft), 36-storey Ropemaker Place, EC2, which is fully let; and the 25-storey, 30,750 sq m (331,000 sq ft) Drapers Gardens scheme in Throgmorton Avenue, EC2, which was pre-let.
All the above towers are in the City of London and interestingly there were no skyscrapers completed in Canary Wharf in the last cycle, or, less unusually, in the West End, Midtown or fringe. The almost-complete 59,921 sq m (645,000 sq ft), 46-storey Heron Tower in Bishopsgate, EC2, will end the tower building activity for the 2006-2011 property cycle.
The next cycle will see completion of the 75,901 sq m (817,000 sq ft), 80-storey, Shard, SE1 in 2012; the 63-storey, 111,482 sq m (1.2m sq ft) Pinnacle, EC2, in 2013; the 37-storey, 79,895 sq m (860,000 sq ft) 20 Fenchurch Street, EC3 (Walkie Talkie) and 47-storey, 67,075 sq m (722,000 sq ft) Leadenhall Building (Cheesegrater) both in 2014.
Schemes which are not yet under construction and may be completed in the next cycle are the 40-storey, 71,534 sq m (770,000 sq ft) 100 Bishopsgate, EC3, where a 2011 start is envisaged; the 22-storey, 27,870 sq m (300,000 sq ft), 60-70 St Mary Axe, EC3 (Can of Spam); and the 21-storey 93,440 sq m (1m sq ft) Aldgate Place, E1.
Elsewhere, a possible 20-storey plus scheme is being designed for Elizabeth House, and a 31-storey scheme for Kings Reach House, both in SE1. At Canary Wharf, the 2m sq ft redevelopment of Heron Quays is planned to include a 33-storey tower and there are still outstanding proposals for a 43-storey part office tower at Crossharbour; a 43-storey tower at Millharbour; and a 63-storey tower at the site formerly known as Columbus Tower in E14. In the West End, plans for the Victoria Interchange include a tower of up to 20-storeys.
The question is how successful are these new towers likely to be? The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) in EC3, has rapidly became a London icon, but 10-years ago, post 9/11, it was very slow to let, with over 50% still vacant on completion. Other high-rise buildings such as Centrepoint in the West End and 1 Canada Square at Canary Wharf were slow to let in the early days. Despite these examples developers seem keener than ever to build towers.
In total some 315,868 sq m (3.4m sq ft) of office space is under construction in five office towers, but still available, with a further 260,126 sq m (2.8m sq ft) in towers that could start in 2011 or 2012. These are big numbers, however, to put it in context, the City of London saw lettings of new unoccupied office space of 260,126 sq m (2.8m sq ft) in 2010, so a single year’s take-up could almost fill them. The five towers will be completed over a four-year period, during which they will currently face limited competition from newly completed, large, low-rise schemes in the City.
Experience from completed towers such as Broadgate Tower, 125 Old Broad Street and Ropemaker Place shows that the majority of lettings tend to be signed-up after the development has been completed. In general, only a small proportion of a tower’s floorspace is pre-let before completion. However, the experience of the recent letting of 17,744 sq m (191,000 sq ft) to Aon at the Leadenhall Building may indicate a more active pre-let market than previously for the new London towers.
An analysis of the occupiers of recently completed towers shows that the major share (51%) is taken-up by financial services with professional services (including law), in second place (23%). With the just two sectors accounting for 74% of deals done it is no wonder that these are the main targets for developers and their agents.
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An unusual ‘bulge’ of lease expiry and breaks due in the period 2013-15 has partly contributed to developers enthusiasm in starting new schemes in the last few months; and in-turn this has led to developers with refurbishment schemes to also leap into competitive starts to achieve completion before the towers come on-stream.
The future of the next generation of towers will depend on attitude of the 200 medium to large office occupiers in the City of London now actively looking for space, or with lease expiries due in the next four years. If occupiers show the same enthusiasm for high-rise working as those firms moving in the previous office cycle, then the new towers coming to the London skyline will succeed. it will just take a little time.
Andy King
Director
CityOffices.net
- (20-05-2011)
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August office lettings in central London amounted to 1.2 million sq ft according to research by Cityoffices. The total was helped by the sizeable 700,000 sq ft pre-let at 4 Broadgate, EC2 to UBS. Elsewhere, the market was quiet and only 28 lettings over 5,000 sq ft were recorded. - (15-09-2010)
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British Land is to demolish UBS's offices at 4 and 6 Broadgate near Liverpool Street station, and erect a 65,000 sq m (700,000) sq ft building with four trading floors. The Swiss bank will occupy the new building and has agreed an 18-month rent-free period and will then pay £54.50 per sq ft. The new 5 Broadgate will cost £340m to construct. British Land and Blackstone plan to start building in the middle of 2011 and hope to finish in 2014. British Land is also in negotiations with potential tenants for its planned 122 Leadenhall Street tower, known as the Cheesegrater. - (03-08-2010)
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British Land has confirmed press reports that it is planning a new headquarters for UBS covering around 65,000 sq m (700,000 sq ft) at its Broadgate, London, EC2 site, on the site of existing UBS buildings number 4 and 6. The scheme is expected to cost £175m. The new HQ is expected to be completed in 2014. - (19-05-2010)
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The BBC has admitted that it has gone nearly £60m over budget on its £1bn redevelopment of Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1. Most of the mistakes occured during phase 1 to 2004. The new HQ will become the new home to BBC News and Radio, including the World Service at the end of 2010. Around 4,500 staff are expected to relocate to Broadcasting House in the next year.
- (24-02-2010)
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The New Broadcasting House project for the BBC in Portland Place, W1, is seeking workplace and interior design consultants for the 45,000 sq m (484,380 sq ft) net fit-out of the eight story Phase 2. The £110m Phase 1 involved the refurbishment of Broadcasting House of 16,600 sq m (178,882 sq ft), and the new build East Wing (Egton House), a five storey 6,800 sq m (73,195 sq ft). Phase 1 completed in early 2006. The £262m Phase 2 is an eight storey 54,000 sq m (581,256 sq ft) gross building due to be completed in mid 2009. The fit out project is due to be appointed in the New Year for a start in April 2009 and occupation is planned for September 2012. - (17-12-2008)
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Lancaster Holdings, part of Warner Estates, is well underway with the refurbishment of the 5,300 sq m (57,000 sq ft) Cable House office building at 60 New Broad Street, London, EC2. Completion is expected in December 2008 and Montagu Evans is the letting agent. - (14-11-2008)
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Caxton Hall, the Grade II listed former Westminster registry office, in London SW1, is to be redeveloped as office and apartments. The building on the Broadway and Christchurch Gardens conservation area has been vacant for about 20-years. Amberswift Limited and Stanhope plc have submitted a planning application to Westminster City Council, for a scheme designed by Foggo Associates, to restore the building and create 13 flats and also build a nine-storey 5,000 sq m (53,820 sq ft) office building at the rear of the site. - (10-02-2003)
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The BBC is to spend £252m creating a “live news centre” at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1. The development will start shortly with the demolition of Egton House, an adjoining building, starting in January 2003. Bovis Lend Lease has been appointed as the construction manager. The 9 to 13 storey complex has been designed by Sir Richard McCormac and will include 140 studios, a central atrium, and a huge newsroom. All the BBC’s radio operations and television news will be brought together in the building. The first stage of the project is the refurbishment and extension of Broadcasting House, a 1932 Grade II* listed building, and the demolition of four adjoining properties to create two new buildings of about 74,321 sq m (800,000 sq ft). The scheme will be completed by 2008. - (16-12-2002)
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The London Stock Exchange has submitted plans to the Corporation of London for the development of its site at 125 Old Broad Street EC2. The Stock Exchange is to relocate to Paternoster Square in mid-2004 and is planning to sell its existing premises on gaining planning consent. The new plans, by architect Nicholas Grimshaw, include a major refurbishment and re-cladding of the late 1980's 27-storey Exchange Tower and the development and a new podium level of 3,031 sq m (32,625 sq ft) as part of the 'East' Building and a new nine-level block (The West Building), providing 23,958 sq m (257,883 sq ft) of offices, will be created on the site of the old trading floor on the corner of Old Broad Street and Throgmorton Avenue. The scheme will provide a total of 65,804 sq m (708,314 sq ft) of office space (gross external area) and also include 7,236 sq m (77,888 sq ft) (gea) of retail space. City Offices Management is the project manager and Ove Arup is the structures and services consultant. - (13-11-2002)
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The London Stock Exchange has submitted plans to the Corporation of London for the development of its site in Old Broad Street, London EC2. The Stock Exchange is to relocate to Paternoster Square in mid-2004 and is planning to sell its existing premises on gaining planning consent. The new plans, by architect Nicholas Grimshaw, include a major refurbishment of the 26-storey Exchange Tower and the development of two new buildings. An eight-storey block will be created on the site of the old trading floor and a five-storey building on the corner of Old Broad Street and Throgmorton Avenue. The scheme will provide 44,128 sq m (475,000 sq ft) of office space and also include 3,716 sq m (40,000 sq ft) of retail space. The London Stock Exchange is being advised by Greycoat subsidiary City Offices and Insignia Richard Ellis has advised on the plans. - (17-10-2002)
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A number of London firms based in the West End are currently rationalising their offices. Tiscali's takeover of World Online has released its 1,665 sq m (17,922 sq ft) at 20 Broadwick Street in W1; Advertising agency CDP is marketing its 33 Soho Square headquarters in W1; EPB Communications is looking to dispose of its Berners Mews offices in W1; IT company, Informa is looking to dispose of 745 sq m (8,019 sq ft) at Newlands House W1, while Colt Telecom is about to market its 3,345 sq m (36,000 sq ft) office at 79 New Cavendish Street, also in W1. - (14-11-2001)
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The BBC is said to be about to go ahead with the redevelopment of Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London W1, behind the Grade II listed facade. The 46,451 sq m (500,000 sq ft)
building would be redeveloped by Land Securities Trillium, which includes Bovis Lend Lease, and could take six years to complete. The scheme will increase the useable floorspace by 6,967 sq m (75,000 sq ft) to about 50,167 sq m (540,000 sq ft). The construction work is estimated to be about £200m and technology costs account for another £200m. An application for planning permission may be made by November 2001. - (29-07-2001)
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Greycoat is to advise the London Stock Exchange on the redevelopment of its site on Old Broad Street, London EC2. The LSE will relocate from its 15,793 sq m (170,000 sq ft) of office space in
the 26-storey Exchange Tower in 2004. City Offices, owned and operated by the management of Greycoat, is thought to have beaten rival Stanhope to the consultancy role. The Stock Exchange is being advised by Insignia Richard Ellis.
- (14-07-2001)
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Derwent Valley Holdings, the specialist central London developer, has acquired Centric House, the former warehouse building, in Shoreditch High Street, London E1 for around £21.7m. The 31,586 sq m (340,000 sq ft) building has been acquired from Hayes Commercial Services and will be leased back for one-year. Derwent Valley is thought to be planning to redevelop the 0.5ha (1.2 acre) site for offices and storage facilities. The site, which is just north of the Broadgate office complex, is the latest of several proposed regeneration projects for the area. - (30-05-2001)
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The Corporation of London has been linked with plans to develop a 2ha (5-acre) site on the fringe of the City. The site is bounded by Shoreditch High Street, Norton Folgate, Folgate Street and Commercial Street in London E1. Ownership is thought to be mainly in the control of Railtrack as well as the interests of the Corporation of London. An announcement on the scheme is due in the next two months. There have been persistent market rumours of a 50-storey skyscraper, codenamed 'Cosmos', being planned for a site near Broadgate and Foster & Partners is said to be the architect for the project. - (30-04-2001)
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The London Stock Exchange is reported to have decided to take a pre-let on the 19,440 sq m (209,260 sq ft) King Edward Court building at Paternoster Square, London EC4. The London Stock Exchange had been rumoured to be considering a move to Canary Wharf but it is thought that no suitable space was available. In particular the London Stock Exchange is said to require "its own front door". The King Edward Court building is being developed by Mitsubishi Estates and is planned to be completed in 2004. The London Stock Exchange has about 500 staff and occupies just over half its existing building in Old Broad Street, London EC2. It is said that the exchange may now sell the 26-storey 1970's tower as a redevelopment scheme.
- (09-04-2001)
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Canary Wharf has agreed the biggest single lease transaction in central London in its 93,000 sq m (1,001,052 sq ft) deal with Lehman Brothers, the US investment bank. Lehman Brothers will take the Cesar Pelli designed 30-storey HQ2 building, now under construction at Heron Quays, London E14, at a rack rent of £441.32 sq m (£41 per sq ft). Lehman Brothers will occupy the building in late 2003 and vacate about 40,000 sq m (430,560 sq ft) at Broadgate in London EC2. Insignia Richard Ellis advised Lehman Brothers on the transaction. - (06-04-2001)
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The BBC has announced that Land Securities Trillium as the preferred bidder in its proposed property partnership. Land Securities submitted a joint bid with Trillium, the outsourcing group, last year. The Land Securities team is also understood to include Bovis Lend Lease. The BBC's reserve bidder is Amey. If Land Securities/Trillium secure the deal the first project is likely to be the £200m development of the White City site in London W12, which could provide 60,000 sq m (645,840 sq ft). The Grade II listed Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London W4 is included in the property portfolio and the BBC is also said to be renegotiating its lease on Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2, which expires in 2005, and could be a refurbishment project. - (25-03-2001)
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The designs for the £350m skyscraper at London Bridge station, SE1 have just been unveiled. The 66-storey tapering glass tower, designed by Renzo Piano and Broadway Malyan, for developer the Sellar Property Group, will, if built, be the tallest in Europe at 1,016 ft tall. The lower half of the tower is planned as a 27-storey 55,741 sq m (600,000 sq ft) office block, with the upper 15-storey as a hotel and apartment complex. A planning application for the "shard of glass", otherwise known as the London Bridge Tower, could be submitted to the London Borough of Southwark next week. The scheme has been reduced by about 14-storey following initial comments from CABE, the architectural advisory body. There seems little doubt that this scheme, along with Heron's Bishopsgate tower, will become the centre of debate, around which London local government and advisory bodies will finally have to establish an agreed policy towards tall buildings. - (20-03-2001)
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The BBC is to bring its news operations, with 2,200 staff, into one centre at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1. A new building, will be developed on the site of two existing 1960's office blocks, Egton House and 16 Langham Street. The new centre will be completed in 2008 and include 4,645 sq m (50,000 sq ft) of publicly accessible space. The BBC World Service, with 1,100 staff, will vacate Bush House in the Aldwych, London WC2 and move to the extended Broadcasting House a 1930's Grade II listed building. Architect MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has been commissioned to design the 'state-of-the-art centre. The redevelopment is likely to be carried out as a joint venture with the winning bidder for the BBC's property portfolio.
- (01-11-2000)
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The London Stock Exchange has announced that it is considering vacating the 24-storey Exchange Tower in Old Broad Street EC2 as part of a defence against a hostile bid from Sweden's OM Group. The London Stock Exchange could relocate to a new headquarters by 2004 and could sell the building, which it is said may be worth about £100m. The relocation by 2004 would tie in with lease expiry on the premises. Insignia Richard Ellis was appointed in June 1999 to advise the Exchange on its property requirements. - (20-10-2000)
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