Log in or Subscribe to see address details for John McAslan & Partners
Log in or Subscribe to see telephone and fax details for John McAslan & Partners
Log in or Subscribe to see email and website details for John McAslan & Partners
Log in or Subscribe to see associated projects for John McAslan & Partners
A full news search is available here
Derwent London, the property developer, has said that it is not planning to start any new commercial developments until 2010 or 2011. The company has made the decision because of the credit crunch and the fall in occupier requirements for new space. Derwent has three buildings under construction and has let 408,000 sq ft in the last nine months, and has a further 35,000 sq ft of office space under offer. John Burns, chief executive, has said that the next two years are about "good housekeeping" and his comments mirror those expressed by Great Portland Estates, Hammerson and Liberty International. - (20-11-2008)
Add to portfolio
Thornfield Properties has appointed a new architecture team to redesign its plans for Smithfield Market in the City of London. Architect Kohn Pederson Fox has been replaced by John McAslan & Partners. Plans by KPF were rejected in August 2008 by Secretary of State Hazel Blears. Revised plans will be submitted shortly. - (11-11-2008)
Add to portfolio
Sir John Cass's Foundation, the inner London educational trust, is still in negotiations with the City Corporation for a redevelopment behind the 1899 façade of 31 Jewry Street, London, EC3. The new teaching and laboratory space and office planned would amount to 8,560 sq m (92,139 sq ft) on six storeys. The application for renewed permission was withdrawn from last weeks planning committeee for further negotiations. The architect for the latest scheme is Chapman Taylor - (21-11-2005)
Add to portfolio
Hammerson is predicting that the London office market will see rents rise in 2006 and fewer incentives being on offer this year. Hammerson has one-third of its portfolio in offices and a vacancy rate of 28.3%, mainly because of its four central London buildings. The comments by John Richards, chief executive, were made as Hammerson announced that John Nelson, former chairman of Credite Suisse First Boston, is to become chairman of Hammerson at the end of September, when Ronald Spinney retires as chairman. - (01-03-2005)
Add to portfolio
South Kensington Tube station has just been listed by the Culture Secretary and could thow into doubt plans by Stanhope and Hutchison Whampoa for gaining planning consent for a new office and retails scheme. Proposals for a Terry Farrell & Partners designed 11-storey tower and shopping centre were withdrawn last month following local protests. South Kensington Tube station was built in 1868 and the listing is intended to presenrve original features designed by Sir John Fowler for the Metropolitan and District Railway. - (09-09-2004)
Add to portfolio
Hammerson is predicting a rise in office rents in the City of London in 2005, with John Richards, chief executive, being quoted as saying “Rent-free periods in the City will shorten this year and rents will rise next year”. City office buildings account for 20 per cent of the company’s UK portfolio and have seen a rise in value by 4.8% to £540.8m. In the West End rents were 5 per cent to 10 per cent higher than in 2003. Hammerson’s West End portfolio accounts for about 2 per cent of the company’s UK portfolio and saw a 12.8 per cent rise in value to £81.7m. - (25-08-2004)
Add to portfolio
A review of the private finance initiative (PFI) approach on the Treasury and Ministry of Defence buildings in Whitehall, London SW1 has been launched by the National Audit Office, parliament's spending watchdog. The NAO has said that I will produce separate reports on the Treasury and MoD contracts, which are worth about £500m and £1.6bn respectively. The Treasury's Grade II listed building is being refurbished by the Exchequer Partnership, a consortium involving Chesterton, Stanhope and Bovis Lend Lease. The MoD's Grade I listed main building in Whitehall is being refurbished by Modus Services, a consortium comprising Amey, McQuarie Infrastructure, John Laing and Innisfree. Internal demolition work on the MoD's building will start in September. - (25-08-2001)
Add to portfolio
DEGW has been commissioned by Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, to draw up a tall buildings strategy for the capital. Laoro Nicholaou, the DEGW project manager, has said that the firm has been given "a blank sheet" on which to produce its recommendations. DEGW will look at whether tall buildings should be clustered together or if individual buildings should be allowed. An expert panel, led by John Worthington at DEGW, will also consider the economic case for tall buildings. DEGW completed a similar study for the Dublin last year. - (10-08-2001)
Add to portfolio
Grenadier Investments has been granted planning permission for a new 27,870 sq m (300,000 sq ft) office building at 1 Park Place, close to Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14. The new development, on the site of the Littlejohn Frazer building, has been designed by Michael Squire & Partners and the developer is being advised by Delta Land. - (08-05-2001)
Add to portfolio
The strategic plan for London is said to have been delayed and will not now be released for comment until 7th May. The proposals document of the Spatial Development Strategy (SDS) was originally due for release in December 2000. The question seems to be is Nicky Gavron, the deputy mayor, still in charge of the SDS planning policy?. There are reports in last weeks planning journal that London mayor Ken Livingstone is taking an active involvement and asked his economic advisor, John Ross, to rewrite parts, hence the latest delay. - (22-04-2001)
Add to portfolio
The Corporation of London's Court of Common Council has voted in favour of the planning committee's recommendation that permission be granted to Heron's 110 Bishopsgate skyscraper in EC3. The building at 43-storeys will become the City's tallest tower. The secretary of state, John Prescott, has three weeks to call the scheme in and English Heritage is said to be carrying on its campaign to stop the proposed development. - (02-02-2001)
Add to portfolio
British Land has announced a joint venture with Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB), the German bank, to dispose of a 50 per cent interest in four London office properties and receive £358m cash. The four properties are One and 10 Fleet Place, 100 New Bridge Street, and Watling House on Cannon Street. The remainder of the venture will be owned by WestLB, and Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank and Provinzial-Feuerversicherungsanstalt Der Rheinprovinz-Versicherung Der Sparkassen. John Weston-Smith, finance director at British Land, has been reported as saying that the deal is "more than enough" to pay for current developments in the City of London. - (03-10-2000)
Add to portfolio
The Baltic Exchange is said to have pledged financial support to a legal challenge by Save Britain's Heritage to John Prescott's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the proposals to demolish the Grade II listed Baltic Exchange building in St Mary Axe, London EC3 and replace it with a Foster & Partners' designed skyscraper, nicknamed the 'Gerkin'. Save is understood to have just lodged an application to the High Court seeking leave to apply for a judicial review over the decision. - (01-10-2000)
Add to portfolio