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New plans for West End site

Planning application submitted

St James's demolition start

Contractor appointed

Consent in WC2

NoHo Square new team

Joint venture confirmed

Scheme revived

NoHo Square developers named

Re-design for EC2 scheme

New plan for Midtown scheme

Office tower approval at Aldgate

Major EC2 deal signed

Mixed use proposal for bank offices

St James' scheme talks

Victoria office plan

City fringe application

City scheme to start

Work suspended in EC3

Milton Gate letting

Midtown shortlist

Tenders for EC3 scheme

Appointment on EC4 scheme

Contractor tipped for EC4 scheme

Consent for EC4 scheme

Application for City scheme

Start for major City building revamp

Exemplar and UBS to appoint

Redevelopment planned for EC4 blocks

Office refurbishment in EC2

Refurbishment underway in EC2

Developers plan EC4 application

Milton Gate refurbishment to start

UBS plan for EC2 refurbishment

Revised Basinghall Street scheme

London Offices – 2011, Looking Up

The central London property market seems to be at a turning point in terms of construction activity. It would seem that we are at the start of the next development cycle, with the prospect of major office projects starting in 2011.

CityOffices constantly reviews London’s office development projects. The latest ‘Skyline Monitor’ shows that a total of 11 schemes started on site during summer 2010. Schemes such as The Pinnacle in the City, 62 Buckingham Gate, SW1, and Park House in Oxford Street, W1, added a further 1.3m sq ft to office space under construction.

The current total office space under construction in London is 4.2m sq ft, comprising 2.4m in the City; 1.1m sq ft in the West End, 600,000 sq ft on the Southbank and 130,000 sq ft in Midtown.

The 4.2m under construction at present is low when compared to the 13m sq ft under construction two years ago, but does compares favourably with the mere five office schemes started this time last year.

This summer nearly 5.8m sq ft of offices were completed in schemes such as Minerva’s St Botolphs building, EC3; Derwent’s Angel Building, EC1; and Standard Life’s 95 Gresham Street, EC2. A number of lettings have been secured in these buildings and currently half of the 5.8m sq ft has been let, in line with the overall sharp reduction in prime office space available in central London.

CityOffices has identified 21 London office projects where demolition is either underway or the site has been cleared. It is anticipated that starts on around half of these before Christmas 2010, which could result in a further 1.5m sq ft of offices under construction by the New Year.



Looking forward to 2011, Cityoffices is currently tracking 110 office schemes in central London totaling over 22m sq ft, which have planning permission, and where the developer is thought to be considering a start in 2011. The short-list of developers lining up schemes to start next year includes British Land, Land Securities, Great Portland Estates, Helical Bar, and Exemplar.

The reason behind the increasing activity in central London is that Grade A office space availability is expected to hit a low point in late 2014 and rents are already rising to reflect shortages of prime space. Developers are keen to catch the next property ‘wave’ before it peaks and are trying to push ahead with developments. In reality not all these schemes will start but Cityoffices is tracking them all to identify the ‘winning’ development teams. - (19-11-2010)

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City pre-let

Macquarie Bank, the Australian bank, has now signed to take 19,509 sq m (210,000 sq ft) offices on the lower, ground and most upper floors at Exemplar's, under construction, Drapers Gardens office scheme at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2. Macquarie will relocate from City Point where its lease expire in 2011. Macquarie will pay about £43 a sq ft on a 20-year lease, with four years rent-free. - (30-10-2009)

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Clout revises Basinghall Street scheme

City of London Office Unit Trust (Clout), made up of Pillar, Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust and SITQ Albion, has submitted a planning application for 35 Basinghall Street, London EC2, which increase the floorspace on the previously approved scheme. The latest application by Bennetts Associates is for a ten-story 17,413 sq m (187,433 sq ft) scheme that will provide about 12,122 sq m (130,481 sq ft) of net floorspace. The new scheme has introduced two additional floors into the building without a major increase in its height. - (18-04-2002)

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