The Spanish billionaire, Amancio Ortega, is reported to have purchased an office building in the heart of London’s West End for £410m. Madrid's Torre Picasso is among Ortega's property portfolio Although information about the deal is scarce,... Read More
Investment in West End office property soared to £5.1 billion in the half year to June 2013 new research reveals. The figure represents a huge 68 per cent year-on-year increase on the same period in 2012 and confirms that confidence in the sector remains... Read More
The wealthiest shopping street in Britain – Bond Street – is to undergo its first overhaul in 30 years as part of a drive to keep the area ahead of international shopping rivals in Hong Kong, Milan and New York. The new Bond Street Development... Read More
Recently it was reported that Oxford Street is on course to smash the £5 billion sales barrier by the end of the year. Yesterday there was a further boost for the street when leading figures from the fashion industry endorsed it as one of the greatest... Read More
According to property development firm Shaftesbury, demand for both residential and commercial property in the West End has reached unprecedented levels. As a result vacancy rates are low and rental prices have risen dramatically. Shaftesbury owns more... Read More
Britain is in something of a complicated place on the world business map at present. First of all, the economic situation is causing the value of the pound to fluctuate on almost a daily basis, making the UK a gamble for international investors. The United... Read More
The UK might be in the midst of a double-dip recession, however, Graham Ruddick, Property and Industry correspondent for The Telegraph, believes that the commercial property market in the West-end is ‘flourishing’.... Read More
Thanks to the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, commercial property retailers in Central London will enjoy a momentous increase in turnover this year... Read More
The West End enjoyed record box office sales in 2011 for the eighth year in a row, according to figures released by The Society of London Theatre (SOLT).... Read More
