Top Properties


From time to time we produce articles focusing on a specific commercial property. We may also showcase our featured properties in this category too. In addition you will find features about agents in the Top Properties category.


Fashion Emporium plans outlined following Grosvenor’s Pantechnicon letting

Posted on 7 July, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

Grosvenor has let the Pantechnicon building in Belgravia to Pantechnicon (London) Limited, whose owners plan to transform the property into an impressive “contemporary fashion emporium.” Dating back to 1830, the 12,000 sq ft Grade II listed... Read More

Heal’s unveils Concept Showroom at Westbourne Grove Landmark

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Furniture retailer Heal’s — which started as a bed maker during the Napoleonic Wars — has opened a new concept showroom on London’s Westbourne Grove. Long established as a designer, manufacturer and retailer of modern and contemporary... Read More

Three more Lettings announced at The Shard

Posted on 3 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

A further 47,021 sq ft has been let at The Shard following agreements with two new occupiers and the expansion of an existing tenancy. International law firm Greenberg Traurig, which operates in the UK as Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM), is due to take... Read More

Land Securities welcomes WorldRemit to 62 Buckingham Gate

Posted on 2 July, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

Land Securities has successfully let nearly 25,000 sq ft at 62 Buckingham Gate SW1 to rapidly expanding financial technology company WorldRemit. The deal, which will see WorldRemit relocate its UK headquarters to the second floor of the 257,000 sq ft... Read More

Serpentine Pavilion 2015 opens to the Public

esigned by selgascano. Photograph © Iwan Baan
Posted on 25 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

The Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by Spanish architects selgascano, opens to the public today on the lawn of the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. Serpentine Pavilion 2015 designed by selgascano. Photograph © Iwan Baan This year,... Read More

TPG makes Mayfair Move

Posted on 19 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Top Properties

Asset management company REM has confirmed that TPG, a leading global private investment firm with over $67 billion of assets, is to take 27,117 sq ft of office space at Park House in North Mayfair. TPG will take the entire fifth floor of Park House... Read More

DfE appoints BAM to Whitehall scheme as Government Property Reforms Continue

Posted on 18 June, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Top Properties

As the government presses ahead with its property reform and disposal programme it has been announced that the Department for Education (DfE) is to relocate from its present home in Great Smith Street to Whitehall by 2017, saving the taxpayer almost £19... Read More

Crown Estate proposes Duke’s Court scheme as St James’s redevelopment progresses

Posted on 17 June, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

The Crown Estate has this week begun a public consultation regarding a proposal for the redevelopment of Duke's Court, a commercial block on the corner of Duke Street and Jermyn Street,  in London's St James's. Designed by leading architects John... Read More

Bristol’s Tower House almost fully let following Latest Deal

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Top Properties

Tower House, a 14-storey office building at the heart of Bristol’s thriving commercial district, is almost fully let after welcoming a new occupier. The latest deal, brokered by Colliers International, sees local solicitors Leung & Co taking 1,200... Read More

Hammerson extends Orchard Centre agreement while Sandro debuts at Victoria Quarter

Posted on 11 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Top Properties

Hammerson has exchanged an agreement with South Oxfordshire District Council to extend its existing 2011 development agreement for the expansion of Didcot’s Orchard Centre. The £50 million mixed-use extension will add an additional 150,000 sq ft to... Read More

Learn more about our Top Properties category

Sometimes a commercial property will grab the attention of our writers for a variety of reasons. It may be that it offers a unique selling point or it could be a high end property with an astonishing price tag.

Other reasons might include an interesting history or particular architectural merit. We cover all these types of stories here alongside articles focusing on properties featured in our enhanced listings.

You may also find occasional articles on agents in this category concentrating on one or more of the properties they are currently marketing. So if you want to stay up to date with the all the latest top property stories you will find them right here.