Warwick Business School is to establish an outpost at The Shard it has been confirmed. The educational institution has leased the 17th floor of the Stirling Prize shortlisted tower and will utilise the new base as a “campus in the sky” for its MSc Human... Read More
Increasing investment in UK commercial property is expected to push prices higher throughout 2014. London will continue to be the focus of interest, particularly in the case of overseas investors, but the regional markets will also benefit as investors look... Read More
UK corporations were shaken last year when a series of reports detailed the lengths some businesses operating within the country were going to in order to avoid paying tax. One of the most highly criticized was coffee chain Starbucks which, despite a... Read More
Office space in Central London continues to be in high demand. As a result property agent Carter Jonas predicts widespread rental growth as the supply begins to dwindle. Carter Jonas has forecast an average rental increase of between 5 per cent and 9... Read More
It has been announced this week that a 27 storey tower is to be built alongside London landmark the Shard. The 160,000 sq ft building will contain 150 residential apartments along with an unspecified amount of retail space. The latest stage in the... Read More
Prompted by rising rents in Britain’s biggest financial district, Deka Immobilien has paid almost £416m — 500 million Euros — for a City of London office building. Deka, buying on behalf of its open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa,... Read More
Despite the late arrival of springtime, construction of the Leadenhall Building is continuing apace. Over the past three months there has been a great deal of progress on the 736 ft (224m) tall tower which has now surpassed the height of the Gherkin on the... Read More
The first quarter of 2013 has yielded some excellent property deals in the UK’s capital city, proving beyond doubt that London is still one of the prime markets for businesses to locate to in Europe. With a strong financial sector, a booming tourism... Read More
International demand for central London offices helped to bring £14 billion in investment into the city in 2012, which brought the market back to its pre-2008 activity level. Two-thirds of this figure came from foreign investors and drove last year's... Read More
Despite continuing economic uncertainty the London commercial property market continues to attract growing numbers of foreign investors. Overseas institutions, including pension and sovereign wealth funds, have been pouring billions into UK property over... Read More
