Overseas investors own the majority of City office space

Development Securities’ latest ‘Who Owns The City?’ report, its fourth in a series that began in 1998, shows that for the first time foreign ownership of City office property has overtaken the level of UK ownership of offices in the Square Mile. Just ... Read more

New deals for Tuckerman and Savills

Tuckerman has recently let the sixth floor of Westminster Tower on the Albert Embankment in London SE1 to SPARKS on behalf of CLSH Management. The lease of the 3,118 sq ft property is at a rent of £26 per sq ft. For additional properties available to ... Read more

IPD reports flat UK growth as eurozone worries continue

The IPD this week noted the cooling in rental values for available office space and retail property in Central London during October, saying that concerns have been increasing in recent months about a “pricing bubble” in the capital. The ongoing ... Read more

Strong Central London offices market boosts Derwent trading

Derwent London today announced it had cut its vacancy rate to just 0.8% as of 30 September, compared with 4.0% at the end of June and 5.9% at the start of the year. The strength of the market for available office space in Central London has boosted ... Read more

Tenants upgrading to longer-term, higher-quality office space at reduced cost – DTZ

DTZ says activity in the market for office space to let in Nottingham was very subdued in the third quarter, with only three city-centre transactions. “Occupiers are still often using lease breaks and expiries to negotiate better terms with existing ... Read more

British Land reports interims and agrees pre-let with Aon

British Land and Oxford Properties today announced agreement on the pre-letting of 191,000 sq ft to insurance group Aon at their joint development, the Leadenhall Building in the City of London. The letting represents over 30% of the 610,000 sq ft ... Read more

Central London offices still outperforming wider UK market – CBRE

Total returns from UK commercial property across all markets so far this year have reached 7.1%, with capital growth of 2.0%. For October, total returns were 0.6% (as in September) following another strong performance from Central London offices in ... Read more