The offices in Shoreditch has taken off in recent months, with top rents reaching £42.50 in certain parts and the iconic Tea Building reaching £36.50. If you compare this with two years ago, when the Tea Building could only command rents in the low £20s, you can really start to...
27th March 2013
We have reported recently on the proposed government plans to allow building owners to convert their properties from commercial to residential use without requiring permission from the relevant planning authority. Many councils have applied for an exemption through fear that too much office space will be lost in their borough...
26th March 2013
When looking for office space, what lies directly outside the window isn’t usually one of the top priorities. Many offices are inevitably surrounded by other offices or buildings, and what you see when you view it is what you get when you move in. For many business owners, their staff’s...
25th March 2013
While The Shard undeniably has some of the best views in London, how would it feel to look out onto The Shard from your office window? Not bad at all. And even better when you consider that buildings in the vicinity of the capital’s newest landmark have been identified as...
22nd March 2013
Recent legislation has already seen many office spaces converted to residential, having obtained the necessary planning consent. At the moment it is fairly easy to convert the use of space from B1(a) (offices) to C3 (residential). Many landlords have proceeded to change the use of their properties in this way,...
21st March 2013
Had the financial crisis never occurred the world would be a very different place. And in a small part of it, in London’s prime banking area, The Pinnacle would already have been up and running for some years. The building, which exists as yet only on paper, was due to...
20th March 2013
Last week saw the annual property networking event, MIPIM, which takes place in Cannes on the French Riviera. The city welcomes 20,000 property professionals, and the event contributes significantly to the local economy – more so even than the better-known Cannes Film Festival.
19th March 2013
Morgan Pryce is a specialist tenant acquisition agency, working across the whole of Central London, stretching from the Docklands across the City, through the West End as far as Hammersmith. Alex Goode and Tom Lax from Morgan Pryce recently acquired office space in Covent Garden for an international model agency,...
18th March 2013
Morgan Pryce, the London-based tenant acquisition agent, has recently secured serviced office space for a hedge fund client that is setting up its first UK office. This large hedge fund has offices all over the world and was looking to expand into the London market.
15th March 2013
Morgan Pryce is currently conducting acquisitions all around Central London as well as in the fringes. A recent acquisition, managed by Eugene O’Sullivan and Christina Weguelin, was in one of the fringes, where they were instructed on behalf of their client to acquire space in the northern fringe of Old...
14th March 2013