July 2013

A Chinese dome like architectural piece, designed by the British – Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been created to house a Mediterranean village, a water park, shopping centre, ice-skating and an array of hotels. All this is located on 19 million square foot of space under a 100 metre high...

Kings cross for the past 20 years or so has never had the best reputation, tarnished by the popularity of prostitutes and drug users. However, last week Google submitted their initial plans for their 1 million square foot scheme on the 67-acre Argent led redevelopment scheme, which will provide 725,000...

Increasingly, it has been seen that companies are choosing to locate south of the river, acquiring new office space in SE1. A large factor as to why offices in Southbank have become so appealing is rent: so many of Central London’s key areas, such as the West End, achieve comparatively...

Investment in London’s property market from overseas continues to flow in, a recent report shows. Partly responsible is the fact that sterling has been trading at one of its lowest rates for several years, thus offering favourable terms to buyers and investors from outside the UK. 

London Victoria, in the London Borough of Westminster, is the next area upon which Land Securities Plc has its eye. The company hopes to convert a tower currently used as offices in the area into an apartment building. In contrast with the rest of the UK, residential prices in the...

King’s Cross, over the past 20 years or so, has never had the best reputation, tarnished by the image of the seedier side of London life. However, last week Google submitted its initial plans for its 1m square foot scheme on the 67-acre Argent-led redevelopment site, which will provide 725,000...

Office space in central London has seen take up increase largely in the second quarter of this year due to companies eagerness to grab office space before the expected shortage of supply kicks in.  

Recent research by BNP Paribas Real Estate has shown positive trends in relation to take-up of office space in London.  The increase in levels of activity noted were significant, amounting to 24% higher take-up in the first half of 2013 in comparison with the first half of 2012. 

Rental growth in any of the property sectors is driven by the relationship between demand and supply of which student accommodation is no exception. The main characteristic of property is that in the short term it is relatively fixed in supply whereas other economic variables such as, in this case,...

The Isle of Dogs is the latest in locations to jump on the bandwagon of converting office blocks to residential accommodation, providing an increase in value to landlord. The Isle of Dogs is to see a new wave of residential towers to come available in the next 5 years, totalling...