Pryce Morgan - 2014 July

Perhaps the most iconic building in the City of London has been put up for sale on the open market after it went into receivership earlier in the year. 30 St. Mary’s Axe, otherwise known as the Gherkin has struggled over the last five years due to adverse interest rates...

The summer is well and truly in full swing right now and the market has subsequently come close to a grinding halt. The July/August months are very difficult months if you are in the process of acquiring office space, with so many different parties involved and each vital for the...

The last 6 months have seen take up figures for Office space in Central London soar with take up already 17% up on 2013 with the market expanding into new areas. The matter has been made worse by the fact the market has 30% less availability for occupiers in the...

It has been reported this week by the Estates Gazette that the online retail giant Amazon is close to agreeing a lease of around 400,000 square feet in London’s Silicon Roundabout area. The site in question is Brookfield Asset Management’s Principal Place development, and Amazon would become the occupier of...

Interesting figures at the half way point in the year reveal what every agent has been thinking for the last 6 months, demand is up and supply is continuing to fall. Figures suggest that take up of Central London office space us up 17% over the past 6 months, compared...

This week saw a decision by Tower Hamlets council to give the go ahead to a new development at Canary Wharf – one that will include residential as well as office, retail, hotel and restaurant space. Canary Wharf group purchased the land in 2012 for £60.4 million.

Since the recession, new developments have been few and far between. The limited new supply will only really start to affect the market in a year or two’s time once the developments are completed. This lack of supply is accentuated by a huge demand for office space in both the...

Morgan Pryce deal with a many companies who are moving into taking a lease for the first time. Often they have come out of a serviced office where they have had one monthly cost which encompasses all the costs of occupying office.

Confirmation of earlier rumours has arisen in respect of Google Venture’s opening of a London branch, by way of a blog post on the company’s website. 

Mayfair has been for a while the home to the most expensive real estate in London and arguably the world. There are not many companies which can afford to occupy space in Mayfair and the ones that do tend to be there because of the prestigious address and what that...