London news
WPP in advanced talks to buy Financial Times building
WPP is in advanced talks to buy the Financial Times’s London headquarters at One Southwark Bridge for £93m, Property Week can reveal.
66 Hammersmith Road redevelopment plans approved
Quadrant Estates and Pirbright Holdings have secured planning permission to redevelop 66 Hammersmith Road, the site of the original Kensington Centre.
CLS sells west London office
CLS Holdings has sold Buspace Studios in west London to Warrior Property Group for £13.5m.
BGC Partners lets 130,000 sq ft at Canary Wharf scheme
Global brokerage and financial technology company BGC Partners has signed a lease to occupy around 130,000 sq ft at 5 Churchill Place, in Canary Wharf.
Transport for London partners with Pocket Living to build affordable homes
Transport for London (TfL) has partnered with developer Pocket Living to build 125 affordable homes in the city at a range of sites.
Spaces takes 42,000 sq ft in Hammersmith
IWG’s flexible workspace brand Spaces has taken 42,000 sq ft at The Foundry, a 114,500 sq ft office which forms part of AXA IM – Real Assets’ new three acre Hammersmith estate Assembly London.
Premier Inn checks in to £85m New Marlborough Yard
Whitbread’s hotel chain Premier Inn has signed as an anchor tenant for Frogmore’s approved New Marlborough Yard development at The Cut in Southwark.
Helical and HOOPP land marine insurer let at One Creechurch
Mutual marine insurer West of England has signed for the entirety of the ninth floor at Helical and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)’s One Creechurch Place, taking the City office scheme to 94% let.
Rare London relocation for ‘world’s largest map store’
Maps and travel specialist Stanfords has signed for its first new London store since 1901 with a new flagship location at 7 Mercer Walk.
