CBRE Britannica
Advising Grant Thornton (as administrators) and ING, Deutsche Hypothekenbank and Hypothekenbank Frankfurt (as lenders) on the sale of a portfolio of eight shopping centres owned by CBRE Britannica to Kennedy Wilson for c. £250m.
Derwent London plc
Advising Derwent London plc on the development, letting and forward sale of The Copyright Building, Berners Street, London W1. The building which is more than 100,000 sq ft is pre-let to Capita at £7.4m. The building was sold to Union Investment Real Estate GmbH for £165m.
Derwent London plc
Advising Derwent London plc on all legal aspects of the development and letting of White Collar Factory, Old Street Roundabout, London E1. The development comprises a combination of new and existing buildings providing 270,000 sq ft of office accommodation and 11,000 sq ft of restaurants. Tenants include Capital One, Adobe and The Office Group.
More London
Advising More London on one of the largest central London development schemes undertaken in the last ten years.
Tower 42 Holdings
Advising the buyer on the purchase of the Tower Unit Trust, the owner of the Tower 42 Estate, for £282.5m. We also acted for the borrower on the subsequent financing of the acquisition, which involved a fixed rate loan of £145m for 20 years from Aviva Commercial Finance Ltd.
Intu
Acting for Intu Properties Plc on the acquisition of three shopping centres in Derby, Sprucefield (Northern Ireland) and a 50 per cent interest in Merry Hill (West Midlands) from Westfield for a consideration of £867.8m.
Brookfield
Advising Brookfield Office Properties on its anchor letting of 430,000 sq ft at Principal Place, London to Amazon.
The Economist
Advising the weekly news, business and politics journal The Economist on its move from 25 St James’s Street, SW1 to establish new editorial headquarters at the iconic Adelphi building, WC2.
Arora
Acting for the Arora Group in relation to the development of its Fourth World Business Centre Complex at Heathrow Airport, a 145,000 sq ft office scheme and its pre-letting to Amadeus Services; the first standalone office development at the Airport for a decade.
Berkeley Homes
Advising Berkeley Homes on a number of new schemes including on the agreement with the Greater London Authority for the redevelopment of the disused 26 acre former Parcelforce Depot in Newham near West Ham Station, to include 3,500 homes and a significant number of private rental apartments.
Legal & General
Advising Legal & General’s Property Income Fund in connection with the acquisition from Land Securities of the Overgate (Jersey) Unit Trust which owns the Overage Shopping Centre Dundee followed by acquisitions of the office buildings at Priory Court and Temple Court, Birmingham and First Central 200, Park Royal, London NW10.
Legal & General
Advising Legal & General on the forward funding of both a 44 storey student accommodation tower in Stratford, East London, pre-let to Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and developed by Alumno, and a new state-of-the-art office hub in Bristol, pre-let to HMRC and developed by Salmon Harvester.
Stanhope plc
Advising Stanhope, backed by Mitsui Fudosan UK and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, on its purchase of the iconic BBC Television Centre for £200m.
