London, 2016-Nov-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has launched one of the UK’s largest ever augmented reality games in retail property. Freezy’s Christmas Adventure is being rolled out at 21 local and regional centres across the company’s multi-let retail portfolio. The app based children’s game which is downloaded onto mobile devices encourages families to…
British Land announces Next and M&S Foodhall at Serpentine Green, Peterborough extension
London, 2016-Nov-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land is pleased to announce two lettings at Serpentine Green, Peterborough totalling 22,000 sq ft as part of a £7 million extension that commenced this month. The extension will deliver three new units totalling 25,000 sq ft…
British Land brought together retailers and the local community to celebrate Teesside's 25th birthday
London, 2016-Oct-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Teesside, Stockton celebrated its 25th birthday at the weekend with events that brought together retailers, consumers, the centre team and the local community.
Since opening in October 1991, Teesside has welcomed more than 150 million shoppers through…
British Land: Yorkshire’s premier centre Meadowhall secured over 21,000 sq ft of new lettings and upsizes
London, 2016-Oct-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land, joint owner of Meadowhall, Yorkshire’s premier centre, has secured over 21,000 sq ft of new lettings and upsizes in the last three months. The news comes as the first phase of Meadowhall’s…
London, 2016-Oct-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has signed a significant digital advertising contract with Clear Channel UK to install over 100 digital advertising panels across its regional and local multi-let retail portfolio. The initiative supports the company’s vision to create Places People Prefer by enlivening the consumer experience in response to changing modern…
Chris Grigg and Head of Residential, James Taylor
London, 2016-Oct-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land today (06 OCT 2016) celebrated a major milestone in the development of Clarges Mayfair, the super-prime residential-led scheme in Central London, which has now reached full height.
A “topping out” ceremony was held to mark the occasion, attended by the Deputy…
British Land launches "Eats from the Street 2016"
London, 2016-Aug-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has launched ‘Eats from the Street 2016’ which sees the company’s restored red Route master bus, complete with a ‘green’ engine, visit 10 retail assets as part of its place making strategy to create Places People Prefer.
This will…
London, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has today announced a new design partnership with the Royal College of Art, the world’s number one university for Art and Design. The three-year initiative will challenge students to find creative solutions to development opportunities across British Land’s portfolio.
Innovative and inspired design is integral to British Land’s…
London, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Aviva Investors and British Land have secured three new restaurants at SouthGate Bath. All the operators are new to the city.
Thai street food chain Thaikhun (3,700 sq ft, 25 year lease), Lebanese and eastern Mediterranean restaurant Comptoir Libanais (4,000 sq ft, 20 year lease) and Absurd Bird (3,000 sq…
London, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Following on from our switch to renewable electricity purchasing in April 2016, British Land has become a member of RE100, a forward thinking global collaboration of businesses committed to using 100% electricity from renewable sources.
The initiative convened by The Climate Group in partnership with Carbon Disclosure Project will drive…
London, 2016-Jul-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has today announced that it will be supporting the UK entry at the inaugural London Design Biennale, which will be designed by internationally renowned design studio, Barber & Osgerby. The event, taking place at Somerset House from 7th-27th September, will bring together over 30 countries who are…
London, 2016-Jul-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Chris Grigg, Chief Executive said: “We had a good quarter of activity in the lead up to the referendum. In the short period since, we are pleased to have exchanged on the sale of Debenhams, Oxford Street and completed further lettings across the Office and Retail portfolios. It…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-19 — /EPR Retail News/ —
New research by Verdict and British Land shows:
89% of all UK retail sales touch a physical store
True Value of Stores includes click & collect and online sales browsed in store
Under 35 year olds use stores the most
Londoners are more likely to visit…
London, 2016-Jul-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land and Oxford Properties announce today that The Leadenhall Building is fully let.
Current customers Kames Capital, MS Amlin and Rothesay Life have committed to take the last remaining three floors, with two of the three transactions completing since the EU Referendum on 23 June.
Kames Capital, which currently…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 334-348 Oxford Street, London to a private investor for £400 million.
The asset is a seven storey building located near Bond Street Underground Station in London’s core West End shopping district. The building is let in its entirety…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has secured 31,500 sq ft of lettings to enhance the entertainment offer at St Stephen’s in Hull. Rock Up, an indoor climbing adventure centre, is to open its second outlet (6,500 sq ft, 20 year term) with British Land following the success of its first unit…
LONDON, 2015-12-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — On 24 November 2015, British Land announced a tender offer in respect of its £200 million 6.75% First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2020 of which £170 million was outstanding. The deadline for that offer was 4.00pm on 1 December 2015. Today, British Land has announced that it received…
LONDON, 2015-11-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land is pleased to announce that it has secured an impressive 11 new lettings totalling nearly 28,000 sq ft at Meadowhall, one of the UK’s leading regional shopping centres and Yorkshire’s premier shopping destination. The lettings follow Meadowhall’s recent 25th birthday celebrations and the launch of a…
LONDON, 2015-11-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land has appointed Roger Madelin to lead the development of its 46 acre Canada Water site. Roger Madelin will join the company at the beginning of February 2016 and will also sit on British Land’s Executive Committee. Roger has been at Argent since 1987 and was Chief…
British Land has announced today that it has let the first floor of Marble Arch House, W1, to Cirrus Logic, a provider of analogue and digital signal processing equipment.
LONDON, 2015-11-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — Earlier this year British Land completed deals with private investor BXR Partners LLP and global gaming technology company GTECH to…
LONDON, 2015-10-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry were guests of honour today as The Leadenhall Building, the tallest building in The City of London, officially opened for business.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry admired the views from the building’s 42nd floor, 200 metres above street level, and…
LONDON, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sarah Cary PhD has been promoted to Head of Sustainable Places at British Land reporting to Lucinda Bell, Chief Financial Officer. She will be responsible for ensuring that sustainability is embedded into the business through the four strategic pillars of the strategy: Wellbeing, Community, Futureproofing and Skills and…
British Land and Oxford Properties announce today two new lettings at The Leadenhall Building to global energy company Petredec and Fidelis Insurance.
LONDON, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Petredec, which buys, sells and distributes Liquefied Petroleum Gas, has selected The Leadenhall Building as the location for its European headquarters. The company has signed a ten…
LONDON, 2015-9-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (Sep 10, 2015), British Land is delighted to announce that it has won a 2015 Gold Award for reporting in line with the EPRA Sustainability Best Practices Recommendations sBPR.
This is the fourth year in a row that British Land has achieved Gold in these awards which are…
LONDON, 2015-9-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (September 3, 2015), British Land is pleased to announce its latest achievement as Regional Sector Leader for Europe/Diversified in the 2015 GRESB global sustainability assessment of real estate portfolios.
This is the second year in a row that British Land has been ranked as a sector leader by…
LONDON, 2015-8-3— /EPR Retail News/ — British Land announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 39 Victoria Street, SW1 to Singaporean property company Ho Bee Land for a gross purchase price of £144 million (net price of c. £139 million after deduction of rent free top up). Ho Bee Land is quoted…
LONDON, 2015-7-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Chris Grigg, Chief Executive said: “We’ve had a good start to the year, making real progress against the priorities set out at our results in May in what are strong occupational and investment markets. In Retail, our operational metrics remain strong and we continue to recycle capital by…
LONDON, 2015-7-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land and Oxford Properties announce today that DRW Trading Group (“DRW”) has signed an Agreement for Lease at The Leadenhall Building. The building is now nearly 90% let or under offer with just five more floors still available.
DRW is a principal trading organisation headquartered in Chicago, with offices…
LONDON, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land announces that Broadgate Estates, its wholly owned subsidiary, will move its headquarters to 2 Kingdom Street, Paddington Central in July 2015. Broadgate Estates will occupy 26,150 sq ft on the second floor.
Broadgate Estates is one of the UK’s leading property management companies. It is active across…
LONDON, 2015-3-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land announces it has completed a £733 million property exchange transaction with Tesco. Under the terms of the transaction, British Land has sold its 50% interest in a joint venture portfolio of 21 stand-alone foodstores to Tesco and acquired Tesco’s 50% interest in two joint venture portfolios…