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Derelict London - Offices
There are alot of empty offices around London much of which are not left long enough to go into an advanced state of dereliction. They go vacant to await fairly swift demolition and then the site used to build new office buildings in their place.
Many of these buildings themselves were only built in the last 40 years and were built as unimaginative office complexes. When their short lifespan expires (according to the planners...) not many people miss them as they often lack character and haven't had time to build up interesting historical stories about them hence this section is a little shorter than others as there is not so much to say about the buildings on this page. Unless of course any of you have any information or social history relating to these places.
A commercial office lettings agent say that demand for London office space remains high, The following is from www.londonoffices.com:
"New figures have shown that the vacancy rates in London offices are at their lowest since the Lehman collapse. Property consultants Knight Frank released statistics that show that just 7.4% of London office space is sitting vacant, this is around 16.7 million square feet.Demand for office space within the UK capital has been growing over the past 2 years with a great deal of interest from international companies supporting the economy.
London 2012 has also been a huge contributing factor to interest in London office space. Newly built offices for the event will also be free to lease and buy following the Olympics. It is hoped that creative and digital companies will move into the area.
Similarly the area around Old Street roundabout has been dubbed the British equivalent of San Francisco’s Silicon Valley. Space is occupied by a diverse variety of companies from film-maker Benny Crime (who operates from an abandoned subway train) to big name digital media companies such as Last.fm and Tweetdeck. The recent development and construction of office buildings such as Bishopsgate Tower, the Shard and the Cheese- grater is also a promising sign of an improving economy in London. Demand for quality office space is high right now but it is expected to grow even more within the next few years. BNP Paribas Real Estate alone estimates that it will need an additional 1.6 million square feet of space in the future, this is the equivalent of four Shard buildings."
Many of these buildings themselves were only built in the last 40 years and were built as unimaginative office complexes. When their short lifespan expires (according to the planners...) not many people miss them as they often lack character and haven't had time to build up interesting historical stories about them hence this section is a little shorter than others as there is not so much to say about the buildings on this page. Unless of course any of you have any information or social history relating to these places.
A commercial office lettings agent say that demand for London office space remains high, The following is from www.londonoffices.com:
"New figures have shown that the vacancy rates in London offices are at their lowest since the Lehman collapse. Property consultants Knight Frank released statistics that show that just 7.4% of London office space is sitting vacant, this is around 16.7 million square feet.Demand for office space within the UK capital has been growing over the past 2 years with a great deal of interest from international companies supporting the economy.
London 2012 has also been a huge contributing factor to interest in London office space. Newly built offices for the event will also be free to lease and buy following the Olympics. It is hoped that creative and digital companies will move into the area.
Similarly the area around Old Street roundabout has been dubbed the British equivalent of San Francisco’s Silicon Valley. Space is occupied by a diverse variety of companies from film-maker Benny Crime (who operates from an abandoned subway train) to big name digital media companies such as Last.fm and Tweetdeck. The recent development and construction of office buildings such as Bishopsgate Tower, the Shard and the Cheese- grater is also a promising sign of an improving economy in London. Demand for quality office space is high right now but it is expected to grow even more within the next few years. BNP Paribas Real Estate alone estimates that it will need an additional 1.6 million square feet of space in the future, this is the equivalent of four Shard buildings."
Stratford
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CITY OF LONDON EC3 - P & O BUILDING
Built in 1969, with 15 storeys above ground and three below, this building was considered at the time to be one of the most complex glass-fronted structures in England. It was extensively damaged by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack in 1992, and subsequently had to be reclad. Now it is being demolished to make way for a much taller, 48-storey tower, destined to be the tallest building in the City until the completion of the neighbouring Bishopsgate Tower. The distinctive wedge-shaped profile of the new building has already led to it being nicknamed the Cheese Grater. The project is costing £286 million. The demolition procedure for the old building is unusual, being conducted from the bottom upwards, rather than the other way round, leaving the building’s concrete core exposed. This is because of the unique way in which the building was constructed: the floors are supported by a beam hanging from the roof rather than being supported by columns from the ground. *** The building has now been completely demolished *** |
North Greenwich
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Brentford
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Walbrook
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