King William St, EC4N
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £79 / Sq Ft
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: 1000 / Sq Ft - £1300 / Sq Ft.
Feature buildings: 1 King William St, 68 King William St, Fishmonger's Hall, 18 King William St.
Description: King William St, continuing from London Bridge, is the gateway to the city and buildings are oriented towards the white collar workforce; large, modern and highly capitalised office led mixed use buildings. King William St starts from London Bridge and arrives at a four way junction before continuing at an angle to the left to arrive at the Bank of England; placing itself as a key street for businesses to secure a space. The yield on King William varies just over 4%.
Cannon St, EC4N
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £70.00 per square foot
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £1150 / Sq Ft.
Feature buildings: 30 Cannon St, Cannon Place, The Wallbrook Building
Description: Cannon St starts from St. Paul's Square and leads to the Monument junction with King William St. Cannon Street has gone through a major transformation since 2016, when major office blocks were being built and a new entrance was being added to Cannon St tube station. Prime corporations have taken residency to take advantage of major transport links (Cannon St Station) and the close proximity to the Bank of England and other major financial corporations.
bishopsgate, EC4N
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Feature buildings: 8 Bishopsgate, 22 Bishopsgate, 100 Bishopsgate, 15 Bishopsgate. 8 Bishopsgate.
Description: Bishopsgate features the UK's tallest office buildings, built to the highest standards in sustainability (BREEAM). 15 Bishopsgate is currently offered by WeWork and Regus are presenting co-working spaces at 100 Bishopsgate. The area is very vibrant with numerous options for dining and Liverpool St station offers accessibility to commuters and business travelers. Bishopsgate now breaking it's own records for height, is a prime feature of the London Skyline and presents London Financial District as a thriving location.
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £57.50 - £67.50 / Sq Ft
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £1050 - £1185 / Sq Ft
Feature buildings: Baynard House, Faraday Buildings, Albert Buildings, The College of Arms Building.
Description: Starting from the Bank of England, Queen Victoria St leads to the west, running parallel and close to the river; it meets New Bridge St at Blackfriars, where there is a tube and rail station, hotels, restaurants, bars. Coming off from Queen Victoria St is Peter's Hill where pedestrians can turn to see a view of and walk towards St. Paul's or turn the other way, cross the Millenium Bridge (footbridge) and head towards The Tate Modern Gallery.
queen victoria St, EC4N, EC4V
LUDGATE HILL, EC4M
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £60 - £72.50 / Sq Ft
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £1285 / Sq Ft
Feature buildings: Ludgate London, Procession House, New Ludgate, Creed Court
Description: Ludgate Hill could be easily described as the road that leads to St. Paul's cathedral, directly to it's entrance and it would be the route used by prominent cavalcades for key ceremonies. The street has an extensive number of outlets, oriented around dining. and drinking, serving the strong business community that divides itself by large, modern, purpose built offices, to the minor office suites created from the conversion of commercial buildings into dedicated offices for the smaller to medium sized business. Going away from St. Paul's, Ludgate Hill becomes Fleet St, which will leads to The High Court, Chancery Lane and eventually The Strand.
VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, EC4Y
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £69 / Sq Ft
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £1385 / Sq Ft
Feature buildings: Sion Hall, Shell Mex, The Old School House, Hamilton House, 100 Victoria Embankment
Description: The major factor and advantage with commercial assets / offices, based on Victoria Embankment is the river views, providing air space and more pleasant views than would otherwise be expected from a central London office. These offices being anchored by their river views would have been built on land that would have been accessible to higher levels of capital and therefore buildings are also of a higher calibre; either in terms of historic design or significance. There are many historic buildings along the embankment; possibly amongst the highest concentrations in London. The road is a major route going to move from east-west (vice versa) but also north-south (vice versa) by crossing one of a number of bridges; Waterloo Bridge, Golden Jubilee Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge and Westminster Bridge.
FLEET ST, EC4Y
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £57.50 - £72.50 / Sq Ft
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £800 - 900 / Sq Ft
Feature buildings: The Royal Courts of Justice, The Express Building, THe Daily Telegraph Building, Salisbury Court
Description: Fleet St was synonymous with anything publishing but the internet was successful in changing the industry and media central moved north west towards Kings Cross, Shoreditch and Islington. Now Fleet St is still a prime location with the legal quarter coming just off it and the Royal Courts of Justice is still based on the Strand, which extends from Fleet St from it's western side. Current design of buildings are reflective of the last 'hey day' period of Fleet St; the late nineties. Now most buildings along Fleet St and roads coming off it are Grade B1 standard; though this is changing as developers move further west, coming from the core financial district; the Square Mile. Older historical buildings are more likely to be connected with the legal sector, which will remain and add character to the area but foreseeing how the street may evolve may suggest that modern steel and glass to uplift the standards to Grade A may be what's coming and will bring Fleet St back to being the hub of an industry and the street that connects the financial district with government administration district (Whitehall).
NEW FETTER LANE, FETTER LANE, EC4A
Rent Price per Sq Ft: £67.50 - £76.50
Purchase Price Per Square Foot: £1350 / Sq Ft
Feature buildings: Rolls House, New Fetter Place, 12 New Fetter Lane, 15 New Fetter Lane
Description: New Fetter Lane is based in Farringdon, close to Chancery lane tube on it's northern point and at it's southern point is it's access from Fleet St. Because of it's proximity to the Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand and similar to Chancery Lane, New Fetter Lane is popular amongst law firms. New Fetter Lane seems to experiencing a growth, rejuvenation as a substantial number of new developments of significance have claimed residence. New fetter Lane has demonstrated the potential that sits within roads that run between two major routes; they're the less obvious targets for investment but when the major routes have matured as investment targets, then it's 2nd tier destinations l;ke New Fetter Lane that will step forward to claim the investor/developer's attention.