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Agency & Investment

We are currently selling shop Leases in South Molton St, Regent St, New Bond St W1 and elsewhere.
We completed a sale of a investment with development potential for £17.5m in Woolwich. We effected a Sale and Leaseback of prime freehold premises in High St, Northallerton.
We effected a Letting of prime shop premises in Kensington High St, W8 and acquired Leasehold premises in Strand.
For a firm of solicitors, we acquired office headquarters in EC4.
We acquired 107 New Bond St W1 for fashion icons Marithé + François Girbaud and 54 Fulham Rd SW3 for celebrity stylist Massato. We sold 81 Piccadilly W1 to Pret A Manger, securing a large premium.
We sold 5 South Molton St W1 to Adidas and 76 New Bond St W1 for Francesco Biasia, securing substantial premiums.
We negotiated the disposal of 95-96 New Bond St W1 for Bernini and sold the leasehold interest of 83 East St Chichester to Fat Face.
We sold lease of 52-55 Piccadilly W1 to Bentley & Skinner, 78 Strand WC2 to Hotel Chocolat, and 93-95 High St Guildford to Gant for substantial premiums.
Acquisition of numerous new branches countrywide for Lakeland including 11 English St, Carlisle from New Look. 182 High St Northallerton was acquired off market and a new lease completed within 4 days. We later purchased the freehold interest for the same Client. In Beverley, we acquired 43/44 Saturday Market, formerly occupied by Marks & Spencer.

Rating

We negotiated Rateable Value List reductions for retailers and restauranteurs in numerous locations across the UK, including Oxford St W1, Regent St W1, Piccadilly W1, Beauchamp Place SW3, Manchester and York. Reductions were negotiated for New Bond St W1 retailers including T M Lewin, Francesco Biasia, Bernini, Ventilo, Ivory, Cesari, Oliver Sweeney, R M Williams, Pal Zileri and Anya Hindmarch; in most cases reductions were between 34% and 40%.
We negotiated Rateable Value List reductions for N Peal cashmere, Lacoste, Swaine Adenay Brigg, Partridge Fine Art, Laduree Paris.
MCC Rateable Value reductions were secured for Tenants of between 15% and 50% for proximity to disruptive redevelopment works in London’s Regent St W1, New Bond St W1 and elsewhere across the UK.
Acting for Landlords, we took properties such as 63 Grosvenor St W1,112 St Martin's Lane WC2 and 93-95 New Bond St W1 out of Rating, securing large refunds.

Rent Review / Lease Renewal

Nil uplifts were achieved for Tenants on Rent Reviews for both Watches of Bond St and Leonidas Chocolates in New Bond St W1, Vendome Bar in Walton St SW3 and Lakeland, in St Ann’s Square, Manchester.
We acted on Rent Reviews for numerous retailers including Laduree Paris, French Connection, RM Williams and Lakeland, in locations including Berkeley Square W1, Burlington Arcade W1, Piccadilly W1, New Bond St W1, Regent St W1, Duke St W1, King William St EC4, Trafford Centre Manchester, Kendal, Ambleside, York, Liverpool, Chester, Southport, Carlisle, Chichester, Guildford and many more towns across the UK. For Landlord clients, we secured rent uplifts on shops occupied by Ladbrokes and Barclays and a supermarket occupied by the Co-operative
Lease Renewals: We acted on numerous shop and restaurant Lease Renewals and Lease Regears in New Bond St W1, Regent St W1, Piccadilly W1, James St W1, Queen St W1, Beauchamp Place SW3 and elsewhere, on retail and industrial premises. We negotiated an office Lease Renewal for a firm of solicitors in WC1. Outside London, we secured rent reductions for retailers in Manchester, Chester, Southport, Swindon and numerous other Towns. We secured Lease Renewals and Regears in Outlet Centres across the UK, including Cheshire Oaks. For Landlord clients, we secured a rent uplift on a Lease Renewal of prominent offices on General Gordon Square, let to Greenwich Council.