Great Portland Estate Joint Venture acquires 148 Old Street, EC1 London (UK) 148 Old Street is a 97,807 ft² (approx. 9,090 m²) office building arranged over lower ground, ground and six upper floors. It is held freehold and is let to Royal Mail Group Limited at a rent of £2. More »

Great Portland acquires Orchard Court in Portman Square, London (UK) The 47,762 ft² (approx. 4437 m²) retail and office property is arranged over basement, ground and the first floor of a significant island site comprising the entire eastern side of Portman Square in the heart of the West End. More »

GPE acquires Minerva House, London (UK) Minerva House is a prominent office and residential building, totalling 103,686 ft² (approx. 9,632 m²), located on the South Bank of the... More »

Great Portland Estates plc sells stake in City development joint venture to Brookfield (UK) £15.74 million (approx. €19.3 million) will be paid on completion, with equal further payments of £15.74 million in October 2013 and April 2014. More »

Great Capital Partnership sells Jermyn Street Estate for £120 million (UK) The Estate consists of five properties, 54-56 Jermyn Street, Dudley House, Egyptian House, Empire House and Foxglove House. More »

Great Portland refinances the Great Victoria Partnership (UK) The new loan is secured on GVP’s long leasehold interest at Mount Royal, 508/540 Oxford Street, London W1 (representing a loan to value of approximately 51%) at a fixed interest rate for the term of the loan. More »

Great Portland Estates plc sells £27-million London Bridge portfolio to Hermes Real Estate (UK) The assets form two clusters comprising 9 Holyrood Street, Shand House, 14-20 Shand Street and 22-28 Shand Street and 75 Bermondsey Street, Bramah House, 65/71 Bermondsey Street and land and buildings on Black Swan Yard. More »

GPE joint venture acquires 200 & 214 Gray's Inn Road, London (UK) 200 Gray’s Inn Road is a 246,500-ft² (approx. 23,000-m²) grade-A office building arranged over 10 floors that offers highly specified and efficient office space. More »

GPE gets green light for Hanover Square masterplan (UK) The existing buildings on the site will be demolished over the next two years to make way for the new development. More »

Hammerson appoints Timon Drakesmith as CFO following retirement of Simon Melliss (UK) Timon Drakesmith, currently Finance Director of Great Portland Estates plc, has been appointed as CFO of Hammerson with effect from the end of May 2011. More »

Great Portland enters West End development arrangement (UK) Marcol House is a Grade II-listed, office and retail development site located on the corner of Regent and Margaret Streets in London. More »

GPE and Liberty venture arranges £225m credit facility (UK) Previously GCP, which held investment properties of around £650 million at 31 December 2007, had no external debt. More »

GCP acquires six properties in London (UK) In Regent Street, W1, three properties have been acquired from WELPUT for £111.8 million. The properties are 100 Regent Street & 33... More »

Great Portland Estates and London Merchant Securities in merger talks (UK) GPE anticipates that any merger transaction would involve a share for share offer by GPE for London Merchant Securities. More »

Hammerson sells its interests in 18 & 19 Hanover Square to Great Portland Estates (UK) Hammerson acquired the two properties in 1999 and, following completion of a refurbishment, re-let them in 2005. The sale includes the leasehold... More »

Great Portland forms West End JV with Scottish Widows (UK) GPE will contribute its office development scheme at 179-202 Great Portland Street, London W1 (“180 Great Portland Street”) and £5. More »

Great Portland Estates forward sells Tooley Street development for £94.3 million (UK) Purchased in four separate transactions from June to September 2004 for approx. €28 million (£20.0 million) including costs,... More »

Great Portland Estates acquires New City Court in London (UK) The freehold 1980s building comprises 98,500 sq.ft. of air-conditioned office accommodation located opposite London Bridge mainline station. More »

Great Portland refinances debt to cut annual interest costs (UK) The company is replacing its existing bank facilities with a new £300 million committed facility. Initially committed until 2011, the... More »

Great Portland Estates sells three offices sites in London for £33.1 million (UK) At 60/62 Margaret Street, W1, GPE has forward sold its long leasehold interest in this 20,100 sq ft office and showroom refurbishment to clients of Arlington Property Investors for 12. More »