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]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a921b502-38ad-4008-99a3-b0ad51c02128</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a921b502-38ad-4008-99a3-b0ad51c02128</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 07:57:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landsec says London office rents rising quickly as it plots £2bn in sales]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK landlord targets pivot into residential property but faces office dealmaking at lowest level since global financial crisis]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4e2f86c6-441d-4fa5-8a34-c86cbf3540df</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4e2f86c6-441d-4fa5-8a34-c86cbf3540df</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 06:55:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plush city-centre offices are back in fashion ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As workers go hybrid, so should investors — by sticking to office properties best suited to a city-centre revival]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f95ab821-bd2d-4280-9e0c-11a2af7ec59f</link><guid 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investors swoop on sector ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6ac5a7ee-c5c4-454e-bc9b-c256238619e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac5a7ee-c5c4-454e-bc9b-c256238619e2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:14:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Segro partners with Oaktree-owned Pure on £1bn data centre in London]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attractive returns lure landlords to build fully serviced facilities as AI fuels fast-expanding sector]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/75551010-34b4-40bd-adba-f6c9295ea7f5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">75551010-34b4-40bd-adba-f6c9295ea7f5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Library to expand after £1.1bn investment from Mitsui Fudosan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project will double exhibition gallery space and create new offices]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4e096990-603c-4017-a219-500bd4f37bb6</link><guid 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giant Jane Street seeks to double London office footprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[New York-based group in talks for up to 500,000 sq ft of City space]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9b6953ba-9106-4926-b71b-527b866c28b8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9b6953ba-9106-4926-b71b-527b866c28b8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:26:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank reviews Canary Wharf presence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exit or reduction in floorspace would mark latest retreat from docklands office district]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/98ec31de-7729-426e-a4d2-2ae0158ccf5d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">98ec31de-7729-426e-a4d2-2ae0158ccf5d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commercial landlord Landsec pivots to residential property]]></title><description><![CDATA[FTSE 100 group sets out plans to sell £2bn of offices and scale back office developments ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/93e796f5-9ddc-4a6b-a21f-529a27f23e66</link><guid isPermaLink="false">93e796f5-9ddc-4a6b-a21f-529a27f23e66</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How high-end City offices smashed through the £100 sq ft ceiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ultra-high rents were previously a rarity. Last year they became almost commonplace]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7707ca2a-11a0-4a4a-ab82-b331f7004fa0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7707ca2a-11a0-4a4a-ab82-b331f7004fa0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Gen Z urban Africans’ frustrated ambitions and development density disputes in Sydney to tackling ‘heat islands’ and community-splitting highways. Plus improving refugees’ lot; natural flood resilience; how the ‘15-minute city’ became politicised; and rethinking places of worship ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/reports/future-of-cities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a3173031-b9b6-4585-a77a-c26a2f1ce5e5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 04:33:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BCG expands London office in bet on in-person working]]></title><description><![CDATA[US consulting firm is latest company to boost office space in sign of hope for UK capital’s commercial property market]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6a591aa7-f1c7-4ed0-8e8a-62df9360fbcc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a591aa7-f1c7-4ed0-8e8a-62df9360fbcc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:00:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors choose flats and hotels over offices as property deals return]]></title><description><![CDATA[Real estate investment picked up in the second half of 2024, says MSCI, amid hopes of a market recovery]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5c5c59ba-434f-469a-9e1f-f35660e7a07d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c5c59ba-434f-469a-9e1f-f35660e7a07d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:01:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[JPMorgan in talks to lease Credit Suisse’s Canary Wharf building]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wall Street bank is pushing to bring its staff back into the office full-time]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fcc61be5-d798-4d3f-8dd7-8d2dd5e2235e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fcc61be5-d798-4d3f-8dd7-8d2dd5e2235e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:26:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Land and GIC sell half of Citadel’s new City tower to Abu Dhabi’s Modon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deal for 2 Finsbury Avenue underlines investor confidence in top end of UK commercial property market ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ed5b219c-e18a-4b8b-bfe8-88430f7dbd76</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ed5b219c-e18a-4b8b-bfe8-88430f7dbd76</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:34:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the future of the corporate HQ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some employers are doubling down on big offices while others move to smaller but better-serviced properties]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3db51ec0-4c69-4bff-ae23-33e932deee86</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3db51ec0-4c69-4bff-ae23-33e932deee86</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:00:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citigroup racks up £1bn bill for Canary Wharf tower refit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expected cost of renovations come on top of £1.2bn bank spent buying skyscraper in 2019]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/89737101-d2de-4c56-9340-e0ee8297cd34</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89737101-d2de-4c56-9340-e0ee8297cd34</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:37:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK office landlords selling yoga and pot plants as well as space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fully managed offices show owners trying new ways to attract tenants]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/840e2973-92d5-4016-8b9d-3eeb52fd7dc4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">840e2973-92d5-4016-8b9d-3eeb52fd7dc4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>