Savills has reclaimed top spot in EG’s M25 office league table, having come third last year.
Pushing JLL into second place, Savills disposed of 592,000 sq ft across 40 deals and cemented its position by acting jointly with JLL on the largest deal in the market: the 184,000 sq ft letting to HMRC at Ruskin Square, Croydon.
The firm was also the only agent to register a top-five finish in each quadrant of the M25, notching up the largest average deal size at 14,800 sq ft and securing 17% of the market.
Overall, take-up has fallen by a quarter year-on-year to 3,500,000 sq ft, despite some chunky deals.
Online retailers made their presence felt, snapping up big floorplates with Ocado taking 149,000 sq ft at Trident Place in Hatfield and ASOS moved into 73,000 sq ft at Leavesden Park, Watford; the second and third largest deals, respectively.
Going up
Hanover Green LLP increased its market share by a third on last year, leaping six places to third; scoring a victory in the South West quadrant with 200,000 sq ft disposed.
Going down
BNP Paribas Real Estate and Strutt & Parker. Both drop out of this year’s top 10. Amid market rumour of BNP PRE buying Strutts; a combined offer would still not have been enough to break into this year’s top bracket.
Key stats
- Total space disposed: 3,516,455 sq ft, down 24% on 4,656,290 sq ft last year
- Average deal size: 4,400 sq ft, down 7% on 4,727 sq ft
- Deal numbers were down 19% on last year
- Top 10 agents accounted for 52% of take-up, down 8% on last year
M25 Office League Table – disposals 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017
Agent | Total space disposed (sq ft) | Number of deals | Average deal size | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 (3) | Savills | 591,849 | 40 | 14,796 |
2 (1) | JLL | 470,282 | 34 | 13,832 |
3 (9) | Hanover Green LLP | 382,430 | 49 | 7,805 |
4 (-) | Knight Frank | 341,222 | 32 | 10,663 |
5 (8) | Cushman & Wakefield | 300,316 | 30 | 10,011 |
6 (5) | CBRE | 230,793 | 21 | 10,990 |
7 (n/a) | Brasier Freeth | 213,477 | 67 | 3,186 |
8 (n/a) | Colliers International | 210,665 | 24 | 8,778 |
9 (n/a) | Dowley Turner Real Estate LLP | 195,025 | 14 | 13,930 |
10 (6) | Lambert Smith Hampton | 154,768 | 35 | 4,422 |