Law firm picks Broadgate for new office

Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is moving its London office to British Land and GIC’s 155 Bishopsgate, EC2. The firm will leave its 73,000 sq ft home at 10 Bishops Square, E1, in 2026 and take 77,000 sq ft across the ninth to twelfth floors at 155 Bishopsgate on a 15-year lease with a break at year 10. The Broadgate building has undergone a refurbishment in recent years, including a revamp of the reception and communal areas.  Alex Colvin, head of development leasing at British Land, said: “We have made huge investments in the infrastructure, leisure and retail offering to ensure Broadgate remains the location of choice in London, underlined by other recent pre-leasing success to anchor tenants such as Citadel and A&O Shearman.” Jack Tomlin, head of City tenant advisory at CBRE, which advised both Akin and the landlords, said: “An increasingly constrained development pipeline of new and refurbished office stock calls for a greater level of lateral thinking to unearth genuine off-market opportunities such as this. We have worked tirelessly with both Akin and British Land to dissolve existing lease interests, whilst simultaneously agreeing a refurbishment specification to unlock a fantastic new workspace with a strong embodied carbon narrative.” JLL also advised British Land and GIC. View more deals on Bishopsgate >> Photo from CBRE