Good morning. Here is your AM bulletin, with the latest news and views from EG, along with a few of the best bits from the morning papers.
Meta has surrendered its lease at 1 Triton Square, NW1, at a cost of £149m. British Land has said it will “accelerate” plans to reposition Regent’s Place as “London’s premier innovation and life sciences campus”.
More than a quarter of workers would consider leaving their job if the workplace was poorly designed, according to a survey by the team behind CBRE’s HQ. And a third would come in five days a week if the office was dog friendly.
A site in Darlington has been chosen for the Treasury’s second HQ. McLaren Property sold the site on Brunswick Street to the Government Property Agency, with plans to build a hub for 1,400 civil servants by 2026.
Climate and business consultancy Longevity Partners has hired a UK managing director from CBRE IM and a group finance director from Depop as the firm continues to grow.
While Gordon More, the former CIO and interim chief executive of Homes England, has been hired as a senior strategy adviser at Housing Growth Partnership.
A mile-long series of secret tunnels under the fringes of the City of London is to become a spy-themed tourist attraction, with London’s deepest bar, as part of a £220m development.
In other news, fears that the prime minister will scrap the northern leg of HS2 have grown, after Number 10 said he was “alarmed” by the rising cost of the project.
Birmingham City Council has voted to approve spending control measures, including selling-off council-owned assets.
And finally, the Liberal Democrats have promised to build 380,000 homes a year, after losing a conference vote in a rebellion led by young members. Tim Farron, the party’s former leader, said the target was “vague and vacuous” and would achieve “naff all”.
