Appointment of New Broker

British Land Co PLC
27 April 2005



                                                                27th April 2005



                        British Land Appoints New Brokers


British Land is pleased to announce the appointment of Morgan Stanley as joint
broker alongside UBS, the company's existing broker.

British Land's Chief Executive Stephen Hester commented "In UBS and Morgan
Stanley we believe British Land has an outstanding team to support our
determined efforts to position ourselves at the forefront of investor
consideration - especially with change in prospect for the UK's real estate
industry."



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