Ropemaker Place space under o

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British Land Co PLC

05 February 2010

 



Ropemaker Place space under offer to Macquarie Group

British Land has agreed non-binding Heads of Terms with Macquarie Group

(Macquarie), the international financial services company, which has agreed to occupy

217,000 sq ft of space at British Land's Ropemaker Place.

The letting continues British Land's leasing success in the building and follows deals

with Bank Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Liberum Capital and Mint

Equities. Nearly 80% of the office accommodation at Ropemaker Place is now spoken

for.

Chris Grigg, Chief Executive of British Land, said: "We are delighted that Macquarie, a

high quality international company, is moving to Ropemaker Place. This letting further

demonstrates the quality of our development portfolio and our commitment to working

with major City occupiers."

Andrew Hunter, Senior Managing Director and Head of Macquarie in Europe said:

"Ropemaker Place is a highly attractive and sustainable building that allows us to bring

all our London operations together into one location. We have found a dynamic

working environment for our 1,000 strong team which can also accommodate the

continued expansion of our business."

Enquiries:

Media

Ed Simpkins, Finsbury Group 020 7251 3801

Gordon Simpson, Finsbury Group

Pip Wood, British Land 020 7467 2838

Investors

Sally Jones 0207 467 2942

Notes to Editors

Ropemaker Place has impressive sustainability credentials. It was named as the

Estates Gazette Green Awards Office Development of the Year, has achieved a

BREEAM "Excellent " rating and is the first building in Europe to achieve

precertification for LEED "Platinum".

The building provides a total of 595,000 sq ft of which 565,000 sq ft is offices and the

remainder retail.

Floorplates range between 42,800 sq ft and 10,500 sq ft.

 

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