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100 BUNHILL ROW EC1 DRAFT Prime London Freehold Investment Opportunity THE OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT SUMMARY Prominently located in the heart of Tech City, less than 250 metres from Silicon Roundabout and Old Street Station Attractive corner modern office building situated on Bunhill Row between the iconic new developments of the Spectrum & Hylo. Providing 13,328 sq ft (1,238.2 sq m) of accommodation over lower ground, ground and three upper floors. The property benefits from a recent media style refurbishment within the common areas and over lower ground and ground floor offices. Multi-let to three tenants; Palladium International Limited , ADT Fire and Security PLC and Think Jam Limited with a WAULT of 4.31 years to expiries and 2.72 years to breaks. The total current rent is £631,350 per annum which equates to a low average passing rent of £47.37 per sq ft. Approximately 60% of the overall income is securely let to the strong covenants of ADT Fire and Security PLC & Palladium International Limited with for an average term of 3.76 years respectively. Opportunity to further enhance rental growth through upgrading the unrefurbished accommodation. Freehold. The vendor is seeking offers in excess of £11,850,000 (Eleven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) subject to contract and exclusive of VAT, which reflects a net initial yield of 5.00% after unadjusted purchaser’s costs of 6.8%.DRAFT This reflects a low capital value of £889 per sq ft. 02 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 LONDON LONDON - A GLOBAL CITY London retained its No.1 position ahead of The London Stock Exchange is the world’s third New York in the most recent Z/Yen Global largest with a market capitalisation Financial Centres Index. London consistently of £6.2 trillion. dominates global capital flows attracting more cross-border capital into real estate than any other city. Over 300 languages are spoken in London – more than any other city in the world. More than 1/3 of Europe’s Tech Unicorns (businesses valued at >$1 billion) are based London is one of the world’s leading global in London. tourist destinations. Each year 15 million tourists are attracted by the rich culture London offers through its four UNESCO world heritage sites, London is the Fintech Capital of the World, theatres, museums and art galleries. Home to 17 of the top 50 Global Fintech companies, the highest density anywhere in the World. More than 70% of the FTSE 100 and 100 of Europe’s 500 largest companies are headquartered in London. £ $ London accounts for 22% of the UK’s Europe’s largest City with the population Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is firmly forecast to reach 10 million by 2030. established as the world’s primary market € ¥ for foreign exchange derivatives and energy futures. London provides access to nearly 400 global destinations from 6 airports. £13.8 Billion invested in London Tech Companies. Over the past five years London has benefited from more tech investment than Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin and Paris combined. DRAFTLondon boasts the fifth largest urban economy in the world with a GDP of over £731bn. 03 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 LONDON 100 WHITECROSS SHOREDITCH OLD CANARY BUNHILL LIVERPOOL THE STREET BARBICAN SOUTH HIGH STREET STREET WHARF ROW STREET CITY MOORGATE MARKET CENTRE BANK DRAFT 04 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 LOCATION TECH CITY London’s Silicon Valley Silicon Roundabout Local Occupiers Old Street Roundabout and the surrounding area has become The Silicon roundabout area is an integral part of the wider synonymous with technology companies and web businesses East London Tech City ‘technology hub’, which stretches from leading to it becoming known as Silicon Roundabout, in a Old Street to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. reference to America’s Silicon Valley. Cisco, Facebook, Google and Intel are amongst the companies that have committed to invest in the ‘hub’ with Imperial College In recent years, many technology companies have moved to the London, Loughborough University and University College London area and local occupiers now include Turner Broadcasting, Stripe, also agreeing to be academic partners. This initiative has CBS Interactive Ltd, Farfetch, Google, Dopplr, Last.fm, Glue Isobar, meant there has been rapid growth in the number of high-tech Banksthomas, TweetDeck, livemusic.fm and McDonalds. companies locating to the area in the last five years. In addition, several game and app developers, including Old Street roundabout is in the final stages of a £50 million Sports Interactive have also based themselves in the vicinity. upgrade to create an attractive new pedestrianised pubic space, An additional boost to the area’s ‘tech’ credentials came in including seating and landscape gardens. New cycle lanes and September 2011 when Google opened their ‘Campus’ on Bonhill two way traffic will be introduced to provide easy access to Tech Street, which is now firmly established as a co-working and City, the hub to thousands of creative occupiers and residents. entrepreneur centre providing workspace for start-up tech firms. Highly visible advertising space, similar to New York’s Time Square will brighten up the roundabout. DRAFT 05 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 LOCATION HOXTON KING’S CROSS ANGEL KING’S CROSS AD ONVILLE RO PENT HOXTON AD ST PANCRAS HACKNEY RO KING’S CROSS ST PANCRAS CI TY RO AD G O SW E LL RO A GR D AY KINGSLAND REET S D ST IN OL REET N ST R OA CLERKENWELL D GR EA D T A EA CH HIGH N RO ET RE ST D ST ER L GREE OL N ST WHIT R OLD STREET E BETHNA BUNHIL ET RUSSELL SHOREDIT GO SQUARE AD EC 100 SHOREDITCH SW RO RO L HIGH STREET RO EL SS ST AD RO W CITY LL L NWE E RO CLERK REET AD SHOREDITCH FA R RINGDON ET RE ST H FARRINGDON C E BE C BARBICAN OM RO TE FARRINGDON M AD E R CI PSGA CHANCERY O AL LIVERPOOL LANE S MOORGATE STREET T BISH RE N LBOR H HO IG H H O ET LB OR N LONDON WALL LO N HOLBORN DON WA FA L L E RRINGDON T CITY A G THAMESLINK R ALDGATE OO EAST M ST COVENT REET ST PAUL’S C HEAPSI ALDGATE DE L GARDEN E BANK MA N S KI TR N ET E G RE E T W ST H IL THE CITY RC L MANSION IA BLACKFRIARS HOUSE M FENCHU FENCHURCH ST TEMPLE R STREET VICTORIA EMBANKMENT U E PPER E TH T AME S STRE CANNON ET TOWER HILL L ST REET HIL WER MONUMENT TO DRAFT RIVER THAMES RIVER THAMES 06 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 CONNECTIVITY UNRIVALLED CONNECTIONS Communications The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) Stratford The Property benefits from its proximity to Old Street Heathrow Bond Street Farringdon Whitechapel 8 mins Underground Station providing access to the Northern line 33 mins 7 mins 2 mins 2 mins which is less than a 4 minute walk away. Barbican, Moorgate and Liverpool Street are all situated within a 5-12 minute walk providing access to the Circle, Metropolitan, Central, Hammersmith & City lines and Elizabeth Line, which is scheduled to be running in 2022. Reading Paddington Tottenham Moorgate/ 61 mins 10 mins Court Road Liverpool Street Canary Wharf 4 mins 6 mins CGI of Moorgate Elizabeth Line Entrance Walk & Cycle Times Old Street 4 mins 2 mins Angel Shoreditch High St 19 mins 11 mins 6 mins 5 mins Farringdon Liverpool Street 14 mins 12 mins 5 mins 5 mins Barbican Bank DRAFT8 mins 16 mins 3 mins Moorgate 6 mins 8 mins 3 mins 07 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 LOCATION LIFESTYLE & SITUATION Situation 100 Bunhill Row is prominently situated in the heart of “Tech City” on the west side of Bunhill Row to the south side of Old Street immediately to the west of Old Street Roundabout. The property lies adjacent to Hylo which is to benefit from major redevelopment of the site by CIT, and to the rear of GPE’s recently completed Spectrum mixed use development at 160 Old Street. Furthermore, it is situated within close proximity to the iconic “Tech City” developments to include The Bower and The White Collar Factory, immediately to the north of the HQ buildings of Slaughter & May and Trowers & Hamlins as well as The University of Law and Cass University. The property benefits from the amenities of Old Street, Farrington, Shoreditch and the famous Whitecross Street Food Market which are all located within close proximity. Furthermore, the Virgin Active Gym and Gymbox are located nearby . The newly developed Featherstone residential development is situated opposite 100 Bunhill Row providing high quality residential units. Hotel and restaurant occupiers in the area include Ceviche, Enoteca DRAFTDa Luca, Bone Daddies, Honest Burger, Shoreditch Grind, The Nobu Hotel, Ace Hotel, The Hoxton Hotel, Dishoom and Hoi Polloi. 08 100 BUNHILL ROW, EC1 HOXTON KING’S CROSS ANGEL KING’S CROSS PENT ON ST PANCRAS VILLE ROA Hotels Restaurants Galleries D KING’S CROSS ST PANCRAS HOXTON Bars Gyms Shopping LOCATION Local Occupiers Cafés CIT Y RO AD Restaurants Hotel M by Montcalm Red Dog Saloon Honest The Alchemist Burgers Bars Retail The Z Hotel GR Breakfast Bone Club Coffee Galleries Daddies CycleLab AY Cerviche ET Sneakersnstuff S INN STRE Gyms Occupiers Nightjar OLD The Clove Farfetch/CBS/ Club John Brown Bounce Goodhood Enoteca Da Shoreditch Grind RO The Coin Luca Hoi Polloi Finsbury Leisure Laundry REET GO Centre A Exmouth Zaha Hadid Goswell Road Tokyo Tramshed ST SW Iniva D Market Gallery Coffee Gymbox Bike EL The Hoxton Ace L OLD STREET Hotel RO Inmarsat House of Zaha Hadid Modern CH HIGH Dishoom The Quality A ET Art RE Merchants Hackney Architects CLERKENWELL D ST Brainlabs/Adobe/ Chop House LD Tavern D O Spark44/Box/ OA R Look Mum Capital One/ Nobu N G E E No Hands Runpath McQueen R Smoking Ozone 71a E GR A SHOREDIT Goat L Gallery T Mother Airbnb E NA AS Forge TH Granger T BE The Eagle & Co Taylor St E R & Co N RUSSELL The
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