Nov. 8th 2017
Aukett Swanke Group Plc
Verde SW1 wins twice at the UK Property Awards
On Friday the 27th of October, Verde SW1, the building completed for Tishman Speyer in London's Victoria earlier this year, won awards for Best Office Development and Best Office Architecture at the UK Property Awards at the Royal Lancaster London Hotel.
Verde SW1 has 282,000sq.ft of Grade 'A' office space, and features a dramatic triple height reception, roof gardens totalling 20,000sq.ft and a dedicated cycle access ramp. This all contributed to the success in letting the building with occupancy approaching 90% and tenants including Dimension Data, Pret a Manger and Waitrose. The level of demand is evidence of the design excellence and commercial appeal of the building.
The building, which was redeveloped from the former Eland House, retained 80% of the existing structure and saved 11,600 tonnes of carbon in development. These characteristics, along with the building's BREEAM 'Excellent' rating, have lent the development excellent environmental credentials, which have also increased its appeal to potential occupiers.
Aukett Swanke Group CEO Nicholas Thompson said:
'It gives us enormous pleasure to report on the plaudits from our peers for the work being produced within our studio for yet another major building in the West End, this time for Tishman Speyer. Its appeal to occupiers follows in the footsteps of another recent completion with the Adelphi Building for Blackstone having achieved 100 % occupancy just over one month ago.'
Dan Nicholson, Managing Director of Tishman Speyer UK, said:
"We are absolutely delighted that Verde SW1 has won two such prestigious awards. This accolade is recognition of the role Verde SW1 is playing in transforming Victoria. The building continues to attract tenants and we recently announced two new leases with Dimension Data and TP ICAP, bringing occupancy in the building to 86%."
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Notes to Editors
About Tishman Speyer
Tishman Speyer is a leading owner, developer, operator and fund manager of first-class real estate around the world. Founded in 1978 and led by President & CEO Rob Speyer, Tishman Speyer is active across the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, building and managing premier office, residential and retail space in 30 key global markets for industry-leading tenants. The firm has acquired, developed and operated a portfolio approximately 164.7 million square feet with a total value of approximately US$81.9 billion spread over 402 assets. Signature assets include New York City's Rockefeller Center and Chrysler Center, São Paulo's Torre Norte, The Springs in Shanghai and OpernTurm in Frankfurt. Tishman Speyer currently has projects at different stages of development in Atlanta, Boston, Brasília, Chengdu, Frankfurt, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Washington, DC.
About Aukett Swanke
Aukett Swanke is an award-winning architecture and interior design practice defined by its collegiate and interactive approach to design and its delivery. Blending cross-sector experience with market leading R+D, the studio prides itself on establishing a creative collaboration with clients, project teams and major stakeholders.
They firmly believe that a collective drive for excellence creates innovative, elegant and agile designs. Its talented and international team act as custodians for a sustainable built environment, working on bold new additions to urban and rural landscapes as well as grand heritage projects. Schemes range from place making masterplans, agile and people focused architecture and enlightening interior spaces. The studio's collegiate design culture enables architects and designers across the practice to share knowledge, balancing creativity and budgets for projects of the highest quality at every scale.
Encompassing over 60 years of professional experience, Aukett Swanke has a network of over 400 staff in 13 offices across 6 countries: UK, Germany, Russia, Turkey, UAE and the Czech Republic. The studio's expertise includes work in mixed-use, commercial office, hotel, retail, residential, education and healthcare sectors as well as workplace consulting.
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