AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has signed a new 15 year lease with leading law firm Browne Jacobson for the top 2 floors of 6 Bevis Marks.
The new lease will see Browne Jacobson, a growing top 60 law firm, relocate its London head office to 6 Bevis Marks, with the high quality office space facilitating its ongoing expansion and presence in the London market. Browne Jacobson will join Trireme Insurance Group, the parent company of insurance brokers Oxford and James Hamden International, formerly known as U.S. Risk (UK) Limited, which moved staff into the second floor in August this year. Several other occupiers are also under offer at the building and further lettings are expected to complete shortly.
6 Bevis Marks is located within walking distance of Liverpool Street station, close to the site of the London Underground and new Crossrail station which is due to open in 2018. Designed with an exceptional level of amenities, the building incorporates a private rooftop garden square, on-site cyclist facilities, a ground floor business lounge and a landscaped courtyard with access to the private area surrounding the Gherkin. In addition to this, the award winning independent bar and restaurant, The Alchemist, opened on the ground floor in August 2014.
The building is BREEAM Excellent rated, the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, demonstrating AXA Real Estate’s commitment to sustainable practices.
6 Bevis Marks is AXA Real Estate’s latest completed development in London, adding to the 250 European projects successfully developed over the last 14 years, with a gross development value exceeding €9 billion, and €5 billion of projects currently under management.
Harry Badham, UK Head of Development at AXA Real Estate, commented: “The current activity at 6 Bevis Marks shows the diversity of occupiers which are being attracted to the building, driven by the unique amenities that the building offers. This letting to Browne Jacobson is another example of successfully attracting high quality occupiers to our London development pipeline and creating value for our investors.”
Source: AXA Real Estate www.axa-realestate.com 17.09.2014