ITRA Global – 2026 Spring Conference
I’m excited to be attending ITRA Global‘s Spring Conference over 10-12 March. There’s no substitute to meeting friends and colleagues in person, especially when it’s in the sunshine of Vegas. 10th – 12th March 2026 Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
TRADS – AGM and tour of RICS HQ
The Tenant Representation Advisers Society The Tenant Representation Advisor’s Society (“TRADS”) was founded in 2016 and has now grown to become a formally constituted professional association with more than 100 members. TRADS was created to provide training and networking opportunities for tenant representation specialists in the commercial property sector. It is now recognised by the […]
FIDES – Return to the Office. Will they, Won’t they?
FIDES Alliance Five years on from Covid-19 and the great working from home experiment, opinion remains divided on the future of work. Many companies are still finding it tough to navigate. FIDES members and guest speakers (expert witnesses) will debate the key factors that influence decision making on this important issue. Let’s see what ‘You […]
RICS, FTI & Property Week – What does AI mean for Real Estate?
Who knows whether architect Alfred Waterhouse would have embraced artificial intelligence (AI) if it had existed when he designed the RICS building at 12 Great George Street back in 1896? One thing is for sure: like most of us until even relatively recently, he could not have foreseen the impact technology looks set to have […]
ITRA Global – 2025 Spring Conference
From April 2–4, 2025, ITRA Global members from around the world gathered in the vibrant city of Miami, Florida, for our highly anticipated Global Conference—a hallmark event that blends business development, professional insight, and meaningful relationship-building. And yes, we made time for a little fun in the sun too! Hosted at the amazing East Hotel […]
SIOR Europe – 2024 Brussels (MYOB)
SIOR European Regional Chapter Thanksgiving and Christmas Celebration in the Heart of Europe and a visit to the European Parliament! This year, we are excited to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas in a truly unique location – De Warande, an exclusive club in the heart of Brussels. Known for its elegant and refined setting, De Warande […]
SIOR Europe – 2024 Berlin (4th International Conference)
SIOR European Regional Chapter Connect with industry experts, exchange tactical knowledge, and gain valuable insights into emerging market trends at our highly anticipated international conference in the vibrant city of Berlin, Germany 17th – 19th July 2024 Berlin, Germany
ITRA Global and ATR Join Forces to Create Global Tenant Advocacy Powerhouse
ATLANTA, GA. — May 9, 2024. International Tenant Representative Alliance (“ITRA Global”) and Alliance of Tenant Representatives (“ATR”) are thrilled to announce their merger to form one of the world’s largest and most influential organizations providing conflict-free representation to tenants and occupiers of commercial real estate. The organization will operate under the ITRA Global brand […]
ITRA Global – 2024 Spring Conference
ITRA Global members meet once a year for an in-person conference to network, share best practices, and hear from expert speakers on timely topics relevant to the ever-changing landscape of commercial real estate. Personal and professional connections are critical to the success of our organization, and the 2024 conference was one of the best ones yet! […]
SIOR Europe – 2023 Paris (Christmas)
SIOR European Regional Chapter SIOR Europe’s last event of the year, our festive Christmas Lunch in Paris on 7th December and a great opportunity to meet and catch up with colleagues, friends and special guests in a unique environment. An engaging program starting with a historical tour at the Hôtel de la Marine, lunch in the prestigious Cercle […]
Can You Work On Mars?
The challenges facing businesses globally as they position for recovery post-pandemic are inherently interlinked As businesses position for recovery and adopt new ways of working, corporate occupiers will need to address a range of issues if they are to retain and compete for top talent while delivering revenue growth and managing operational efficiencies. FIDES Network’s […]
Woven Saves £640K In Rent
Business Process Outsourcing company Woven has benefitted from £640,000 savings in rent following the successful completion of the rent review on its Bristol office. Advised by McCalmont-Woods, the revised rent agreed on Wyndham Court, a 30,000 sq ft self-contained office building located in the St.Paul’s area of the city, is equivalent to circa £17.52 per […]
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
Lease events are a catalyst for change With businesses across the UK expecting to make significant changes to their ways of working, a forthcoming lease event provides an opportunity for many organisations to improve operational efficiencies and achieve significant cost savings with decisions to remain in existing premises or relocate elsewhere accelerating high up the […]
US Tax Reforms Unlikely To Impact European Office Markets
A mass repatriation of US tech firms unlikely, says SIOR Europe Fears that recent tax proposals by US President, Joe Biden, could lead to an exodus of US tech firms from Europe have been overplayed, according to the European Chapter of global brokerage body, SIOR (The Society of Industrial & Office Realtors). These proposals aim […]
Where and how we work has changed forever
The last 12 months have been transformative for businesses particularly across the office and retail sectors, forcing us all to work differently and think about how we want to work in the future. As various organisations adopt different workplace strategies, the question on everyone’s minds is how to effectively blend home and office working to […]
International SOS Confirms To Remain At Chiswick Park
Chiswick Park, the business campus located in West London, has announced that the world’s leading health and security services business, International SOS, has signed a reversionary lease in Building 4 to 2031. The 43,639 sq ft office is the company’s UK headquarters. The lease renewal is testament to the culture and environment that Chiswick Park […]
London Office Rents In Decline As COVID Reality Bites
Prime rents unlikely to recover to pre-pandemic levels before 2022, says global membership body. The abrupt decline in leasing activity in London’s office market has already translated into falling rents with the worst still to come, according to office specialists from the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR). the leading global professional office and […]
Apex Assigns Lease To Direct Line
Global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd, advised by McCalmont-Woods Real Estate, has assigned its lease on 8,100 sq ft surplus offices at 1 Minster Court, EC3 in the City of London to leading UK insurer Direct Line Group. The successful lease disposal for the full 5-year term remaining generated significant cost savings of circa […]
Is it time for upward & downward rent reviews?
Investors should remember that the value of an investment and the income received from it can go down as well as up, and that they may not get back the amount they invested. Sage advice for any investor. You may think it odd then that commercial office leases in the UK still provide for the […]
The New Normal
When life returns to normal after Covid-19 has abated, the big question for many businesses will be “what does normal look like?” After analysing their business’s response to social distancing measures, for some corporates there is likely to be a realisation that they are renting more office space than they actually need. GoSpace AI Chief […]
COVID-19: Support for Businesses
With businesses hurting across the UK and tenants looking for financial support during the coronavirus crisis, occupiers are advised to check the terms of their lease and any insurance policies held to establish if they have grounds for relief as the Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out the following package of temporary measures to support businesses: […]
Independent Tenant Representation For The Energy Sector
There is an important partnership that transcends the Atlantic and connects some of the world’s leading businesses in the Energy Sector. It is a partnership that delivers expert local market knowledge, trans-continental support, guaranteed unconflicted advice and the highest quality outcomes. Introducing a very special partnership of acknowledged experts in both Independent Tenant Representation and […]
Your Must-Read Guide To Independent Tenant Representation
The challenges facing corporate occupiers are legion. In a world as unfamiliar to many businesses as corporate real estate, the prospect of ‘going it alone’ can be truly daunting – and not without reason. Office relocation, disposals and rent review processes are typically highly complex transactions fraught with pitfalls, which could potentially prove extremely costly […]
Is Your Business Ready To Declare Its Independence?
The 4th July is a special day for our American friends. This is the day on which Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776. Independence Day is a national holiday in the USA to be celebrated with family and friends, parades, more parades and of course fireworks, lots of them! Thomas […]
Neptune Energy Relocates To Nova North
McCalmont-Woods Real Estate, the specialist London based Tenant Representation real estate agency, is proud to have advised Neptune Energy on relocation to its new London office at Land Securities and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s Nova development in Victoria, SW1. Neptune is an independent international E&P company and, having completed the acquisition of the exploration […]
Has It Been Ten Years Already?
On 28th January 2008 the markets were bracing themselves for more volatility, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had just handed more power over banks to the FSA and Lembit Opik was making headlines dating a Cheeky Girl. Also, McCalmont-Woods opened its doors, and never looked back. We are delighted to announce 10-years of independent Tenant […]
Newsquest Take Two
Newsquest Media Group Limited advised by tenant representation specialists McCalmont-Woods Real Estate LLP has taken a new lease on Queen’s House, 28 Kingsway and 55-56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2 in London’s Midtown district from Capel House Property Trust Limited advised by Gale Priggen & Co. Newsquest has signed a new lease on the 3,700 sq […]
Hartree Acquires London Icon
Faced with the imminent expiry of its office lease in 33 Grosvenor Place, Belgravia, Hartree Partners (UK) Limited turned to tenant representation specialists McCalmont-Woods Real Estate LLP for help in finding a new London office space. Working to a tight timetable and with Victoria offices in scarce supply, McCalmont-Woods successfully identified and negotiated a new […]
Private Equity Services Specialist Ipes In City Expansion
Niche London real estate agency McCalmont-Woods has advised Ipes (UK) Ltd on its expansion-led UK office headquarters relocation from Victoria to the City. Ipes is a leading provider of outsourced services to the European Private Equity market and provides administration and depository oversight over $102bn of assets for 262 funds from 4 European offices in […]
IBT Media’s phenomenal success in clicks, bricks and mortar
Just nine years into its history IBT Media, owner of the International Business Times and Newsweek among other titles, has enjoyed the kind of stellar growth most media players only dream of. Their overall readership has grown 70% in the past year. In the last year alone, IB Times UK, one of their leading web […]
Rugby World Cup Winner Coaches Tata Communications
Rugby World Cup-winning coach, Sir Clive Woodward, was the guest of honour, at the opening of Tata Communications’ new European headquarters in the City, in early June. Tata Communications is part of the $100 billion (£64 billion) Tata group, one of the largest private sector employers in the UK. Sir Clive, the 59-year old former […]
Tata Communications Acquires European HQ
McCalmont-Woods has acquired a new European headquarters for Tata Communications (UK) Limited in Vintners’ Place, EC4 in the City. The new offices comprise of 16,638 sq ft on Level 2 (North Wing) in Vintners’ Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, EC4 on a new sub-underlease from Getco Europe Limited. The Tata Communications Global Network reaches more […]
High Speed Letting 2 For Trinity Mirror At Canary Wharf
Trinity Mirror, advised by McCalmont-Woods has sublet the 10,521 sq ft remainder of the 19th floor of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf to High Speed Two (HS2). Trinity Mirror is one of the largest multimedia publishers in the UK and Ireland with an award-winning portfolio of media brands employing over 4300 people across more than […]
McCalmont-Woods Advises DONG Energy On New London HQ
Danish power company DONG Energy takes new lease on 81,000 sq ft London offices as its growth continues. Niche office agency McCalmont-Woods has advised Danish company DONG Energy on its new UK office headquarters. The company has signed an agreement for lease to take 81,000 sq ft of office space at 5 Howick Place, London […]
Marketform Acquires New London Office
Marketform, advised by McCalmont-Woods, has acquired 29,500 sq ft offices on the 5th floor, 20 Gracechurch Street, EC3 for its new London Office. 20 Gracechurch Street is located at the junction of Gracechurch Street with Lombard Street and is strategically positioned between The City’s financial and insurance districts. The 300,000 sq ft 17-storey Grade A office building […]
High Speed Letting For Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror, advised by McCalmont-Woods, has let 16,410 sq ft offices on the part 19th floor in One Canada Square, Canary Wharf to High Speed two (HS2) Limited, advised by GM Real Estate. HS2, is the company responsible for developing and providing the UK’s new high speed rail network and is wholly owned by the Department […]
Dominion Secures Speedy Disposal
Dominion Corporate Services Limited, advised by McCalmont-Woods, has assigned the lease on its 3,000 sq ft 6th floor offices in 23 College Hill, EC4 to US investment bank, Cohen & Company Financial Limited. McCalmont-Woods was able to identify and then agree terms with the ingoing tenant in four weeks from commencement of marketing, generating in […]
DONG Energy Powers Up In London
McCalmont-Woods acquired the space on lease terms to expire in June 2016 for DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd which is the renewables side of DONG’s business
Newsquest Ads Team Books More Space
McCalmont-Woods has acquired 3,950 sq ft at Topland’s Harmsworth House, 11-15 Bouverie Street, EC4 for Newsquest Media Sales/Digital Media in a deal which slashed their rent bill too
Tall Buildings – A Pipedream Or Reality?
McCalmont-Woods and GMW Architects jointly delivered a talk ‘Tall Buildings: a pipedream or reality?’ to the Federation of Corporate Real Estate (FCRE) on the 14th April at Shepherd’s in London. Managing director, Nick McCalmont-Woods, founder of McCalmont-Woods is a big fan of skyscrapers. His talk set up the City and Canary Wharf as interesting diverging […]
JP Morgan Cazenove Saves £1 million In Rent
McCalmont-Woods has saved JP Morgan Cazenove circa £1m in rent by advising the investment bank on the rent review of its 16,000 sq ft office at Exchange Tower, 1 Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 against landlord, MGPA, advised by CB Richard Ellis. The 29th September 2009 rent review on the third floor at Exchange Tower was […]
Tata Communications Dials Up New UK HQ
McCalmont-Woods has acquired the new UK headquarters for global communications giant Tata Communications. The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data centre and co-location space worldwide. […]
DONG Energy Expands London Platform
McCalmont-Woods has acquired expansion space for one of Northern Europe’s leading energy groups DONG Energy, which is headquartered in Denmark. DONG Energy has been operating in the UK since 2001, when it was granted three oil and gas exploration licences. It has a major interest in some of the largest recent discoveries in the West […]
Barclays Banks On Expertise
Barclays Bank has brought in McCalmont-Woods to jointly advise with BNP Parisbas Real Estate on the disposal of its surplus space at Hertsmere House, West India Quay, London, E14. McCalmont-Woods is currently marketing 4,683 sq ft on the ground floor. The accommodation is available on a new effective full repairing and insuring sub-lease for a […]
Newspaper Society Wins Rent Review
McCalmont-Woods negotiated a 75% saving for the The Newspaper Society on the proposed increase in a recent rent review on its 5,000 sq ft 8th floor offices in St. Andrew’s House, 18-20 St. Andrew Street, EC4. Founding director Nick McCalmont-Woods said: “The new rent agreed with landlord PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP at the 29th September 2008 review […]
Welbeck Group Selects City HQ
Bespoke financial adviser Welbeck Wealth Management has acquired the 20,000 sq ft fourth floor at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, EC2. The firm’s impressive growth sees Welbeck, advised by McCalmont-Woods, taking a 7-year lease at £33.00 per sq ft. Welbeck provides wealth management advice to over 5,000 City clients and is now part of […]
Fast Track Disposal For ExecuJet
“We need to dispose of our lease – and fast!” was how John Brutnell, General Manager at global business aviation group ExecuJet (UK) Ltd summed up his instructions to McCalmont-Woods to dispose of a surplus 2,200 sq ft of office space on Level 34, One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, E14. Working jointly with Studley, […]
Abbey Business Centres Agrees OMA
Occupiers often complain that their agents always pursue the easiest option to get a deal done. But McCalmont-Woods has a markedly different approach. Following 12 months of extensive negotiations on behalf of Abbey Business Centres, McCalmont-Woods acquired 17,000 sq ft on the 15th floor of the iconic ‘Gherkin’ skyscraper 30 St. Mary Axe, EC3 from […]
Quality Assurance For Marketform
Leading specialist liability insurance provider Marketform instructed McCalmont-Woods on its 20,000 sq ft City office rent review at 8 Lloyds Avenue, EC3 in July 2009. The instruction is seen as a valued endorsement of McCalmont-Woods’ ethos and expertise. Founding director Nick McCalmont-Woods originally acquired the building for Marketform in 2004 and sub-let part of the […]
Cazenove Capital Wins Rent Review
McCalmont-Woods negotiated an 83% saving for Cazenove Capital Management on the proposed increase on its 34,000 sq ft offices at 12 Moorgate, EC2 in June 2008. Commenting on the minimal 1.5% uplift on the rent passing, Cazenove’s IT Director, Stewart Norwood said of founding director Nick McCalmont-Woods: “Throughout, his advice was clear and valuable, resulting […]
Headline Savings For Newsquest Specialist Media
The renewal of international information organisation Newsquest Specialist Media’s lease at its City headquarters 30 Cannon Street, EC4 represented a challenge of a different kind to its adviser McCalmont-Woods. This was because the existing landlord, international investment manager RREEF, was at the same time negotiating to sell its freehold interest in the building. An extensive […]
Trinity Mirror Edits Leases
One of the UK’s largest newspaper publishers, Trinity Mirror plc, instructed McCalmont-Woods to arrange the surrender of its two leases comprising close to 56,000 sq ft on the 17th and 24th floors of Canary Wharf’s One Canada Square, London E14. Terms were duly agreed but before the surrenders could take place, Trinity Mirror further instructed […]
JP Morgan Cazenove Banks On Expertise
Leading UK investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove appointed McCalmont-Woods in early 2008 to undertake its outstanding 24th June 2006 rent review on its 8,500 sq ft building at 9-10 Tokenhouse Yard, EC2 in the heart of London’s prestigious City business district. The lease under which JP Morgan Cazenove occupies the building is very rare today […]
20 Moorgate Pre Let Acquisition – An Industry First
The first ‘off‑plan’ pre‑letting agreed in the City of London Background Cazenove & Co, founded in 1823, was one of the City of London’s most respected stockbroking partnerships. Renowned for its discretion, heritage, and deep client relationships, the firm was the last major stockbroker to maintain its partnership structure following the 1986 “Big Bang” reforms. […]