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The London Office Crane Survey Summer 2020

A roller coaster ride

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Welcome to Deloitte’s Summer 2020 London Office Crane Survey - a barometer of business and developer sentiment as well as future workplace supply.

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Welcome to Deloitte’s Winter 2020 London Office Crane Survey — a barometer of business and developer sentiment.

About the London Office Crane Survey

What?
A report that measures the volume of office development taking place across central London and emerging London submarkets.

Who?
Developers building new offices or undertaking significant office refurbishment of 10,000 sq ft+.

How?
Our team of researchers have walked the streets of central London and emerging London submarkets to monitor office construction. Our field research is then verified with direct industry links and in-house property experts.

Where?
London, covering the central office markets; The City, West End, Docklands, King’s Cross, Midtown, Paddington and Southbank, and emerging submarkets; Vauxhall-Nine Elms-Battersea, Stratford and White City.

When?
The survey covers the period from October 2019 to March 2020.

Key findings

Total volume under construction is up by 29% on our previous survey

At 5m sq ft, volume of new starts in six months to March is the highest on record, with two schemes accounting for a third of the total

Survey completions are down by 60%

Construction activity surged across most submarkets, with the City seeing a 38% uplift

44% space under construction already pre-let

TMT committed to 38% of all space under construction

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