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å Virtual Freehold interest for a term of 999 years from 25th December 1995 (over 973 years unexpired) at a nominal ground rent of £600 per annum.
å Located right at the heart of Farringdon, one of London’s most sought after London villages.
å Excellent transport connectivity located 300 metres from Farringdon Station’s Turnmill entrance providing access to the forthcoming Elizabeth line (Crossrail), Thameslink and London Underground network.
å Self-contained office suite which has been comprehensively refurbished to provide approximately 2,575 sq ft (239 sq m) of Grade A office accommodation arranged over ground and lower ground floors.
å The property benefits from vast floor to ceiling heights and attractive original features such as exposed brickwork and reclaimed oak wood flooring.
å The property is offered with full vacant possession.
å Offers are sought in excess of £2,000,000 subject to contract and exclusive of VAT.
å The guide price reflects a low capital value of £777 per sq ft.
å Flexible Class E use, of interest to owner occupiers, showroom users, and investors.
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Farringdon is one of Central London’s most exciting and diverse commercial districts. The area is renowned for mixing the old with the new, boasting an eclectic blend of Victorian warehouse style office buildings and cutting edge new build developments.
The locality is firmly established as London’s dynamic centre of business innovation, with take-up dominated by the creative, media, fashion and technology industries. A thriving community of start-ups sit alongside some of the biggest global organisations, such as Amazon, Live Nation, TikTok and Adidas, to create a lively and rapidly growing sub-market.
Farringdon is highly attractive to occupiers drawn by the excellent local amenities including a thriving retail, leisure and restaurant scene. Leather Lane and Exmouth Markets have become some of London’s premier gourmet street food markets.
24 Ray Street occupies a prominent corner position at the junction of Ray Street and Crawford Passage. The property is immediately opposite the London Headquarters of LinkedIn at the newly developed The Ray (90,000 sq ft) as well as Herbal House (112,000 sq ft), which is home to other major global brands Adidas and Moonpig.
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T H E E L I Z A B E T H L I N E (C R O S S R A I L )24 Ray Street is approximately a five minute walk from the Turnmill entrance to the new Elizabeth line (Crossrail) station at Farringdon. The opening of the Elizabeth line at Farringdon Station in 2022, will make it one of Britain’s best connected transport hubs, providing a major interchange between the Elizabeth line, Thameslink, London Underground and National Rail services, giving the property unrivalled connections across central London and internationally via Heathrow airport.
ADDITIONAL
63,000 NEW JOBS WITHIN
FARRINGDON,THE CITY AND
WEST END
24 TRAINS PER HOUR WITH
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UNDERGROUNDLINES
EUROPE’S LARGEST
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
OPENING
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C O N N E C T I V I T YThe property benefits from outstanding connectivity. Situated less than 300 metres from Farringdon Station, the property is served by the London Underground (Circle, Hammersmith & City & Metropolitan lines), Thameslink and National Rail services providing direct access to the City, West End, Home Counties and London’s major airports.
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LO C A L O C C U P I E R SClerkenwell / Farringdon have become one of Central London’s core office markets and its commanding status as the choice location for the Tech and Creative industries. This has attracted a multitude of businesses to the area, the map below shows the local occupiers present in the vicinity of 24 Ray Street.
L O C A L O C C U P I E R S
1 TikTok
2 Hill & Knowlton
3 Unilever
4 Zaha Hadid Architects
5 Leigh Day LLP
6 Grimshaw Architects
7 Publicis Groupe
8 Goldman Sachs
9 Deloitte
10 Fred Perry
11 Solus Ceramics
12 LinkedIn (Microsoft)
13 Adidas
14 Photobox
15 IDEO
16 WeWork
17 Alexander Macqueen
18 Macmillan Publishers
19 AKQA (WPP)
20 Save The Children
21 LiveNation (Ticketmaster)
22 Tesco Digital
23 Clerkenwell Workshops
24 GoCardless
25 JA Kemp
26 Oktra
27 Kurt Geiger
28 Amazon
29 Hogan Lovells
30 Eventbrite
31 Indeed
32 Anglo American
33 Sainsbury’s PLC
34 Trade Desk
35 Workspace
36 Kingston Smith
A M E N I T I E S
1 Exmouth Market
2 Leather Lane Market
3 Clerkenwell Green
4 Dans Le Noir
5 The Eagle
6 The Slaughtered Lamb
7 Granger & Co
8 The City Pride
9 Luca
10 Bourne & Hollingsworth
11 Smithfield Market
12 St John
13 Bounce
14 Club Gascon
15 Bleeding Heart Yard
16 Gymbox
17 Exmouth Grind
18 Department of Coffee and Social Affairs
19 The Fence
20 Pure Gym
H O T E L S
1 Citadines
2 Malmaison
3 The Rookery
4 The Rosebery
5 The Zetter Townhouse
6 Yotel
7 The Bryson
T H E P R O P E R T Y
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The property comprises the commercial element of a predominantly residential building, which was originally developed in the early 1900s. The commercial element provides a self-contained office suite which was comprehensively refurbished in 2017 to provide approximately 2,575 sq ft (239 sq m) Grade A office accommodation arranged over ground and lower ground floors.
24 Ray Street benefits from dual access from Ray Street and Crawford Passage, leading to regular shaped floors which have been carefully designed, retaining original features such as exposed brickwork and reclaimed oak wooden flooring. The original features are enhanced by the vast floor to ceiling height of approximately 3.70 metres on the ground floor, with exceptional levels of natural light.
AC C O M M O DAT I O N S C H E D U L E
T H E C O N T E M P O R A RY S P E C I F I C AT I O N I N C L U D E S
T H E F O L LO W I N G :
Air conditioning with fresh air
Statement exposed brick walls
Exposed services Separate loading door
New LED linear suspended lighting
Perimeter trunking
Capped off services
Refurbished oak wood flooring
Refurbished WCs Shower facilities
FLOOR NIA (SQ FT) NIA (SQ M)
Ground 1,437 133
Lower Ground 1,138 106
Total 2,575 239
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F LO O R P L A N S T E N U R E
The property is held Virtual Freehold for a term of 999 years from 25th December 1995 (over 973 years unexpired) at a nominal ground rent of £600 per annum.
The title number is NGL756775.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
C O N TAC TFor further information, or to arrange an inspection, please contact sole agents Allsop LLP.
P L A N N I N G The property is located within the London Borough of Islington. It is not listed but sits within the Clerkenwell Green Conservation Area.
VAT The property is not elected for VAT.
Matthew Millman +44 (0)7703 039 [email protected]
Oliver Turney +44 (0)7425 862 [email protected]
Amelia Bowder+44 (0)7917 657 [email protected]
E P C The property has an EPC rating of C (60). A copy of the certificate is available on request.
P R O P O S A L
Offers are sought in excess of £2,000,000 subject to contract and exclusive of VAT for the Virtual Freehold interest. The guide price reflects a low capital value of £777 per sq ft.
DISCL AIMER:Allsop LLP on their behalf and for the Vendors or Lessors of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that: These particulars are set out as a general outline only for guidance to intending Purchasers or Lessees, and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Details are given without any responsibility and any intending Purchasers, Lessees or Third Parties should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. No person in the employment of Allsop LLP has any authority to make any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property. Unless otherwise stated, all prices and rents are quoted exclusive of VAT. The market statistics, rental and investments comparables have been supplied by third parties and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. In the preparation and production of this document, the Liquidators have relied entirely on the representations of appointed property experts - Allsop LLP. Other than providing unrestricted access to the Property, and documents relevant to the Property and limited stylistic comments , the Liquidators have had no or very limited input, or made material representations, concerning the Property (either generally or in relation to the information and statements in this document). All opinions and representations in this document are those of Allsop LLP and not the Liquidators. As such, neither the Liquidators their firm, partners, employees, advisers, representatives shall incur any liability (personal or otherwise) whatsoever in respect of any of representations or statements in this document. October 2021 www.cube-design.co.uk (Q4851)