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Kinney Green’s Management Team have successfully picked up two Gold awards at the Clean City Award Scheme 2016 for the second year running. The scheme was established in 1994 and its primary aim is to develop partnerships with businesses located in the City of London in order to promote awareness of responsible waste management. In […]

Kinney Green are delighted to announce that they have promoted Chris Jakes to Partner and Henry Brewster to Associate Partner. The promotions are in recognition of the progress made by each in promoting West End Agency and Professional Services as well as the collective interests of the firm.

The Kinney Green professional department has this week concluded successful rent review negotiations on behalf of the Grosvenor Hotel at 92 Park Lane. The property is tenanted by Foxtons Estate Agent and the final agreement reached represents a 110% rental increase and will give an additional £600,000 income to the hotel over the next 5 […]

As you may be aware the draft rating list is published TODAY detailing the new rateable values to apply to assessed properties with effect from 1st April 2017. This is based on rental values reflecting the rating hypothesis the Valuation Office considered would have applied at 1st April 2015. We would advise in the first […]

Kinney Green’s Professional Department has been instructed to advise on three retail rent reviews on City Road, EC1. The three units are all within the Lexington Building on City Road which is in close proximity to Old Street Roundabout or Silicon Roundabout as it has recently become known due to its popularity with web and […]

We are delighted to announce that Kinney Green has been successful in winning the mandate to advise the landlord of 77-95 Victoria Street, SW1 on the June 2016 rent review. The rent review will involve approximately 43,200 sq.ft of office accommodation arranged over basement to seventh floor. 77-95 Victoria Street is an 8 storey 53,000 […]

We are pleased to welcome Luc Griffiths to our professional department. Luc has recently finished an MSc in Real Estate Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol, having previously studied BSc Geography & Planning at Cardiff University. Luc says, “I am tremendously excited to join a fantastic team here at Kinney Green, […]

2016 shows no sign of easing in respect of the continued lack of supply of commercial accommodation in London. Demand continues to put pressure on rents and considerable increases at review or renewal are commonplace. Early consideration is essential due to likely competition in the marketplace and professional advice is vital. The effect on capital […]

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) will become effective on 1 April 2018. As a landlord or tenant do you know what issues could affect you? It is clear MEES could have significant impacts for both landlords and tenants on lettings, valuations, rent reviews and lease renewals. We highlight below a few points to give thought to but firstly a […]

Kinney green, acting on behalf of CIEE have acquired 46/47 Russell Square, London WC1, comprising 11,500 sq ft from The Bedford Estate. CIEE are a not for profit world leader improvising education and cultural exchange. Despite being in competition from a number of parties, the rent payable will be just under £55 per sq ft […]

John Nguyen has joined Kinney Green to further develop our strong management services offer. John has spent the last 2 years at Cushman and Wakefield within the Global Occupier Services team managing a number of property portfolios with high profile clients such as Royal Mail, Pizza Hut, KFC and City Link. Prior to this, John […]

Kinney Green have been instructed on a mandate to provide asset management and consultancy services alongside Anglo Fortune Capital Group at 10 Old Bailey, EC4M. We will seek to proactively identify and deliver strategies to maintain and enhance 10 Old Bailey which is a 72,000 sq ft high quality office building located on the eastern […]

Small business have today welcomed the Chancellor’s 2016 Budget, business rates reforms increasing the threshold for 100% business rates relief from £6,000 to a maximum of £15,000. The implication of this is that 600,000 small firms will pay no business rates from 1st April 2017. The Chancellor also announced that the threshold for benefitting from […]

Nick Eden delivered a talk “Valuing in the hypothetical world” at the Index Conference at Warwick on 8th March attended by over 100 people comprising surveyors and lawyers. He delivered the talk and a Q and A session afterwards with Zia Bhaloo QC of Enterprise Chambers. The thrust of the joint talk was perspectives on […]

Kinney Green confirms that Nick Eden, Consultant, will be speaking at the 2016  Index Conference on 8th March at the Ardencourt Manor Hotel, Warwick. His talk is “Valuing in the Hypothetical World” which he will be presenting jointly with Zia Bhaloo QC of Enterprise Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn. Discussions will cover, Economic Review & Prospects, Code […]

Mr Moore wins internal L&T dilemma competition. Mumm would be proud of his sparkling intellect.

With the 2017 Rating Revaluation fast approaching, the government has predicted that Councils across England will make a record-breaking income of about £23.5 billion from business rates next year; an increase of about £400 million. The local government minister Marcus Jones attributed the increase to a rise in the number of new businesses across the […]

As we eagerly await the delayed Revaluation, the Valuation Office Agency confirmed on 1st February that the draft Rating List for the 2017 Revaluation will be published in September 2016. To be notified of your new assessment at the earliest opportunity you will need to register now https://www.gov.uk/guidance/revaluation-of-business-rates   As all owners/occupiers will be affected […]

We are delighted to announce that Kinney Green have successfully let the last remaining floor at 21 Conduit Street, W1.  Apperly Estates, who have owned the property since 1923, undertook a comprehensive refurbishment of the building, situated on one of the most prestigious streets in Mayfair, to provide approximately 4,000 sq ft of Grade A […]

Our West End office is pleased to report a spate of transactions completed immediately after the summer period which sets the tone for the rest of 2015 and on into 2016. Advised by Kinney Green, Biotechnology Company Silence Therapeutics, has recently moved into their new offices in Hammersmith. We were originally appointed at the back end […]

A replacement of the Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition is set to come into force on 1st January 2016.   The code will be replaced by “Professional statement: office measurement, being Part 1 of RICS property measurement 1st edition May 2015” to bring a global standard for the measurement of offices, followed later for […]

In October 2012, the Government postponed the next business rates revaluation from 2015 to 2017. This decision was based on the desire to keep rates bills increasing by the rate of inflation year on year and to avoid unexpected hikes in rate liability. However, in reality this will delay the much needed rebasing of rateable values which are currently fixed […]

Bindi Buttar has joined the property management department at Kinney Green as an Associate Partner. Bindi has over 28 years’ experience within the commercial property sector predominantly focusing on City and West End assets. Prior to joining, Bindi worked on behalf of institutional pension funds, international investors and owner occupiers. The main focus being to […]