The property requirements of global businesses are increasingly complex and have significant impact on a company's strategic decisions and bottom line. Seagram Properties 'Agency & Advisory' clients range in size from small cap to multinational public companies. We help clients with the acquisition and disposal of office space, either by lease, sub-lease, assignment or sale, rent reviews and valuations.

Our extensive experience makes us perfectly equipped to quickly adapt to the ever-changing needs of a fluctuating and sometimes volatile market. We work hard and go the extra mile to negotiate the best deals for our clients, often coming up with creative solutions that bridge the gap between the interests of landlords and tenants. Our clients, large and small alike, all benefit from our extensive contacts and up-to-date research.

Office Space London / Office Rent London

Finding an office is more than just renting space, it's about using an office space London specialist. We will help you make the right choice by finding the right property in a location that supports your business plan. Clients can rest assured that they have an extremely experienced team behind them. Seagram Properties' senior management have been involved in letting over 2 million square feet of commercial space to date. Central London is our primary focus and we understand our city. We know about and can get access to every space on the market.

We know that every hour you spend away from your business costs you money. In contrast to some of the larger property firms that send senior executives to win business, only to assign more junior team members to the actual strategic process, at Seagram, you will be advised and represented by principles and seasoned professionals at every step. We will become your company’s real estate department. By letting us do what we do best you can get on with running your business.

Large or small, whatever your requirements, just get in touch and we'll take it from there.

Institutional tenants & occupiers

Aligning a corporation's business objectives with its physical occupational requirements can enhance performance and give a competitive advantage. Seagram Properties advises institutional corporate tenants on the renegotiation of their leases, relocation, expansion or disposition of their property and strategic planning for their space needs. We employ a tailored approach to suit each company's unique situation.

Seagram Properties' Institutional Tenant Services provides current, up-to-the-minute, local market knowledge supported by strategic resources that include financial and analytical modelling, risk management, space planning, branding and operational support that will satisfy the most stringent Real Estate committees. We can help you to reduce occupancy and infrastructure costs and to consolidate back office functions so that you can streamline your business and extract value from your property.

We have fantastic relationships with some of the world's most talented lawyers, architects and designers to ensure that the process runs smoothly, professionally and most importantly, to schedule.

Case studies:

• We developed a portfolio strategy for an international Bank with a focus on reducing its real estate and infrastructure costs and consolidating back office functions, whilst securing flexibility for future growth. We constructed a property solution that consolidated four locations into one and negotiated a new lease saving the client in excess of £500,000 per annum in comparison to the cost of remaining in their existing facilities. Over the next 20 years, the bank's average property expenses will be less than its projected annual expenses for 1997/98.
• We represented a giant Japanese telecom group that was facing a 60% rent increase on its renewal option. Instead, we arranged an early termination with an inducement of several hundred thousand pounds for our client and, we secured a new lease in a nearby location in record time at a saving of over half a million pounds per annum.
• In 2006, we advised a major London Department Store in finding retail space in New York in time for its 300th Anniversary.
• In 2008, Seagram was called in by the London global headquarters of one of the worlds' largest advertising PLCs, to advise them on a proposed divisional move in New York. We studied their business plan and the proposed a new lease, subsequently advising them against taking occupation of the 100,000 square foot space. We advised the client on alternative premises that would be easier to sub-let in a down-market that better suited their business model, eventually saving them in excess of £3 million pounds per annum.

Corporate tenants & smaller occupiers

The right office is one of the key elements in a business' profitability, as well as one of its primary expenses. If you want to lower your office rent London specialist Seagram Properties will advocate for you. Our experience and market knowledge will guide you through every aspect of your property decisions and create customised solutions to meet your goals.

We will guide you through the occupational process, working hard, diligently and strategically. We will assess whether you should stay in your current space. Often we will recommend remaining in situ, given the considerable expense and disruption that a move entails. We can usually negotiate better terms with your current landlord, especially once they know you have a professional agent involved.

If together we decide that it is financially advantageous, or that your business would be better served by moving, we will help you exit your current lease on the most cost-effective basis. We will research and present you with an unbiased appraisal of all available properties and help you choose the space that best aligns with your business plan. We will negotiate a new lease to ensure that you get a fair deal that takes into account the many subjective variables that determine the overall 'rent'. We will never recommend a deal that we would not feel comfortable signing ourselves.

We will assist you in all aspects of the legal and planning processes and move logistics.

Case studies:

• Seagram negotiated a 10-year lease renewal for a registered charity at approximately 25% below market rates for their London headquarters. The charity required flexibility due to its own funding arrangements and we were able to deliver lease breaks every three years as well as a nine-month rental concession.
• We represented a major Art Gallery in relocating after more than 60 years in a prominent location. Thinking 'out -of – the - box', we persuaded them to transition from a traditional ground floor retail space to a hip boutique office building, halving their rent and doubling their revenue. We also arranged considerable compensation from the developer who wanted to convert their original premises to residential.

Landlords

'As a property owner, our expertise will help you anticipate market changes, capitalise on emerging opportunities, and maximise and protect your income stream'.

Seagram Properties takes a long-term view when representing Landlords, helping to reposition and rebrand their assets so that they both attract and retain quality tenants that will protect a landlord's income stream and maximise performance and investment value.

We provide a co-ordinated service that leverages local market knowledge and established relationships in the agency community, achieving maximum occupancy levels for properties that we represent.

Seagram will strategically position a property to capitalise on changing market realities. We employ our global reach to market your property to all possible end-users. We will directly canvas prospective tenants and other agents alike, so that your property achieves the highest possible market coverage.

We utilise the most technologically up-to-date marketing tools and deliver all supportive communication components - from smartly designed brochures to micro-websites. We also employ the old fashioned method of hard graft, with mailings, telephone canvassing, direct-marketing and broker events.

Case study:

• We consolidated a major international bank's property holdings and converted one of its principal buildings (that had been used for back-office functions) into a multi-tenanted, boutique office building, thus generating significant income revenue. We were responsible for all aspects of the process, from rebranding and re-cladding the building, through to running a comprehensive lettings programme that resulted in a fully let building with secure covenants on long lease terms. The building was subsequently sold for a large profit.

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