City Place Gatwick Explained

City Place Gatwick is an office complex located on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England.[1] The complex includes four buildings: The Beehive, an approximately 20000square feet former terminal building at Gatwick Airport located on a 2acres site; 1 City Place a 131500square feet facility on a 4.2acres site, 2 City Place, a 85000square feet building on a 1.9acres plot, and 3 City Place, a 65000square feet building on a 1.06acres plot.[2] Hamiltons Architects designed the L-shaped 3 City Place.[3]

BT Wholesale formerly had an office at 1 City Place.[4] BDO International has an office at 2 City Place.[5] Beehive City Place previously housed the head offices of GB Airways, which had its head office in the Beehive,[6] and CP Ships, which had its head office in 2 City Place.[7]

In 2012, Nestlé UK announced they would be moving their head office from St George's House Croydon to the former BT building at 1 City Place.[8]

History

City Place was developed by BAA Lynton.[9] In March 2000,[10] BT Group pre-let 14000sqm of space at City Place, which at the time had 46500sqm of available space; it was a part of an effort by BT to move employees from Central London to locations along the M25 motorway.[9] The BT 15-year lease had an initial rent of £242 per square metre. BT had an option to use an additional 10200sqm once the space became available. Construction at 1 City Place was completed in May 2002, and BT planned to occupy the building at the end of 2002.[10] In October 2002 BAA Lynton announced that it was selling 1 City Place, which was valued at £41.7 million. The real estate arm of Gulf Atlantic bought 1 City Place.[10] BAA received 14 million pounds from the sale of 1 City Place Gatwick and Heathrow South Cargo Centre 1.[11]

2 City Place was forward funded by the Co-operative Insurance Society.[10] BAA Lynton was building phase two of 2 City Place as of November 2001.[12]

The owners of the Beehive leased the building to GB Airways, and later sold it to the airline.[10] When EasyJet announced its purchase of most of GB Airways's assets in 2007, The Beehive was not included. The employment base at The Beehive closed, with 284 job losses.[13]

In 2003 CP Ships moved its European HQ in to 2 City Place. In 2004 it announced that it would move its head office from Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster to Gatwick.[14] After Hapag-Lloyd acquired CP Ships, in 2006 Hapag-Lloyd announced it would cut 500 positions at Gatwick.[15] In 2007 BDO International announced that it was moving an office to Gatwick from Bromley, London Borough of Bromley. BDO leased the entire 21000square feet second floor of its new building.[16] After the purchase by easyJet occurred in January 2008, the building was retained by GB's former parent company, Bland Group.[17]

Construction on a £10.2 million, four-storey office building at CityPlace was completed in September 2008.[18]

Former tenants

A number of airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including BEA/British Airways Helicopters,[19] [20] Jersey Airlines, Caledonian Airways, Virgin Atlantic and GB Airways.[21] [22] [23] [24] Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include British Caledonian,[25] [26] British United Airways,[27] CityFlyer Express,[28] Laker Airways[29] and Tradewinds Airways.[30] [31]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. "Cityplacegatwick." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  2. "Master Plan." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  3. "3 City Place, Gatwick ." English Architectural Glazing. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  4. "Visiting City Place." BT Wholesale. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  5. "Gatwick ." BDO International. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  6. "The Beehive." GB Airways. Retrieved on 19 May 2009.
  7. "Contact Us." CP Ships. 4 November 2005. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  8. http://www.nestle.co.uk/media/pressreleases/Pages/NestléUKannouncesHeadOfficemovetoGatwick.aspx "Nestlé moves to Gatwick"
  9. "MEPC lands BT Workstyle pre-let at aerodrome." Property Week. 17 March 2000. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Signing the pre-let caps a busy week for BT. It has also pre-let 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) at BAA Lynton’s 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) City Place scheme at Gatwick. Both locations are part of BT’s Workstyle programme to move staff out of central London to M25 locations."
  10. Mackenzie, Polly. "BAA Lynton continues non-core disposals." Property Week. 10 October 2002. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  11. "BAA Results for the Year to 31 March 2003." PR Newswire. 3 June 2003. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  12. Godfrey, Adam. "Crawley & Gatwick offices: Crawley's flying low." Property Week. 16 November 2001. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "BAA Lynton is building phase two of City Place, a 7,895 sq m (85,000 sq ft) building adjoining the 13,005 sq m (140,000 sq ft) BT prelet."
  13. "GB's slim profits hastened sale." Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland. 2 November 2007. 4 News. Retrieved on 2 March 2011.
  14. "CP Ships announces succession plan ." Marine Log Magazine. 17 February 2004. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  15. "Hapag-Lloyd cutting 44% of its jobs." The New York Times. Wednesday 19 April 2006. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  16. Sukhraj, Penny. "BDO Bromley moves to Gatwick." Accountancy Age. 29 January 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  17. Web site: £103.5m sale of GB Airways to easyJet completed . 2008-01-31 . Nyras Capital website . Nyras Capital LLP . 2008-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619075827/http://www.nyras.co.uk/en/news-and-comment/gb-airways-sale-news.html . 2009-06-19 .
  18. "City Place, Gatwick." Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  19. Web site: BAH is moving ... to Aberdeen, Rotary Briefs, Business Aviation. Flight International . 2 March 1985 . 12 . 2 June 2012.
  20. Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA and BA Helicopters), Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 69, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, December 2011
  21. "The Beehive." GB Airways. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  22. Web site: British Caledonian – A Tribute: The Crewroom Notices . www.british-caledonian.com . 2 June 2012 . 9 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418020826/http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html . 18 April 2012 .
  23. Air Commerce ..., Up to date with Caledonian . . 121. 25 January 1962 . 9 June 2012.
  24. World Airline Directory, British Atlantic Airways . . 826. 31 March 1984 . 9 June 2012.
  25. "Caledonian Takes Over B.U.A. for £7m." Evening Times. Wednesday 21 October 1970. Page 14. Retrieved from Google News on 13 February 2011.
  26. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 18 May 1972. Supplement 18. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England."
  27. Air Transport ..., BUA retrenches . . 1058. 28 December 1967 .
  28. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 24–30 March 1999. 64. "Iain Stewart Centre, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 OPB, UK"
  29. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 16 May 1981. 1445. "Head Office: London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, UK."
  30. World Airline Survey ... . . 564. 10 April 1969. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."
  31. World Airline Directory. Flight International. 20 March 1975. 505. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."

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