The Walkie Talkie building in the City of London has been sold to food company Lee Kum Kee for £1.28bn ($1.71bn), the largest deal ever made in the UK for a single office building. 1.28bn - that's virtually unprecedented," he said. It is expected that the new owners will use it as their headquarters and offices while retaining some retail space. The building has 37 storeys, around 700,000 sq feet of office space, 17,000 feet of retail space and a tourist attraction named the Sky Garden. Developer Land Securities owned half the building with an investor group holding the rest.
The Walkie Talkie building in the City of London has been sold to food company Lee Kum Kee for £1.28bn ($1.71bn), the largest deal ever made in the UK for a single office building. It is expected that the new owners will use it as their headquarters and offices while retaining some retail space. The building has 37 storeys, around 700,000 sq feet of office space, 17,000 feet of retail space and a tourist attraction named the Sky Garden. Developer Land Securities owned half the building with an investor group holding the rest.