The Walkie Talkie building in the City of London has been sold to Chinese company Lee Kum Kee for £ 1.28bn ( $ 2017 ) , the largest deal ever made in the UK for a single office building . The building was purchased by the company ’s China Products subsidiary , which deals in Chinese herbal health items and property investment . The building has 37 storeys , around 700,000 sq feet of office space , 17,000 m² of retail space and a visitor 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. The skyscraper was purchased by the company’s Health Products subsidiary, which deals in Chinese herbal health items and property investment. 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.