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 . James Beckham, head of London capital markets at Cushman & Wakefield, which advised LKK on the deal, said Asian interest in London real estate has spiked since the vote to leave the EU. 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 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 .