Announcement • Jul 13
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Resignation of Andrew White from Development Director Role Great Portland Estates plc announced that Andrew White, Development Director, would be leaving the business later this year after more than thirteen years with the Company. Since joining Great Portland Estates plc in 2013, Andrew White played a leading role in delivering many of the Company's most significant developments, including Rathbone Square, Hanover Square, 30 Broadwick Street, 50 Finsbury Square, 2 Aldermanbury Square, The Delft and 30 Duke Street. Over this period, he helped deliver more than 2.5 million sq ft of prime development, generating over £400 million of development surpluses. Andrew White was widely respected across the real estate industry for his commercial judgement, planning expertise and ability to build strong relationships with local authorities, development partners and stakeholders. His contribution was instrumental in the success of many of Great Portland Estates plc's landmark projects and in creating long-term value. Andrew White remained with Great Portland Estates plc during a transition period to ensure an orderly handover of his responsibilities to existing members of the development team. Dan Nicholson, Executive Director, retained Board level responsibility for development and Andrew White's role would not be replaced. Announcement • May 30
Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 02, 2026 Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 02, 2026. Location: the royal college of nursing, 20 cavendish square, w1g 0rn, london United Kingdom Announcement • May 26
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report First Half, 2027 Results on Nov 19, 2026 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report first half, 2027 results on Nov 19, 2026 Announcement • May 23
Great Portland Estates Plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2026, Payable on 10 July 2026 Great Portland Estates Plc recommended final dividend of 5.3 pence per share for the year ended 31 March 2026, which will be paid, subject to shareholder approval, on 10 July 2026 to shareholders on the register on 5 June 2026. 2.7 pence of the final dividend will be a REIT PID in respect of the Group's tax-exempt property rental business. Announcement • Mar 25
Great Portland Estates Plc Completes Its Largest Office Development At 2 Aldermanbury Square EC2 Great Portland Estates plc (GPE) announces it has reached practical completion at 2 Aldermanbury Square, EC2, delivering 321,650 sq ft of best-in-class HQ office space. With the building now complete, Clifford Chance, which has pre let all the office space, will soon take occupation to begin its fit out. This milestone completes a project which was first designed in 2019, received planning consent in 2021 and was delivered on time and to budget. The new 13 storey building delivers premium workspace in the heart of the City, complemented by improved public realm, a panoramic roof terrace, flexible floorplates and an impressive double height reception. The site benefits from excellent transport links, with Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Bank stations all within a short walk, providing access to the Elizabeth line, National Rail and multiple underground lines. Working closely with its supply chain partners, GPE has delivered a market leading embodied carbon target of 561kgCO2e/m² and has also achieved its first BREEAM 'Outstanding' building. The former building, City Place House, acted as the donor for GPE's pioneering steel reuse approach, with more than 1,500 tonnes of steel recovered and now forming almost 80% of the steel frame at GPE's new build scheme at 30 Duke Street, St James's, SW1. 2 Aldermanbury Square is also GPE's first NABERS Base Build Design For Performance 5 development. Announcement • Feb 10
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2026 Results on May 21, 2026 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2026 results on May 21, 2026 Announcement • Feb 03
Great Portland Estates plc Appoints Peter Duffy to Non-Executive Role on Board and as Member of Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees,Effective March 2, 2026 Great Portland Estates plc has appointed Peter Duffy to a non-executive role on its board, effective March. Duffy will become a member of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees. Peter has been the Chief Executive Officer of Mony Group plc since September 2020. His previous executive roles have included Chief Executive Officer at Just Eat, Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet and Head of Marketing at Audi UK, as well as a number of senior commercial roles at Barclays. Peter was a Non-Executive Director of Close Brothers Group plc from January 2019 to February 2024, serving also on its Nomination, Remuneration and Risk Committees. He was also previously President of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, the UK trade body for leading British advertisers. Announcement • Jan 08
Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) acquired 155 year long leasehold interest in 10 South Crescent, WC1 from City of London Corporation Pension Fund for £51.4 million. Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) acquired 155 year long leasehold interest in 10 South Crescent, WC1 from City of London Corporation Pension Fund for £51.4 million on January 7, 2026. The purchase price for the 72,605 sq ft building is £51.4 million or £708 per sq ft.
Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) acquired 155 year long leasehold interest in 10 South Crescent, WC1 from City of London Corporation Pension Fund on January 7, 2026. Announcement • Nov 10
Great Portland Estates plc Secures Planning for HQ Scheme at Whittington House, WC1 Great Portland Estates plc (GPE) has announced that Camden Council has resolved to grant planning permission for the high-quality refurbishment of Whittington House, WC1, subject to completing a legal agreement. Located in the heart of the West End, close to the Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line station, the 74,500 sq ft HQ building provides GPE with an exciting opportunity to create an outstanding HQ workspace, which will feature its iconic Richard Seifert & Partners design. The development will deliver eight floors of sustainable offices with market-leading amenity and a new rooftop terrace and pavilion, fronting onto the newly pedestrianised Alfred Place. With Whittington House, the recently acquired Gable Building, the Courtyard Building, and the existing holdings at 31/34 Alfred Place, have the potential to create a 220,000 sq ft cluster of Grade A Fully Managed and HQ space. This is located just minutes from Tottenham Court Road station and the Elizabeth Line, offering customers a wide range of exceptional workspaces whilst delivering operational efficiencies for GPE. The repositioned building will be delivered in First Quarter 2027. Announcement • Sep 26
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Retirement of Nick Sanderson as Chief Financial Officer Great Portland Estates Plc announces that Nick Sanderson, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Company to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer of Savills plc. The Board has commenced a process to appoint a successor, and Nick will remain in his current role with GPE to support an orderly transition of his responsibilities while the search progresses. A further announcement on the date for his departure will bemade in due course. Announcement • Sep 25
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Resignation of Nick Sanderson as Chief Operating Officer Great Portland Estates Plc announced that Nick Sanderson, Chief Operating Officer, has decided to leave the Company to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer of Savills plc. The Board has commenced a process to appoint a successor, and Nick will remain in his current role with GPE to support an orderly transition of his responsibilities while the search progresses. A further announcement on the date for his departure will bemade in due course. Announcement • Jul 25
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report First Half, 2026 Results on Nov 19, 2025 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report first half, 2026 results on Nov 19, 2025 Announcement • May 30
Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 03, 2025 Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 03, 2025. Location: the royal college of nursing, 20 cavendish square, w1g 0rn, london United Kingdom Announcement • May 28
Yoomata Aldgate Property Ltd acquired Challenger House Ltd from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) for £42 million. Yoomata Aldgate Property Ltd acquired Challenger House Ltd from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) for £42 million on May 28, 2025. A cash consideration of £42 million will be paid by Yoomata Aldgate Property Ltd. As part of consideration, £42 million is paid towards common equity of Challenger House Ltd. CBRE advised Great Portland Estates Plc on the sale.
Yoomata Aldgate Property Ltd acquired Challenger House Ltd from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) on May 28, 2025. Announcement • May 21
Great Portland Estates plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2025, Payable on 7 July 2025 Great Portland Estates Plc has recommended a final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025 of 5.0 pence per share, which will be paid, subject to shareholder approval, on 7 July 2025 to shareholders on the register on 30 May 2025. None of the final dividend will be a REIT PID in respect of the Group's tax-exempt property rental business. Announcement • Mar 25
Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) acquired Freehold interest in One Chapel Place, W1 from Cypress Dynasty Limited for approximately £35 million. Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) acquired Freehold interest in One Chapel Place, W1 from Cypress Dynasty Limited for approximately £35 million on March 24, 2025. The total cash consideration is based on a property valuation of £56.0 million.
For the period ending December 31, 2024, Freehold interest in One Chapel Place, W1 reported total revenue of £2.5 million.
Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) completed the acquisition of Freehold interest in One Chapel Place, W1 from Cypress Dynasty Limited on March 24, 2025. Announcement • Feb 04
Great Portland Estates Plc Announces Board Appointments Great Portland Estates Plc announced the appointment of William Eccleshare as a Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate with effect from 1 May 2025. William will succeed Richard Mully as Chair of the Board from the conclusion of the Company's 2025 Annual General Meeting in July, when Richard will retire from the Board after more than eight years of service. William's appointment follows a comprehensive selection process led by GPE's Senior Independent Director, Nick Hampton. William has extensive leadership experience in both executive and non-executive roles. He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director at Centaur Media plc and Chairman of Team ITG, a privately owned digital media business. He is also Chair of the Design Council - a Royal Charter charity and the UK Government's strategic advisor on design. William was, until its recent acquisition, a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Britvic plc. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Hays plc, Deputy Chairman of Clear Media Limited and Executive Vice-Chair of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. William's executive career was spent in advertising, media and consumer-focused businesses in senior leadership and commercial roles. Most recently, he spent thirteen years at Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. where he was Chief Executive from 2012 to 2021 and led its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2019. William was Chair and Chief Executive of BBDO Europe from 2005 to 2009 and of Young & Rubicam EMEA from 2002 to 2005. He is a former partner of McKinsey & Co where he led the firm's European Marketing practice and prior to that he was CEO of advertising agencies within WPP and the Interpublic Group. Additionally, GPE announces that, having joined the Board in October 2016, Nick Hampton will step down from the Board and its Committees on 3 April 2025. Karen Green, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2023, will take over the role of Senior Independent Director from 4 April 2025. Announcement • Jan 22
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on May 21, 2025 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2025 results on May 21, 2025 Announcement • Sep 13
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 14, 2024 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report first half, 2025 results on Nov 14, 2024 Announcement • May 31
Great Portland Estates Plc(LSE:GPEN) dropped from FTSE All-Share Index (GBP) Great Portland Estates Plc(LSE:GPEN) dropped from FTSE All-Share Index (GBP) Announcement • Apr 30
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Executive Appointments GPE announced three new senior appointments to support the existing team to deliver on its ambition to grow the Flex portfolio to over 1 million sq ft, up from 0.5 million sq ft. The addition of this in-house capability will enhance both the speed and quality of delivering best-in-class workspaces, whilst optimising costs. Felicity Roocke joined as Head of Workspaces - Design & Delivery on 1 April. Felicity brings a wealth of experience in the world of flexible workspaces, having held roles as the Head of Design at Fora and Principal at Hassell, an design practice. She has over 20 years of experience as a Designer in the UK, creating agile award winning, people focused workspaces. Felicity will be reporting to GPE's Director of Projects, Helen Hare. Chris Stokes has been appointed as Head of Customer Experience for Flex Workspaces from 7 May. Chris joins GPE from The Instant Group, where he has held roles as Operations Director and Client Services Director for over 10 years, having previously also worked for NEST as their Head of Facilities. Chris brings with him extensive knowledge on how to create great customer experiences and will be reporting to GPE's Director of Customer Experience & Relationships, Rebecca Bradley. Trevor Phyo has been appointed as GPE's Senior Development Manager. Trevor joins the business from Fora, where he was Head of Development and his role led on acquiring, developing and delivering high-quality workspaces, throughout London and the UK. Trevor will join GPE in June to focus on Flex and HQ projects and he will be reporting to GPE's Director of Development Management, Piers Blewitt. The new appointments complement the existing team, including David Korman, recently promoted to Senior Flex Leasing Manager, and Anthony Osho, whose role has been expanded since joining a year ago to Customer Relationships and Insights Lead. Anthony will manage GPE's relationships with its Flex customers, whilst retaining responsibility for customer insights and GPE's customer experience strategy. Anthony will be supported by two new roles: Daniel Burke who joins from CACI consultancy as GPE's new Insights Analyst, due to start later in April, and a Customer First Manager where recruitment is underway. All new hires will work closely with Simon Rowley, GPE's Director of Flexible Workspaces, who has overall responsibility for the Flex side of GPE's business. Both Simon Rowley and Rebecca Bradley report to Nick Sanderson, Chief Financial & Operating Officer at GPE. Announcement • Jan 09
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 22, 2024 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2024 results on May 22, 2024 Announcement • Nov 02
Great Portland Estates Plc Announces Management Changes Great Portland Estates Plc announced several senior operational team role changes which will enhance the delivery of market-leading, Customer First approach, as continue to innovate, further digitise activities, grow Flex workspace offer and deliver both great spaces and experiences for customers. These include: Rebecca Bradley's role as Director of Customer Experience & Relationships has been expanded to include leadership of new Customer Strategy & Insights team. Her responsibilities include the strategic and operational delivery of customer experience across all spaces, ensuring both strong customer relationship management and retention; Simon Rowley has assumed the newly created role of Director of Flex Workspaces, as focus on growing Flex offer to more than one million sq ft; Jordan McLean has joined GPE in the newly created role of Director of IT, Innovation & Digital Transformation. With over 25 years of experience, Jordan has a proven track record in driving business transformation through digital solutions, including spending 10 years in the retail sector with Morrisons and Asda; and Helen Hare's role as Director of Projects has been expanded and now includes responsibility for Building Surveying and Technical Services teams. Steven Mew (Customer Experience & Flex Director), David O'Sullivan (Director of Workplace Services) and James Pellatt (Director of Innovation) will be leaving GPE. Announcement • Aug 30
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 16, 2023 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report first half, 2024 results on Nov 16, 2023 Announcement • Aug 19
Great Portland Estates Plc acquired King Sloane Properties Limited from Belgravia And Chelsea Property Services Ltd for approximately £70 million. Great Portland Estates Plc acquired King Sloane Properties Limited from Belgravia And Chelsea Property Services Ltd for approximately £70 million on August 18, 2023. The transaction also includes the acquisition of freehold interests at 16/19 Soho Square, 29/43 Oxford Street and 7 Falconberg Mews, W1. The cash consideration is based on a property value of £70 million (£772 per sq ft on consented NIA) and is subject to further balance sheet adjustments. The consideration was met from Great Portland Estates's existing undrawn facilities and cash. Great Portland Estates Plc completed the acquisition of King Sloane Properties Limited from Belgravia And Chelsea Property Services Ltd on August 18, 2023. Announcement • Jun 17
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Directorate Change Effective 1 December 2023 Great Portland Estates Plc announces that Karen Green will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 December 2023 and will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees from that date. Karen is currently a Non-Executive Director, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Sustainability Committee at Phoenix Group Holdings plc, a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Admiral Group plc and a Council Member and Chair of the Investment Committee at Lloyd's of London. Karen will not be seeking re-election to Lloyd's of London when her current term expires on 30 November 2023, as she approaches the end of her nine year tenure. Karen previously spent over six years, until 2017, as Chief Executive of Aspen UK, which comprised the UK insurance and reinsurance companies of US-listed Aspen Insurance Holdings. She also held a number of other senior positions at Aspen including Group Head of Strategy and Corporate Development. Prior to that, she held various senior corporate finance, M&A and private equity roles at GE Capital and then MMC Capital (now Stone Point Capital), having started her career as an investment banker at Baring Brothers and then Schroders plc. Announcement • Jun 03
Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 06, 2023 Great Portland Estates Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 06, 2023, at 10:30 Coordinated Universal Time. Location: Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square London United Kingdom Agenda: To receive the audited financial statements together with the Directors and auditor’s reports for the year ended 31 March 2023; to declare a final dividend; to approve the Directors’ remuneration report; to consider and re-elect Directors of the Company; to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company; to authorize the Audit Committee to agree the remuneration of the auditor; and to consider any other matters. Announcement • May 25
Alison to Step Down from the Board of Great Portland Estates Plc Great Portland Estates plc announced that Alison Rose does not intend to seek re-election at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held in July 2023. Alison will formally step down from the Board at the conclusion of the AGM. Announcement • Feb 10
A private German family office, A wholly owned subsidiary of Wirtgen Invest Holding GmbH acquired 50 Finsbury Square from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) for GBP 190 million. A private German family office, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wirtgen Invest Holding GmbH agreed to acquire 50 Finsbury Square from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) for GBP 190 million on October 4, 2022. The completion of the sale expected in Q1 2023.
A private German family office, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wirtgen Invest Holding GmbH completed the acquisition of 50 Finsbury Square from Great Portland Estates Plc (LSE:GPE) on February 9, 2023. Announcement • Jan 21
Great Portland Estates plc Announces Board Changes, Effective 30 March 2023 Great Portland Estates plc announced that, Charles Philipps, Non-Executive Director, has decided to retire from the Board on 30 March 2023 after nine years of service. Charles will be succeeded as GPE's Senior Independent Director by Nick Hampton, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in October 2016. Announcement • Sep 14
Great Portland Estates Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on May 24, 2023 Great Portland Estates Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2023 results on May 24, 2023 
