VACANT OFFICES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 2

VACANT OFFICES

CHANGED DAYS IN LONDO\ MANY BUILDINGS EMPTY The shortage of offlees in the cib of London which existed for so tt ' years following the war, when he»v ? premiums and high rents were for all kinds of office accommodation now appears to have been more th« a overcome. To-day the position la versed, and “To Let” boards c&n V seen in nearly every business street t* the City and West End. In some streets there are offlcea te let in nearly every building, and evr a casual survey will disclose that •• is now possible to find business preg' ises in almost any district desired Cheapside has over a score of **r Let” boards displayed, Newgate Strahas both shops and offices vacant iplenty, and on Holborn Viaduct an half a dozen large modern shops erne* as well as offices. St. Andrew’s Street and Shoe Lao* have a large proportion of their accommodation to let, including some of the largest buildings, which are cor.! pletely empty. Queen Victoria Stree: King William Street, Lvdgate Hill and the smaller streets, such as Friday Street and Old Change, all have notlcts displayed, while Fleet Street has its share. In the Strand, from Temp!* Bar to Charing Cross, agents’ boardare plentiful on both sides of the street. In the immediate vicinity of the bank and the Stock Exchange, however, premises are less easy to find. Except in the many large new buildings just completed or in course of erection, premises are generally well occupied. Empty offices and shops aw, however, to let in Gractchurch Stree; Cannon Street and King WilKan Street. A suggestion has been made that, in view of the shortage of ordinary bousing accommodation, and as the Inhabited house duty has been abolished some of the premises .night well be adapted for residential purposes.