Hammerson has been granted planning consent to bring to life ‘Drum’, the repurposing of the former department store at Grand Central, part of its Birmingham Estate, into 200,000 sq ft of modern wellbeing-designed offices.

Longmartin Properties Ltd, a joint venture between Shaftesbury and the Mercers’ Company, has undertaken a £4.5 million investment in a circa 20,000 sq. ft of high-spec office space within the heart of The Yards, Covent Garden, across two locations, 14 Upper St Martin’s Lane and 10 Slingsby Place.