News & Insights

In React News, Real Estate Partner, David Rawlence and Henry Burn from Hubble look at how the contemporary work environment continues to evolve and adapt to employee sensibilities and reflect on the transformative trend of part-time offices and how this is reshaping the traditional office setting.

In New Start Magazine, Real Estate Partner, David Rawlence and Natasha Guerra, CEO of Runway East – a B Corp certified business – explore the importance of taking environmental accountability.

Boodle Hatfield has advised fast-growing flexible office space provider, Canvas Offices on securing a long-term lease of 88 Kingsway, an ornate Victorian building above Holborn tube station.

In Property Week, Runway East’s CEO, Natasha Guerra and Boodle Hatfield’s Real Estate Partner, David Rawlence look at whether B Corps are the secret weapon for landlords’ serviced office portfolios.

ESG credentials are now central to commercial viability across the office market. In Institutional Real Estate Europe, Senior Associate, David Rawlence and Beth Hampson consider the benefits of service office which can bolster landlords’ portfolios and reporting, and also help enhance tenants’ own sustainability governance.

Real Estate Partner, David Rawlence highlights the significant amounts of office space being taken out use in the past year and suggests that commercial landlords should consider adapting their office space to meet changing demands from businesses.

David Rawlence, Associate at Boodle Hatfield says: “Despite the doom and gloom surrounding the office sector during COVID, the serviced office sector is leaving the pandemic in a healthy state with a consensus that a hybrid working model will see the sector continue to grow.”

In the Financial Times, Associate, David Rawlence reflects on how Coronavirus has shaken up the commercial property landscape, resulting in substantial quantities of office space being put out of use, which has been particularly evident in smaller cities and outer London suburbs.