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Property

25: HOUSING
26: HOUSE PRICES
27: HOUSE BUYER ORIGINS / DESTINATIONS
28: NON-DOMESTIC PROPERTY
29: RETAILING
30: OFFICES
31: LICENSED PREMISES
32: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES
47: LAND USE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND HERITAGE
48: AGRICULTURE (EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS)
49: VACANT AND DERELICT LAND

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30: OFFICES

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH sources
/ notes
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Office stock - gross floorspace (*1) 1.65 1.7 1.76 1.81 1.8 1.84 1.88 million sq.m. gross
Vacancy rate / availability (GVA Grimley) 5.70% 6.90% 9.70% 11.30% 12.30%
Office development pipeline (*2)
.. completions 56,363 80,287 92,672 90,225 20,291 69,107 35,398 sq.m.
.. under construction at year end 107,041 121,629 195,333 68,334 95,296 101,960 53,000 sq.m.
.. planning permission at year end 115,821 512,333 726,903 1,058,999 1,132,831 1,032,936 1,027,799 sq.m.
Office rentals
Prime rentals (Chesterton) (*3) £29.50 £29.50 £29.50 £ / sq.ft.
Top achieved rental (JL LaSalle) (*4) £29.00 £29.00 £29.00 £27.00 £27.00 £27.00 £28.00 £ / sq.ft.
Prime rentals (Ryden) (*5) £29.00 £29.00 £29.00 £27.00 £27.00 £27.00 £27.00 £27.00 £ / sq.ft.
Total office occupancy costs
Occupancy costs per sq.ft. (DTZ) (*6) $63.00 $67.30 $80.80 U.S. dollars / sq.ft.
.. world ranking ( / 92 office centres) 10 5 14 12
Occupancy costs per sq.ft. (KF) (*7) £46 £51 £52 £52 £48 £ / sq.ft.
.. world ranking ( / 84 office centres) 7 8 8 9 11
Prime yields
(Chesterton) (*8) 6.00% 6.00% 6.50%
(JL LaSalle) (*9) 6.00% 6.00% 6.50% 6.00% 6.00% 5.75% 5.50%
(Ryden) (*10) 6.25% 6.50% 6.50% 6.00% 6.25% 5.75% 5.00% 4.75%
(Drivers Jonas) (*11) 5.50% 5.00%
Demand
Floorspace take-up (Chesterton) (*12) 93,832 83,613 27,871 sq.m. net
Floorspace take-up (JL LaSalle) (*13) 122,500 83,180 84,097 90,953 101,565 76,456 63,132 sq.m. gross
Floorspace take-up (Ryden) (*14) 104,923 91,000 60,475 79,080 92,512 81,327 80,605 64,105 sq.m. gross
Floorspace take-up (Knight Frank)) (*15) 79,000 87,800
Supply / availability
Floorspace available (Chesterton) (*16) 75,251 53,419 78,503 sq.m. net
Supply (JL LaSalle) (*17) 25,000 51,792 103,750 78,894 86,200 141,008 132,153 sq.m. net
Supply (Ryden) (*18) 65,708 100,574 149,999 220,620 224,748 237,984 207,335 217,391 sq.m. gross

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