{"id":302,"date":"2015-07-31T13:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T13:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/iconic-gherkin-goes-on-sale-for-640-million\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:16:35","slug":"iconic-gherkin-goes-on-sale-for-640-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/iconic-gherkin-goes-on-sale-for-640-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Gherkin Goes on Sale for \u00a3640 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><!-- [if !mso]>\n\n\n\n<style> v:* 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<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--> <!--S<span id=\"urn:enhancement-2cfe9390-a2bf-d731-6b2c-6007e76c6f22\" class=\"textannot<\/span>ation\">tartFragment--><\/p>\n<p id=\"urn:enhancement-66451efc-8c9c-90b4-2f5a-93c18321bc27\" class=\"textannotati&lt;\/span&gt;on\">ss=&#8221;MsoNormal&#8221;&gt;The House Shop\u00a0is proud to present the property of the month on www.thehouseshop.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>The Gherkin &#8211; \u00a3640 million<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gherkin-photoshop-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gherkin-photoshop-image.jpg\" alt=\"gherkin photoshop image\" width=\"522\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/gherkin-photoshop-image.jpg 795w, 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522px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This eye-catching and unique bu<span id=\"urn:enhancement-77a6ef89-e26c-78d1-0f39-f055c586c5f8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\" span=\"\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london\">&gt;ildi<\/span>ng offers unparalleled views across the city and has become synonymous with the London skyline. Presented to the market in excell<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land lot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-lot\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_lot;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gs32y;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_lot\" >ent<\/a> condition, this not-so-humble abode would make an ideal family home for larger families looking for a lot of space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8230;Although potential buyers should be aware that at \u00a3640m they will be the proud o<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >wners of<\/a> the worlds most expensive pickled cucumber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All jokes aside, this iconic building <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e0c0d4e5-8fbe-ecfa-7e59-d24dee45b318&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-2151d93d-1d46-42e9-88e4-64d6b7e03ba8=\"\" class=\"&quot;textan&lt;\/span\">notation&#8221;&gt;&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;was designed<\/span> by architect Lord Foster and was officially opened in 2004. However the troubled office building collapsed into receivership earlier this year prompting the sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.&lt;span id=\">329ca&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;deloitte.com\/view\/en_GB\/uk\/index.htm&#8221;&gt;Deloitte<\/a> is one of the big 4 pr<span id=\"urn:enhancement-685d3ae0-1cbb-04c2-4145&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-3f2a605b-3776-2737-a9b1-415=\"\" span=\"\">309896f24&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;-4bb5b7b412b0&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;ofessional services firms, along with the likes of<\/span> Price Waterhouse Cooper and Ernst &amp; Young, and have been app<span id=\"urn:enhancement-ca5ac15b-0eff-3c32-d744-1251a2b1f5f9\" class=\"textan&lt;span id= disambiguated wl-thing\" urn:enhancement-11db72e4-656e-da8f-ee0c-44d6ed2d1950=\"\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics\">notation&#8221;&gt;ointed<\/span> as the receiver for th<span id=\"urn:enh&lt;span id=\" urn:enha=\"\" span=\"\">ncement-bea4ca71-d034-788d-d387-8e9443aaf020&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;ancement-1da8756c-44b6-7fd2-140d-4766c5ec07ee&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;e Gherkin in<\/span> April this year. Deloitte have now been instructed to put the landmark property on the market with a hefty price tag of \u00a3640 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The receivership was fuelled by lenders loss of patience with the Gherkin\u2019s owners, Evans Randall and IVG, whose mounting pile of debt was becoming an insurmoun<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Loan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/loan\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/loan;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01dnzs;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Loan\" >tabl<\/a>e burden. IVG and Randall originally bought the Gherkin from in&lt;sp<span id=\"urn:enhancement-b7929c13-0eb7-bf03-7580-99a9c9c17aec\" c=\"\" span=\"\" class=\"&lt;\/span&gt;textannotation\">lass=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;an id=&#8221;urn:enhancement-8777b1b7-4e65-3a5d-498d-32e1cec9457f&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;surance firm Swiss Re back in 2007 for \u00a3600 million \u2013 a deal that broke records in the city. The main source of fi<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"London\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >nance <\/a>for the purchase was a \u00a3500m loan from a consortium of banks. This loan was first defaulted just 2 years after the purchase in 2009.&lt;\/sp<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.colorcoat-online.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/the_gherkin_st_mary_axe_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"no&lt;span id=\" \/>:enhancement-1541b8a3-2d86-33af-030f-46d32939b763&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;ne&#8221; data-mce-src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.colorcoat-online.com\/blog\/wp-c<span id=\"urn:enhancem&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-defdf602-e5ae-32de-3ff8-e93ed34711f7=\"\" class=\"&quot;textann&lt;\/span\">otatio<span id=\" urn:enhancement-e032c54e-9365-957e-8ac9-c373b2a12df4\">n&#8221;&gt;ent-100d5c<\/span>f4-3808-00d9-297a-22a89ba7a974&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;ontent\/uploads\/2011\/02\/the_gherkin_st_mary_axe_thumb.jpg&#8221;&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Along with Deloitte, Savills have been appointed to help market and sell the world famous landmark, with head of central London investment, Stephen Down saying:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">amily: Arial; color: #282828;&#8221; data-mce-style=&#8221;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #282828;&#8221;&gt;\u201cThis i&lt;spa&lt; span=&#8221;&#8221;&gt;n id=&#8221;urn:enhancement-6094d6d4-6aee-aef8-1a01-4189ad3f1b14&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;s a &lt;\/spa&lt;&gt;prestigious appointment on wha<span id=\"urn:enhancement-3ff583ea-258b-2cb9-f892-7d0c53&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-e16fde9c-54c2-f003-be7d-15f3e9b5=\"\" spa=\"\" span=\"\">n&gt;789d&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;e8ea6106a49-111d-1a17-11dc-d95851e42557&#8243; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;56&lt;span id=&#8221;urn:enhancement-c30ca733-6f4d-9d98-4585-24f43ce4e89e&#8221; class=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;f&#8221; class&lt;\/spa=&#8221;textannotation&#8221;&gt;t is a globally recognised landmark building, which sits in the heart of London\u2019s busine<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"market\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >ss core. The Central London commercial property market has benefited from improving market conditions over the course of the last few years,&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span id=\"urn:enhancement-3de8de7f-1ba4-144c-5622-0e6ad5671baa\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london\"><span span=\"\">style=&#8221;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #282828;&#8221; da<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.038t85;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_(law)\" >ta-mce<\/a>-style=&#8221;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #282828;&#8221;&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The sale is expected to draw interest from across the globe. Stephen Down has claimed that there was already serious interest from investors in the US, Asia and the Middle East when the building first went into receivership, and he now expects big players from the Middle and Far East especially to take on the instantly recognisable property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; c&lt;span id=\" urn:enhancement-fbfc382a-9c63-b2ba-1e47-a59d23f4258f=\"\" class=\"&quot;text&lt;\/span\">annotation&#8221;&gt;olor: #282828;&#8221;&gt;\u00a0<\/span>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>lass=&#8221;MsoNormal&#8221;&gt;<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #282828;\">With 76,500 sq ft of space the Gherkin will be a daunting investment for anyone, but with the London property market back on its feet and attracting foreign investment in droves, I am sure it will not be long before it finds a new home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #282828;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/homeowners\">Find out more about saving money on estate agents fees when selling your property here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment-->[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Find Properties for Sale in London and the Surrounding Area:<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/barnet\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Barnet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bexley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bexley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/brent\"><span 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#f58350;\"><strong>Croydon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/ealing\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Ealing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/enfield\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Enfield<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/fulham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Fulham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/greenwich\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Greenwich<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Harrow<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/havering\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Havering<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hillingdon\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hillingdon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hounslow\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hounslow<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/islington\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Islington<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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