Covent Garden sits to the east of Soho, at the edge of the West End, and is home to an abundance of shops, restaurants, tourist attractions and cultural icons such as the Royal Opera House. Offering easy access to The City, Covent Garden is one of the most popular office locations in London, and provides a wide variety of office space that is primarily occupied by PR, media and online industries, who are attracted by the relaxed atmosphere, wealth of trendy, vibrant amenities in the area, and the dressed-down, creative working atmosphere.
Office space in Covent Garden is a combination of traditional architecture and ultra-modern buildings and is usually typical of London’s West End office space. Landmark buildings include 90 Long Acre and the CAA Tower on Kingsway, with its’ circular floor plates.
Covent Garden Office rents are cheaper than either the West End or The City, although the quality and specification of office properties is still high. Rates start from £95.00 and can reach as high as £75.00 per square foot for the trendier buildings, with business rates ranging from £20.00 to £28.00 per square foot. Taking service charges into account, an all-in cost for offices in Covent Garden can be estimated at £78.50 to £119.00 per square foot.
Covent Garden is typically well-connected for a busy central London area. Covent Garden tube station is on the Piccadilly line, and other nearby stations – Leicester Square, Holborn, Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Road – service the Piccadilly, Northern, Central, and Bakerloo lines. Tottenham Court Road will also be on Crossrail when it’s completed. All stations in Covent Garden are in Zone 1 and an annual travelcard costs £1,216.
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