Following Strutt & Parker’s pre-let to BP, behalf of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) - now part of Aberdeen Asset Management, 2 New Square, Bedfont Lakes in Heathrow has now been delivered.

BP agreed to lease the newly refurbished offices, which will form their new headquarter building on a 15 year lease.

2 New Square became vacant when IBM vacated in March 2012. The building has undergone a £22.5m comprehensive refurbishment and extension to deliver a new Grade A office building and has achieved EPC B and BREEAM Excellent ratings. Originally comprising 110,000 sq.ft., a bespoke redevelopment solution was provided for BP to infill the existing atrium and create four new external cores to meet BP’s requirement for 135,000 sq.ft

The pre-let to BP represented the largest letting in Heathrow in the last five years and marks full occupancy at Bedfont Lakes where Birdseye, the UK Boarders Agency, IBM and Lindt are also located.

BP already occupied 68,000 sq ft at Bedfont Lakes in three separate buildings and the acquisition of 2 New Square will enable them to relocate from their two offices at Stockley Park.