Landsec: Британдық жылжымайтын мүлік компаниясының тарихы мен дамуы

British real estate investment trust

The company traces its origins to 1944, when its founder Harold Samuel purchased Land Securities Investment Trust Limited, which owned three houses in Kensington and some government stock. Further acquisitions followed shortly afterwards and from 1947 the company concentrated on commercial property. in 2002 it formed a 50/50 joint venture company (Telereal Trillium) with William Pears Group (WPG) to buy the property portfolio of British Telecom: after selling its shares in Telereal to WPG in 2007, Land Securities sold Trillium to WPG in 2009. On 31 March 2012, Francis Salway was succeeded as chief executive by Robert Noel. Noel was managing director of the company's London properties, having joined Land Securities in January 2010 from Great Portland Estates plc. On 12 June 2017, Land Securities rebranded as Landsec, although the registered company name remained Land Securities Group PLC. In 2019, Landsec launched a series of open plan offices under the brand "Myo". The first Myo office opened that year, at 123 Victoria Street, London, followed by the second Myo office, at Liverpool Street, in May 2021. In November 2020, amid the COVID 19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Landsec announced plans to sell £4bn of assets in the next four to five years, including hotels, leisure properties and retail parks affected by pandemic. In November 2021, Landsec announced it was to acquire urban regeneration specialist U+I for £190 million. In December 2021, Landsec increased its 30% ownership in the Bluewater Shopping Centre by acquiring a further 25% share from Lendlease Retail Partnership for £172m. At the same time Landsec confirmed the sale of 25% of the newly acquired shares to M&G, one of Bluewater’s co owners. Landsec’s overall share increased to 48.75%.

Landsec owns and manages more than of commercial property, from London offices and high street shops to major shopping centres and out of town retail parks. On 31 March 2023 the company's property portfolio was valued at £10.2 billion. It has also led Project Nova, the development of the area around London Victoria station. In 2010, Landsec purchased a number of tenement blocks in Victoria, central London, which had previously been used as a homeless shelter, and subsequently received multiple planning permissions for the site. As of 2021, after the buildings had remained empty for over a decade, the company said it planned to convert the buildings into flats. The spot was a pro bono production by Topham Guerin with Landsec and JCDecaux sponsoring the screening space.