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A selection of dealsour Real Estate grouphave advised onover the last yearActing for funds advised bydeveloper Delancey and Invistaon the development of theprestigious Rolls Building in FetterLane, London EC4. This willhouse the new CommercialCourt, which will handle workundertaken by the ChanceryDivision, the CommercialCourt and the Technologyand Construction Court. Weare currently dealing with theongoing letting programme forthe upper floors of the building.Advising on the sale of the300,000 sq ft O2 Leisure andRetail Centre in Finchley Road,London NW3, for longstandingclients Matterhorn Capital andPalos Investments for £125.9million to Land Securities. Alsoacting on the acquisition of aportfolio of hospitals operated byand leased to Spire Healthcarefor £54.5 million from QuercusHealthcare.Acting for investment vehiclesbacked by Foxtons founder JonHunt in the purchase ofinvestment properties to thevalue of £100 million plus. Themost recent was the £23 millionpurchase of 147/150 High Holborn,London WC1, from the Prudential.Others were the purchase ofMacmillan House in Kensington,London W8, for £60 millionand 77/95 Victoria Street,London SW1, for £20 million.Net-a-Porter and Gymbox at Westfield LondonActing for leading luxury onlinefashion retailer Net-a-Porter onits 15 year lease of 42,000 sq ftof new office space for its LondonHQ at Westfield London, abovethe shopping centre’s luxury village.Also acting for Gymbox on thelease of its 19,650 sq ft state ofthe art flagship gym at WestfieldLondon which will open next year.Acting for niche developerManhattan Loft Corporationon various developmentsincluding the acquisition, jointventure and development ofEdison House, London NW1,and a new boutique hotel inMarylebone, London W1.Advising Manchester-basedCitybranch on its joint venturedevelopment with DevelopmentSecurities of a mixed use schemeat Hale Barns in Cheshire. Thescheme, which will have anestimated completion value of£35 million, will include theredevelopment of the SquareShopping Centre as asupermarket-led scheme.Acting for Moscow-basedrestaurant group Novikov onits lease of 50 Berkeley Street inMayfair, London W1. The 19,000sq ft former Grand Prixrestaurant will be a UK debutfor Novikov Restaurant Group,which has 30 restaurants inRussia.1