King’s Cross: at a glance...
- Eurostar trains run from St Pancras International, connecting London to mainland Europe
- Provides UK links to great cities such as Peterborough, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle & Cambridge.
- King’s Cross redevelopment provides state of the art office, residential, retail, leisure and educational space.
- King’s Cross office locations like Pancras Square provide state of the art premises for household name companies.
- Serviced offices in King’s Cross made available to meet demand for flexibility.
...when they decided to connect St. Pancras through Eurostar to the Channel Tunnel...that was a real game changer. Since then the area has become one of the biggest urban regeneration schemes in Europe.
King’s Cross: a commercial guide for businesses looking for office space in London
Ian Kitchener:King’s Cross is a northern part of central London, built around King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations. Communications have always been really keen to the area, starting with canals, but then tubes connecting to all over central London, and rail links to major industrial centers including places like Cambridge and Edinburgh and Hull and Leeds. The area used to be full of deprivation, it was a bit of an industrial wasteland, but the catalyst that really got King’s Cross going was when they decided to connect St. Pancras through Eurostar to the Channel Tunnel, and that was a real game changer. Since then the area has become one of the biggest urban regeneration schemes in Europe and there are all kinds of mixed developments introducing, not only offices and residential and retail and cinemas, but also schools. A real area with a real postcode, which from memory is N1C.
The kind of offices people look for there would be some big corporate buildings, but also buildings with a strong design input. There have been some really interesting buildings built in King’s Cross. There’s the Francis Crick Institute, King’s Place, which is home to the Guardian newspapers in central London. People like Google, the French advertising conglomerate, Havas, have made King’s Cross their home and had a building actually built for them.
My favorite spot in King’s Cross is probably the Eurostar arrivals in St. Pancras. I think it’s a really inspiring way to enter into the UK.
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Rental Guide for Office Space in King's Cross
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NB. Leased office rents, rates and service charge are quoted per ft2 per year. The above rental estimates reflect good quality (but not prime) air conditioned offices, provided open plan (pre tenant fit out) by landlords. Significantly more expensive and cheaper accommodation will generally be available. Where offices are delivered by landlords fitted and furnished (Cat A Plus), rent will tend to be higher Rent rates and service charge estimates are only intended as a guide. Office space is often available with costs outside these guidelines. Negotiated rent free incentives will often make the net effective rent, lower than the above estimates. Business rates payable will vary from year to year, changing each April, due to annual changes in the Uniform Business Rate. Higher rates are paid for brand new buildings. Rent quoted in the City of London fincancial district is assumed not to be in a tower, where rents can be significantly more expensive |
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| Conventional Lease (per ft2 per year) | |
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| Rent | £68 |
| Rates | £28 |
| Service Charge | £16 |
| Total Cost | £112 |
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NB. Serviced office rents are quoted per desk per month. Serviced offices provide an all-inclusive fully furnished solution with telecoms, internet and power and business rates all included with the rent in a single monthly payment. Office rental rates exclude VAT. Serviced office rental costs also apply broadly to co-working office space. |
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| Serviced Space (per desk, per month) | |
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| Total Cost | £700 |
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About King’s Cross
King’s Cross is the inner city area north of Holborn, built around King’s Cross and St Pancras International stations. Historically a major transport hub connecting the national railway network with the Grand Union Canal.
The area houses some iconic architecture. King’s Cross station itself was designed by Lewis Cubitt, who built the station just in time for the Great Exhibition.
Alas, by the latter part of the 20th Century, with the long decline of established, yet dated industries, the area to the north of the station had become a derelict wasteland. And the area immediately around the station was particularly shabby and acquired a reputation for vice!
However, over the past 2 decades the area has been dramatically transformed as demand for office space in central London has grown unabated. This transformation has been facilitated by simplified land ownership, the continued domestic transport importance of King’s Cross and the development of St Pancras International to provide direct, high speed Eurostar trains to and from Europe. And of course the refurbishment and re-opening of iconic Great Northern Hotel. It’s now one of London’s best connected commercial areas, making it highly sought after by businesses – large and small alike.
Today King’s Cross is one of the largest redevelopment sites in Europe providing new homes, offices, shops, schools, restaurants and leisure facilities to create a new area, which even has its own new postcode – London N1C.
Large amounts of high quality leased office space in King’s Cross have been developed – both new and refurbished – to meet the demand of large and small office occupiers. Huge brands such as Google and the media multinational Havas have had state of the art offices in King’s Cross built to meet their specific requirements.
Companies such as The Office Group & other flexible office providers are catering for start ups and other smaller businesses. These business centres are making King’s Cross serviced offices, meeting rooms & coworking offices available to meet sharply increased demand for flexibility.
Map of King's Cross
Underground Stations
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King's Cross St. Pancras
- Circle
- Hammersmith and City
- Metropolitan
- Northern
- Piccadilly
- Victoria
National Rail Stations
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London King's Cross
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London St Pancras International
Bike Docking Stations
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Belgrove Street , King's Cross
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Birkenhead Street, King's Cross
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St. Chad's Street, King's Cross
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Northdown Street, King's Cross
Leisure & Culture in King's Cross
- Restaurants: Camino, Caravan Kings Cross, Plum & Split Milk
- Bars & Pubs: St Pancras Champagne Bar, Booking Office, Bar Pepito
- Health & Fitness: Pancras Square Leisure, Anytime Fitness, Urban Kings Gyms
Business in King's Cross
- Focal point for major urban regeneration
- Good stock of office space – from medium to top quality with air conditioning – including serviced offices
- State of the art residential, retail and office accommodation in the Pancras Square development,
- High speed rail services to mainland Europe and the North of England.
Popular Business Addresses in King’s Cross
The most sought after office locations within King’s Cross include:
Office Types available to rent in King’s Cross
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