Sustainable office buildings can deliver tangible financial benefits to investors through a combination of higher rents and stronger leasing velocity, reported JLL. The impact of sustainability on value also demonstrated the growing occupier demand for sustainable offices in central London that will need to be met in the next decade.
Neil Prime, head of central London offices markets and U.K. office agency at JLL, said, “Our analysis of existing environmental ratings shows that overall sustainable buildings deliver better returns for investors against the benchmarks of void rate, leasing velocity and the rents achieved. This provides the industry with a clear and defined base case to begin to formulate an understanding of how the next generation of sustainable offices — for which there is demonstrable demand — will perform.”
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