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High Court Case Summary: The Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London v 48th Street Holding Limited and Principled Offsite Logistics Limited
May 2025 On 15 May 2025, the High Court issued a landmark ruling in the case of The Mayor and Commonality and Citizens of the City of London v 48th Street Holding Limited and Principled Offsite Logistics Limited, which addressed a critical issue in the commercial property sector: the mitigation of empty property business rates.…
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The Oxford Street Sweet Shop Scandal
July 2022 It’s no secret that the pandemic contributed to the collapse of an already struggling high street, which left stores empty and business rates liabilities often landing in the laps of the Freeholder. Their solution? Let the premises to anyone who will take the rates liability off their hands. There has been a noticable…
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Hypha Studios nominated for Pineapple award
May 2022 In July 2021, Hypha Studios set out to bring the buzz back to vacant retail units in Broadwalk Shopping Centre. Our partnership with Hypha Studios matchmakes creatives with high street spaces. The goal is to spread culture across communities and into empty commercial property. While the landlord benefits from substantially reduced empty property…
