The last three years have put many of us, not least the property industry, through a most testing period. The City’s office stock has experienced its fair share of pain as capital values plummeted by 50% between 2007 and 2009 and, in spite of a subsequent recovery, remain some 37% below their pre-crisis values. Nonetheless, throughout the 2008 global economic downturn and the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis, the Square Mile’s ability to attract occupiers and investors has proved to be a litmus test of London’s pre-eminence as a global financial centre
