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{{Short description|Office complex in West Sussex, England}}
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[[File:The Beehive, Gatwick Airport (IoE Code 461938).jpg|thumb|[[Beehive (Gatwick Airport)|The Beehive]], one of four buildings at City Place Gatwick]]
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'''City Place Gatwick''' is an office complex located on the property of [[London Gatwick Airport]] in [[Crawley]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]].<ref>"[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/cpg_home.html Cityplacegatwick]." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> The complex includes four buildings: [[Beehive (Gatwick Airport)|The Beehive]], an approximately {{convert|20000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} former terminal building at Gatwick Airport located on a {{convert|2.0|acre|ha|adj=on}} site; 1 City Place a {{convert|131500|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} facility on a {{convert|4.2|acre|ha|adj=on}} site, 2 City Place, a {{convert|85000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|1.9|acre|ha}} plot, and 3 City Place, a {{convert|65000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|1.06|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot.<ref>"[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/images/cpg_masterplan.jpg Master Plan]." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[Hamiltons Architects]] designed the "L" shaped 3 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.eag.uk.com/portfolio/cityplace.php 3 City Place, Gatwick]." English Architectural Glazing. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>
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[[File:1 City Place, Gatwick (geograph 1676727).jpg|thumb|1 City Place, Gatwick]]
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'''City Place Gatwick''' is an office complex located on the property of [[London Gatwick Airport]] in [[Crawley]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]].<ref>"[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/cpg_home.html Cityplacegatwick]." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> The complex includes four buildings: [[Beehive (Gatwick Airport)|The Beehive]], an approximately {{convert|20000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} former terminal building at Gatwick Airport located on a {{convert|2.0|acre|ha|adj=on}} site; 1 City Place a {{convert|131500|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} facility on a {{convert|4.2|acre|ha|adj=on}} site, 2 City Place, a {{convert|85000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|1.9|acre|ha}} plot, and 3 City Place, a {{convert|65000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|1.06|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot.<ref>"[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/images/cpg_masterplan.jpg Master Plan]." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[Hamiltons Architects]] designed the L-shaped 3 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.eag.uk.com/portfolio/cityplace.php 3 City Place, Gatwick] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305072444/http://www.eag.uk.com/portfolio/cityplace.php |date=2011-03-05 }}." English Architectural Glazing. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>


[[BT Wholesale]] formerly had an office at 1 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.btwholesale.com/pages/static/Footer/About_BTW/Visiting_City_Place.html Visiting City Place]." [[BT Wholesale]]. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[BDO International]] has an office at 2 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.bdo.uk.com/find-a-partner/offices/gatwick Gatwick]." [[BDO International]]. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> Beehive City Place previously housed the head offices of [[GB Airways]], which had its head office in the Beehive,<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]." [[GB Airways]]. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.</ref> and [[CP Ships]], which had its head office in 2 City Place.<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20051104045146/http://www.cpships.com/contact.cfm Contact Us]." [[CP Ships]]. 4 November 2005. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref>
[[BT Wholesale]] formerly had an office at 1 City Place.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080208073336/http://www.btwholesale.com/pages/static/Footer/About_BTW/Visiting_City_Place.html Visiting City Place]." [[BT Wholesale]]. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[BDO International]] has an office at 2 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.bdo.uk.com/find-a-partner/offices/gatwick Gatwick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325095228/http://www.bdo.uk.com/find-a-partner/offices/gatwick |date=25 March 2011 }}." [[BDO International]]. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> Beehive City Place previously housed the head offices of [[GB Airways]], which had its head office in the Beehive,<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/http://www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]." [[GB Airways]]. Retrieved on 19 May 2009.</ref> and [[CP Ships]], which had its head office in 2 City Place.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20051104045146/http://www.cpships.com/contact.cfm Contact Us]." [[CP Ships]]. 4 November 2005. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref>


In 2012, [[Nestlé]] UK announced they would be moving their head office from [[St George's House]] Croydon to the former BT building at 1 City Place.<ref>"[http://www.nestle.co.uk/media/pressreleases/Pages/NestléUKannouncesHeadOfficemovetoGatwick.aspx Nestlé moves to Gatwick]. [[Nestlé]]. 5 January 2012. Retrieved on 4 March 2012.</ref>
In 2012, [[Nestlé]] UK announced they would be moving their head office from [[St George's House]] Croydon to the former BT building at 1 City Place.<ref>[http://www.nestle.co.uk/media/pressreleases/Pages/NestléUKannouncesHeadOfficemovetoGatwick.aspx "Nestlé moves to Gatwick"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323023013/http://www.nestle.co.uk/media/pressreleases/pages/nestl%c3%a9ukannouncesheadofficemovetogatwick.aspx |date=23 March 2016 }}. [[Nestlé]]. 5 January 2012. Retrieved on 4 March 2012.</ref>


==History==
==History==
City Place was developed by [[BAA Lynton]].<ref name="PreletBT">"[http://www.propertyweek.com/mepc-lands-bt-workstyle-pre-let-at-aerodrome/2003362.article MEPC lands BT Workstyle pre-let at aerodrome]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 17 March 2000. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Signing the pre-let caps a busy week for BT. It has also pre-let 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) at BAA Lynton’s 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) City Place scheme at Gatwick. Both locations are part of BT’s Workstyle programme to move staff out of central London to M25 locations."</ref> In March 2000,<ref name="Mackenzienoncore">Mackenzie, Polly. "[http://www.propertyweek.com/baa-lynton-continues-non-core-disposals/3022317.article BAA Lynton continues non-core disposals]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 10 October 2002. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[BT Group]] pre-let {{convert|14000|sqm|sqft}} of space at City Place, which at the time had {{convert|46500|sqm|sqft}} of available space; it was a part of an effort by BT to move employees from Central London to locations along the [[M25 motorway]].<ref name="PreletBT"/> The BT 15 year lease had an initial rent of £242 per square metre. BT had an option to use an additional {{convert|10200|sqm|sqft}} once the space became available. Construction at 1 City Place was completed in May 2002, and BT planned to occupy the building at the end of 2002.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> In October 2002 BAA Lynton announced that it was selling 1 City Place, which was valued at £41.7 million. The real estate arm of [[Gulf Atlantic]] bought 1 City Place.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> BAA received 14 million pounds from the sale of 1 City Place Gatwick and Heathrow South Cargo Centre 1.<ref>"[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2830833/BAA-Results-for-the-Year.html BAA Results for the Year to 31 March 2003.]" ''[[PR Newswire]]''. 3 June 2003. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>
City Place was developed by [[BAA Lynton]].<ref name="PreletBT">"[http://www.propertyweek.com/mepc-lands-bt-workstyle-pre-let-at-aerodrome/2003362.article MEPC lands BT Workstyle pre-let at aerodrome]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 17 March 2000. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Signing the pre-let caps a busy week for BT. It has also pre-let 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) at BAA Lynton’s 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) City Place scheme at Gatwick. Both locations are part of BT’s Workstyle programme to move staff out of central London to M25 locations."</ref> In March 2000,<ref name="Mackenzienoncore">Mackenzie, Polly. "[http://www.propertyweek.com/baa-lynton-continues-non-core-disposals/3022317.article BAA Lynton continues non-core disposals]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 10 October 2002. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> [[BT Group]] pre-let {{convert|14000|sqm|sqft}} of space at City Place, which at the time had {{convert|46500|sqm|sqft}} of available space; it was a part of an effort by BT to move employees from Central London to locations along the [[M25 motorway]].<ref name="PreletBT"/> The BT 15-year lease had an initial rent of £242 per square metre. BT had an option to use an additional {{convert|10200|sqm|sqft}} once the space became available. Construction at 1 City Place was completed in May 2002, and BT planned to occupy the building at the end of 2002.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> In October 2002 BAA Lynton announced that it was selling 1 City Place, which was valued at £41.7 million. The real estate arm of [[Gulf Atlantic]] bought 1 City Place.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> BAA received 14 million pounds from the sale of 1 City Place Gatwick and Heathrow South Cargo Centre 1.<ref>"[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2830833/BAA-Results-for-the-Year.html BAA Results for the Year to 31 March 2003.]" ''[[PR Newswire]]''. 3 June 2003. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>


2 City Place was forward funded by the Co-operative Insurance Society.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> BAA Lynton was building phase two of 2 City Place as of November 2001.<ref>Godfrey, Adam. "[http://www.propertyweek.com/crawley-and-gatwick-offices-crawleys-flying-low/3013601.article Crawley & Gatwick offices: Crawley's flying low]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 16 November 2001. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "BAA Lynton is building phase two of City Place, a 7,895 sq m (85,000 sq ft) building adjoining the 13,005 sq m (140,000 sq ft) BT prelet."</ref>
2 City Place was forward funded by the Co-operative Insurance Society.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> BAA Lynton was building phase two of 2 City Place as of November 2001.<ref>Godfrey, Adam. "[http://www.propertyweek.com/crawley-and-gatwick-offices-crawleys-flying-low/3013601.article Crawley & Gatwick offices: Crawley's flying low]." ''[[Property Week]]''. 16 November 2001. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "BAA Lynton is building phase two of City Place, a 7,895 sq m (85,000 sq ft) building adjoining the 13,005 sq m (140,000 sq ft) BT prelet."</ref>


The owners of the Beehive leased the building to GB Airways, and later sold it to the airline.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> When [[Easyjet]] announced its purchase of most of [[GB Airways]]'s assets in 2007, The Beehive was not included. The employment base at The Beehive closed, with 284 job losses.<ref>"[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7160788/GB-s-slim-profits-hastened.html GB's slim profits hastened sale.]" ''[[Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland]]''. 2 November 2007. 4 News. Retrieved on 2 March 2011.</ref>
The owners of the Beehive leased the building to GB Airways, and later sold it to the airline.<ref name="Mackenzienoncore"/> When [[EasyJet]] announced its purchase of most of [[GB Airways]]'s assets in 2007, The Beehive was not included. The employment base at The Beehive closed, with 284 job losses.<ref>"[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7160788/GB-s-slim-profits-hastened.html GB's slim profits hastened sale.]" ''[[Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland]]''. 2 November 2007. 4 News. Retrieved on 2 March 2011.</ref>


In 2003 [[CP Ships]] moved its European HQ in to 2 City Place.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} In 2004 it announced that it would move its head office from [[Trafalgar Square]], [[City of Westminster]] to Gatwick.<ref>"[http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIV/MMIVFeb17a.html CP Ships announces succession plan]." ''[[Marine Log Magazine]]''. 17 February 2004. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> After [[Hapag-Lloyd]] acquired CP Ships, in 2006 Hapag-Lloyd announced it would cut 500 positions at Gatwick.<ref>"[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/business/worldbusiness/19iht-ship.html?_r=1 Hapag-Lloyd cutting 44% of its jobs]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. Wednesday 19 April 2006. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> In 2007 [[BDO International]] announced that it was moving an office to Gatwick from [[Bromley]], [[London Borough of Bromley]]. BDO leased the entire {{convert|21000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} second floor of its new building.<ref>Sukhraj, Penny. "[http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1783326/bdo-bromley-moves-gatwick BDO Bromley moves to Gatwick]." ''[[Accountancy Age]]''. 29 January 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> After the purchase by easyJet occurred in January 2008, the building was retained by GB's former parent company, [[Bland Group]].<ref name="Nyras">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyras.co.uk/en/news-and-comment/gb-airways-sale-news.html|title=£103.5m sale of GB Airways to easyJet completed|date=2008-01-31|work=Nyras Capital website|publisher=Nyras Capital LLP|accessdate=2008-11-14}}</ref>
In 2003 [[CP Ships]] moved its European HQ in to 2 City Place.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} In 2004 it announced that it would move its head office from [[Trafalgar Square]], [[City of Westminster]] to Gatwick.<ref>"[http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIV/MMIVFeb17a.html CP Ships announces succession plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714034417/http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIV/MMIVFeb17a.html |date=14 July 2011 }}." ''[[Marine Log Magazine]]''. 17 February 2004. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> After [[Hapag-Lloyd]] acquired CP Ships, in 2006 Hapag-Lloyd announced it would cut 500 positions at Gatwick.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/business/worldbusiness/19iht-ship.html?_r=1 Hapag-Lloyd cutting 44% of its jobs]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. Wednesday 19 April 2006. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> In 2007 [[BDO International]] announced that it was moving an office to Gatwick from [[Bromley]], [[London Borough of Bromley]]. BDO leased the entire {{convert|21000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} second floor of its new building.<ref>Sukhraj, Penny. "[http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1783326/bdo-bromley-moves-gatwick BDO Bromley moves to Gatwick]." ''[[Accountancy Age]]''. 29 January 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> After the purchase by easyJet occurred in January 2008, the building was retained by GB's former parent company, [[Bland Group]].<ref name="Nyras">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyras.co.uk/en/news-and-comment/gb-airways-sale-news.html |title=£103.5m sale of GB Airways to easyJet completed |date=2008-01-31 |work=Nyras Capital website |publisher=Nyras Capital LLP |accessdate=2008-11-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619075827/http://www.nyras.co.uk/en/news-and-comment/gb-airways-sale-news.html |archivedate=2009-06-19 }}</ref>


Construction on a £10.2 million, four storey office building at CityPlace was completed in September 2008.<ref>"[http://www.bandk.co.uk/sectors/commercial/city-place-gatwick/ City Place, Gatwick]." [[Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd.]] Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>
Construction on a £10.2 million, four-storey office building at CityPlace was completed in September 2008.<ref>"[http://www.bandk.co.uk/sectors/commercial/city-place-gatwick/ City Place, Gatwick]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd.]] Retrieved on 13 February 2011.</ref>


==Former tenants==
==Former tenants==
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[[File:The Beehive, Gatwick Airport (IoE Code 461938).jpg|thumb|[[Beehive (Gatwick Airport)|The Beehive]], one of four buildings at City Place Gatwick]]
A number of airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including [[British Airways Helicopters|BEA/British Airways Helicopters]],<ref name="BAH">{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200614.html |title=BAH is moving ... to Aberdeen, Rotary Briefs, Business Aviation|work=Flight International |date=2 March 1985 |page=12 |accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref><ref>''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA and BA Helicopters)'', Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 69, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, December 2011</ref> [[Jersey Airlines]], [[Caledonian Airways]], Virgin Atlantic and [[GB Airways]].<ref name="GB">"[http://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]." [[GB Airways]]. Retrieved 19 May 2009.</ref><ref name="Jersey">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html |title= British Caledonian – A Tribute: The Crewroom Notices |publisher=www.british-caledonian.com |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Caledonian">{{Cite journal | title= Air Commerce ..., Up to date with Caledonian | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 121| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200121.html |date= 25 January 1962 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Virgin">{{Cite journal | title= World Airline Directory, British Atlantic Airways | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 826| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200542.html |date= 31 March 1984 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref>
Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include [[British Caledonian]],<ref>"[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242,3082234&dq=british-united-airways+gatwick&hl=en Caledonian Takes Over B.U.A. for £7m.]" ''[[Evening Times]]''. Wednesday 21 October 1970. Page 14. Retrieved from [[Google News]] on 13 February 2011.</ref><ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 18 May 1972. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201272.html?search=%22British%20Caledonian%22 Supplement 18]. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England."</ref> [[British United Airways]],<ref>{{Cite journal | title= Air Transport ..., BUA retrenches | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 1058| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201378.html |date= 28 December 1967 }}</ref> [[CityFlyer Express]],<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 24–30 March 1999. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 64]. "Iain Stewart Centre, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 OPB, UK"</ref> [[Laker Airways]]<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 16 May 1981. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201443.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%23 1445]. "Head Office: London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, UK."</ref> and [[Tradewinds Airways]].<ref name="flight1969">{{Cite journal | title= World Airline Survey ... | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 564| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html |date= 10 April 1969}} "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."</ref><ref>''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 20 March 1975. "[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html 505]. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."</ref>
A number of airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including [[British Airways Helicopters|BEA/British Airways Helicopters]],<ref name="BAH">{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200614.html |title=BAH is moving ... to Aberdeen, Rotary Briefs, Business Aviation|work=Flight International |date=2 March 1985 |page=12 |accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref><ref>''Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA and BA Helicopters)'', Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 69, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, December 2011</ref> [[Jersey Airlines]], [[Caledonian Airways]], Virgin Atlantic and [[GB Airways]].<ref name="GB">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/http://www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]." [[GB Airways]]. Retrieved 19 May 2009.</ref><ref name="Jersey">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html |title=British Caledonian – A Tribute: The Crewroom Notices |publisher=www.british-caledonian.com |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418020826/http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html |archivedate=18 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Caledonian">{{Cite journal | title= Air Commerce ..., Up to date with Caledonian | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 121| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200121.html |date= 25 January 1962 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="Virgin">{{Cite journal | title= World Airline Directory, British Atlantic Airways | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 826| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200542.html |date= 31 March 1984 |accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref>
Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include [[British Caledonian]],<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242,3082234&dq=british-united-airways+gatwick&hl=en Caledonian Takes Over B.U.A. for £7m.]" ''[[Evening Times]]''. Wednesday 21 October 1970. Page 14. Retrieved from [[Google News]] on 13 February 2011.</ref><ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 18 May 1972. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201272.html?search=%22British%20Caledonian%22 Supplement 18]. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England."</ref> [[British United Airways]],<ref>{{Cite journal | title= Air Transport ..., BUA retrenches | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 1058| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201378.html |date= 28 December 1967 }}</ref> [[CityFlyer Express]],<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 24–30 March 1999. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 64]. "Iain Stewart Centre, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 OPB, UK"</ref> [[Laker Airways]]<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 16 May 1981. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201443.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%23 1445]. "Head Office: London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, UK."</ref> and [[Tradewinds Airways]].<ref name="flight1969">{{Cite journal | title= World Airline Survey ... | journal=[[Flight International]] | page= 564| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html |date= 10 April 1969}} "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."</ref><ref>''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 20 March 1975. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html 505]. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."</ref>


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Latest revision as of 20:11, 31 May 2024

1 City Place, Gatwick

City Place Gatwick is an office complex located on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England.[1] The complex includes four buildings: The Beehive, an approximately 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) former terminal building at Gatwick Airport located on a 2.0-acre (0.81 ha) site; 1 City Place a 131,500-square-foot (12,220 m2) facility on a 4.2-acre (1.7 ha) site, 2 City Place, a 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) building on a 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) plot, and 3 City Place, a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m2) building on a 1.06-acre (0.43 ha) plot.[2] Hamiltons Architects designed the L-shaped 3 City Place.[3]

BT Wholesale formerly had an office at 1 City Place.[4] BDO International has an office at 2 City Place.[5] Beehive City Place previously housed the head offices of GB Airways, which had its head office in the Beehive,[6] and CP Ships, which had its head office in 2 City Place.[7]

In 2012, Nestlé UK announced they would be moving their head office from St George's House Croydon to the former BT building at 1 City Place.[8]

History

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City Place was developed by BAA Lynton.[9] In March 2000,[10] BT Group pre-let 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft) of space at City Place, which at the time had 46,500 square metres (501,000 sq ft) of available space; it was a part of an effort by BT to move employees from Central London to locations along the M25 motorway.[9] The BT 15-year lease had an initial rent of £242 per square metre. BT had an option to use an additional 10,200 square metres (110,000 sq ft) once the space became available. Construction at 1 City Place was completed in May 2002, and BT planned to occupy the building at the end of 2002.[10] In October 2002 BAA Lynton announced that it was selling 1 City Place, which was valued at £41.7 million. The real estate arm of Gulf Atlantic bought 1 City Place.[10] BAA received 14 million pounds from the sale of 1 City Place Gatwick and Heathrow South Cargo Centre 1.[11]

2 City Place was forward funded by the Co-operative Insurance Society.[10] BAA Lynton was building phase two of 2 City Place as of November 2001.[12]

The owners of the Beehive leased the building to GB Airways, and later sold it to the airline.[10] When EasyJet announced its purchase of most of GB Airways's assets in 2007, The Beehive was not included. The employment base at The Beehive closed, with 284 job losses.[13]

In 2003 CP Ships moved its European HQ in to 2 City Place.[citation needed] In 2004 it announced that it would move its head office from Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster to Gatwick.[14] After Hapag-Lloyd acquired CP Ships, in 2006 Hapag-Lloyd announced it would cut 500 positions at Gatwick.[15] In 2007 BDO International announced that it was moving an office to Gatwick from Bromley, London Borough of Bromley. BDO leased the entire 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) second floor of its new building.[16] After the purchase by easyJet occurred in January 2008, the building was retained by GB's former parent company, Bland Group.[17]

Construction on a £10.2 million, four-storey office building at CityPlace was completed in September 2008.[18]

Former tenants

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The Beehive, one of four buildings at City Place Gatwick

A number of airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including BEA/British Airways Helicopters,[19][20] Jersey Airlines, Caledonian Airways, Virgin Atlantic and GB Airways.[21][22][23][24] Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include British Caledonian,[25][26] British United Airways,[27] CityFlyer Express,[28] Laker Airways[29] and Tradewinds Airways.[30][31]

References

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  1. ^ "Cityplacegatwick." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Master Plan." City Place Gatwick. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  3. ^ "3 City Place, Gatwick Archived 2011-03-05 at the Wayback Machine." English Architectural Glazing. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Visiting City Place." BT Wholesale. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Gatwick Archived 25 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine." BDO International. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  6. ^ "The Beehive." GB Airways. Retrieved on 19 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Contact Us." CP Ships. 4 November 2005. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Nestlé moves to Gatwick" Archived 23 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Nestlé. 5 January 2012. Retrieved on 4 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b "MEPC lands BT Workstyle pre-let at aerodrome." Property Week. 17 March 2000. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Signing the pre-let caps a busy week for BT. It has also pre-let 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) at BAA Lynton’s 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) City Place scheme at Gatwick. Both locations are part of BT’s Workstyle programme to move staff out of central London to M25 locations."
  10. ^ a b c d e Mackenzie, Polly. "BAA Lynton continues non-core disposals." Property Week. 10 October 2002. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  11. ^ "BAA Results for the Year to 31 March 2003." PR Newswire. 3 June 2003. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  12. ^ Godfrey, Adam. "Crawley & Gatwick offices: Crawley's flying low." Property Week. 16 November 2001. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "BAA Lynton is building phase two of City Place, a 7,895 sq m (85,000 sq ft) building adjoining the 13,005 sq m (140,000 sq ft) BT prelet."
  13. ^ "GB's slim profits hastened sale." Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland. 2 November 2007. 4 News. Retrieved on 2 March 2011.
  14. ^ "CP Ships announces succession plan Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Marine Log Magazine. 17 February 2004. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  15. ^ "Hapag-Lloyd cutting 44% of its jobs." The New York Times. Wednesday 19 April 2006. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  16. ^ Sukhraj, Penny. "BDO Bromley moves to Gatwick." Accountancy Age. 29 January 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.
  17. ^ "£103.5m sale of GB Airways to easyJet completed". Nyras Capital website. Nyras Capital LLP. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  18. ^ "City Place, Gatwick[permanent dead link‍]." Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  19. ^ "BAH is moving ... to Aberdeen, Rotary Briefs, Business Aviation". Flight International. 2 March 1985. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  20. ^ Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA and BA Helicopters), Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 69, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, December 2011
  21. ^ "The Beehive." GB Airways. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  22. ^ "British Caledonian – A Tribute: The Crewroom Notices". www.british-caledonian.com. 2 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  23. ^ "Air Commerce ..., Up to date with Caledonian". Flight International: 121. 25 January 1962. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  24. ^ "World Airline Directory, British Atlantic Airways". Flight International: 826. 31 March 1984. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  25. ^ "Caledonian Takes Over B.U.A. for £7m." Evening Times. Wednesday 21 October 1970. Page 14. Retrieved from Google News on 13 February 2011.
  26. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 18 May 1972. Supplement 18. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England."
  27. ^ "Air Transport ..., BUA retrenches". Flight International: 1058. 28 December 1967.
  28. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 24–30 March 1999. 64. "Iain Stewart Centre, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 OPB, UK"
  29. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 16 May 1981. 1445. "Head Office: London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, UK."
  30. ^ "World Airline Survey ..." Flight International: 564. 10 April 1969. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."
  31. ^ World Airline Directory. Flight International. 20 March 1975. 505. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."
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