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  • APEX PLAZA MAINTAINS PRIME SPOT IN READING OFFICE MARKET Published: 06/02/2012 Apex Plaza, the landmark office building in Reading town centre, has successfully bucked the general economic trend by increasing not only its own occupancy rates, but also raising rental levels during the past 12 months.

    Owned by The Prudential Assurance Company Limited and asset managed by real estate fund managers PRUPIM, Apex Plaza provides four integrated office blocks, centred around the largest atrium of its kind in the region.

    With a direct, covered pedestrian access to & from Reading railway station, the building continues to prove popular to businesses that want the advantages of being Thames Valley-based but with speedy links to London.

    During 2011, the PRUPIM team and its agents Campbell Gordon and Maple Burton have achieved new lettings to Commvault and Morgan Cole, as well as securing a lease Extension with long-term tenant HSBC and Robert Half Limited.

    PRUPIM associate director, Aaron Pope says: "It has been a strong year for Apex Plaza. The confidence tenants are showing in the building, reflects the investment and time we have put in to maintain Apex Plaza's position as one of the best office locations in Reading town centre"

    Comprising 210,000 sq ft of headquarters specification space, Apex Plaza is the home to over twenty companies employing over 1,800 people. Well-known names such as Barclays, Ernst & Young, HSBC, Aldermore Bank and Osborne Clarke all have bases there.
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