Land Securities will enlist Songbird subsidiary Canary Wharf Group (CWG) as a partner on a City of London office space development, reports suggest.

Land Securities is selling its under-construction Park House office development in London’s Oxford Street to Barwa Real Estate.

News International has agreed to rent 11 floors of office space in East London, in what promises to be one of the largest commercial property deals of the year.

A high court ruling means that Land Securities can go forward with the proposed retail and office space development of Park House. 

The 20 storey office space property, home to the head office of the London Metropolitan Police has been put on the market by owners Land Securities.

Land Securities has submitted a planning application to turn the current home of The Department of Constitutional Affairs into an 11-storey office space with shops at ground level.