Property continues to lure investors as BoI buys London office block

THE lure of property as an investment has shown no signs of abating, with private clients of Bank of Ireland buying a major office block in London.

The bank said yesterday that it spent €158 million on Windsor House, an office in Victoria in the West End of London, and the nearby Christchurch House.

Windsor House is an 18-storey office tower totalling 112,685 sq ft, and Christchurch House, a retail and office property totalling 33,600 sq ft.