estate investment trust traded as lse land industry property founded 1944 ; 72 years ago 1944 headquarters london united kingdom key people alison carnwath chairman robert noel ce products property development property investment revenue 770.4 million 2015 1 operating income 2 346.7 million 2015 1 net income 2 416.8 million 2015 1 website landsecurities.com land securities group plc is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the uk . the firm switched to real estate investment trust status when reits were introduced in the united kingdom in january 2007 . it is headquartered in london and traded on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the group traces its origins to 1944 when its founder harold samuel purchased land securities investment trust limited which owned three houses in kensington and some government stock . 3 further acquisitions followed shortly afterwards and from 1947 the company concentrated on commercial property . 3 in the early days some non uk investments were acquired but in 1971 these were sold off and the company has concentrated solely on the uk market since then . 3 the company name was changed to land securities plc in 1982 . 3 after buying trillium in 2000 4 it formed a 50 50 jv company telereal in 2002 with william pears group wpg to buy the property portfolio of british telecom 5 after selling its shares in telereal to wpg in 2007 land securities sold trillium to wpg in 2009 . 6 on 31 march 2012 francis salway was succeeded as chief executive by robert noel . noel was managing director of the company s london properties having joined land securities in january 2010 from great portland estates plc where he had been property director since 2002 . 7 operations edit land securities owns and manages more than 26 000 000 sq ft 2 400 000 m2 of commercial property from london offices and high street shops to major shopping centres and out of town retail parks . at 31 january 2015 the company s property portfolio was valued at 12.2 billion . 1 the company owns the the piccadilly lights in piccadilly circus in london . 8 in july 2012 the company was looking for a volume housebuilder for its development opportunity of eastern quarry to be built opposite the bluewater in swanscombe kent . it will eventually consist of 6 250 homes three primary schools a secondary school a health and social care centre more than 20 acres of new parks lakes and woodland areas . 9 phase one will deliver 1 500 homes . the company has already invested more than 100m in the site but the plans were put on hold in august 2012 when complications arose over the cost of transport infrastructure . agreement was subsequently reached with kent county council dartford borough council and gravesham borough council who agreed a reduced cost with the department for transport and the highways agency . the first homes are set to be completed by december 2013 . 10 references edit a b c d land securities 2015 annual report . land securities . retrieved 26 march 2016 . company overview a b c d the land securities story land securities . landsecurities.com . retrieved 16 march 2015 . land securities agrees to buy trillium daily telegraph 3 november 2000 bt selects land securities trillium as preferred bidder for property portfolio bt group 10 april 2001 telereal set to buy trillium in a bargain 750m swoop daily mail 8 january 2009 land securities ceo salway is to step down for london manager robert noel . bloomberg . 24 january 2012 . retrieved 12 november 2012 . hyundai in lights at london s piccadilly circus daily telegraph 29 september 2011 land securities seeks housebuilder partner for kent scheme show house 19 july 2012 agreement reached on land securities 22 600 home development cn plus 29 august 2012 external links edit official site yahoo profile companies portal v t e land securities group shopping centres bluewater greenhithe 30 % buchanan galleries glasgow lewisham shopping lewisham o2 centre finchley one new change city of london priory square birmingham shopstop clapham junction 50 % with delancey southside wandsworth 50 % with delancey st. david s cardiff 50 % with intu trinity leeds leeds west 12 shepherd s bush westgate oxford white rose centre leeds outlet centres gunwharf quays portsmouth the galleria hatfield retail parks lakeside west thurrock team valley gateshead westwood cross thanet leisure bentley bridge wolverhampton brighton marina brighton commercial operations only cardigan fields leeds lockmeadow maidstone parrs wood manchester riverside norwich the cornerhouse nottingham the printworks manchester tower park poole west india quay canary wharf xscape milton keynes milton keynes xscape yorkshire castleford developments 20 fenchurch street city of london cardinal place westminster nova westminster 50 % with cppib oriana west end 50 % with frogmore 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