The Paddington Partnership

Bluebeam pushes the boundaries of innovation, developing smart, simple markup and collaboration solutions for design and construction professionals worldwide. Since 2002, Bluebeam has made desktop, mobile and cloud-based solutions for paperless workflows that leverage project data to improve project communication and streamline processes across the entire project lifecycle. Trusted by over 2 million individuals in more than 135 countries, Bluebeam's solutions advance the way technical professionals work, manage and collaborate on projects. Founded in Pasadena, CA, Bluebeam now has additional offices in California, Texas, Illinois, Germany, England, Sweden and Australia. Bluebeam is part of the Nemetschek Group.

British Land is one of Europe's largest publicly listed real estate companies. It owns, manages, develops and finances a portfolio of high-quality commercial property around the UK, including the majority of the Paddington Central estate. The company's objective is to deliver long-term and sustainable total returns to shareholders. It does this by focusing on Places People Prefer. British Land aims to create outstanding places which make a positive difference to people's everyday lives.

Brockton Everlast was established in 2018 as the fourth vehicle of the Brockton team with a sole focus on owning, developing and asset managing large scale, premier workplaces across central London and its wider metro area. Brockton Everlast has over £355m of initial equity commitments, towards an equity target of £1.0bn. The Brockton team has raised over £1.85bn of equity over the past 12 years. Since the beginning of 2019, Brockton Everlast has also acquired 169 Union Street in Bankside, Devonshire Quarter on the Spitalfields / City border and Waterside House in Paddington, the Global Headquarters of Marks & Spencer.

Brunel Building, owned by Derwent London, completed development in 2019. The building’s innovative design includes a striking external diagrid structure that was inspired by Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Great Western Railway viaducts and has made the building a landmark in Paddington. Occupiers include Premier League, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Splunk, Dojo, Tapestry / Coach Stores Limited, Alpha FX Group and Hellman & Freidman. Derwent London have subscribed to the Community Programme on behalf of the building’s occupiers, enabling all to volunteer in the Paddington community and access the associated wellbeing benefits.

CC Land own One Kingdom Street in Paddington, providing 265,000 sq ft of Grade A offices to companies such as Vodafone and Equinor. They also own The Leadenhall Building in the City.

CC Land’s core business is property development and investment.

Derwent London is a commercial property investor focused on central London. Having spearheaded the redevelopment of Two Eastbourne Terrace in Paddington, which completed in 2007, Derwent London moved on to produce the stunning Brunel Building twelve years later. This award-winning building is now a Paddington landmark and the offices were fully pre-let prior to practical completion.

Equinor (U.K) Limited - formerly Statoil - is one of the largest international offices of Equinor, and employs approximately 250 staff pursuing a broad range of activities relating to energy production and sales in Britain. Equinor produces oil and gas and conducts exploration & development activities on the UK continental shelf. The Equinor team at Paddington sponsor a range of activities within schools and charities through The Paddington Partnership.

European Land and Property is the developer behind the well-known Paddington Basin scheme. Phase 1 is completed and occupied, now home to names such as Orange and Marks & Spencer. Phase 2 sees the creation of the stunning Merchant Square, the final piece in the Paddington Basin redevelopment, including the tallest building in Westminster, 1 Merchant Square.

The Heathrow Express service between Paddington Station and the airport began in June 1998. Taking just fifteen minutes, there are over 150 services running between Heathrow and Paddington every day. Each year Heathrow Express travels the equivalent of almost four times the distance to the moon and has already run its millionth mile. Based in Paddington, the Heathrow Express team participate in regular fundraising events, volunteer in local schools and support local charities.

The world famous St. Mary's Hospital is located in the heart of Paddington and provides a wide range of general and specialist services alongside world class research at Imperial College. The hospital is part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, formed in 2007. The Trust, the largest in England, is the first Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK and encourages closer links between service and research to improve care to patients.

IQVIA is a human data sciences company and leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 82,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries.

Kingfisher is Europe's leading home improvement retail group and the third largest in the world, with leading market positions in the UK, France, Poland, Italy, China and Taiwan. Kingfisher operates over 750 stores in 10 countries in Europe and Asia. Its main retail brands are B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix Direct. At Paddington Kingfisher works to help meet local community needs through The Paddington Partnership.

Lendlease is a globally integrated real estate and investment group with core expertise in shaping cities and creating strong and connected communities.
Lendlease creates award-winning urban precincts, new communities for older people and young families, retail precincts, and work places to the highest sustainability standards. Lendlease is also privileged to create essential civic and social infrastructure including state-of-the-art hospitals, universities and stadiums around the world. With HQs in Sydney, Lendlease has a long & successful record in the UK specialising in project management & construction and providing services to the government.

Leading British retailer Marks & Spencer are based in Waterside House at Paddington Basin. Through the Paddington Partnership Community Programme, Head Office colleagues from Marks & Spencer take part in individual volunteering activities, team challenges and long-term roles; supporting community groups and charities in the Paddington Community.

Microsoft occupy floors 7 and 8 at 2 Kingdom Street, in the heart of the Paddington Central campus. Microsoft’s CSR agenda is focused on the role of technology to help humanity and the planet, and employees are given the opportunity to regularly volunteer at work. Microsoft have taken part in canal clean-ups with The Paddington Partnership; enabling their staff to get out in the fresh air and work as a team to reduce plastic pollution on the canal, whilst experiencing Paddington from the water.

Perella Weinberg Partners is a leading global independent investment banking firm with offices in New York, London, Houston, Calgary, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Munich, Paris and San Francisco. PWP’s London offices are located in the Borough of the City of Westminster where, working with the Paddington Partnership’s Community Programme, colleagues further their community engagement through volunteering activities with a focus on education and equality.

Sellar is delivering some of the most ambitious regeneration projects in London, including the Paddington Square project. Designed by Renzo Piano, Paddington Square’s centrepiece is a landmark mixed-use building, hovering 17 storeys above 1.35 acres of brand-new public realm. Visitors will exit Paddington Station to a mix of shops, cafes, restaurants and bars, and an inviting piazza. Paddington Square will feature 360,000 square feet of spacious, light-filled office space with views across London and 78,000 square feet of retail space. The transformation continues below ground, with a spacious new ticket hall for the Bakerloo Line, step-free access to all levels along with doubled escalator capacity, ensuring a quicker and more comfortable journey for all passengers.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is headquartered in Japan and is a global, values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical leader. Takeda focuses its R&D efforts on four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Gastroenterology (GI), Neuroscience and Rare Diseases. Our employees are committed to improving quality of life for patients.

Tishman Speyer is one of the leading owners, developers, operators and fund managers of real estate throughout the world. Driven by business principles founded on a respect for humanity, the community and the environment, the firm collaborates across disciplines and borders to create real estate of enduring value, such as The Point in Paddington.

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has multiple approved medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, alongside a robust pipeline of investigational small molecule medicines in other serious diseases. Vertex's global headquarters are located in Boston USA, with its international headquarters here in Paddington.

As a leader in card payments around the world, Visa Europe employs a multi-national workforce and receives visitors from around the world. The fast connections to Heathrow were a major factor in their decision to move to Paddington. As a founding member of The Paddington Partnership, Visa Europe plays an active role in the local community, with an extensive employee volunteering programme.

Vodafone moved their Head Office to Paddington in 2009. The Vodafone Foundation makes a charitable donation to The Paddington Partnership's community programme to facilitate company volunteering and corporate community involvement by Vodafone staff in and around Paddington.