Land Securities
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Land Securities Group plc, trading as Landsec, is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust (REIT) when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is headquartered in London, England, and traded on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Land Securities Group plc
- Company.logo
- Landsec logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 150px
- Company.trading_name
- Landsec
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- FTSE 100 Component
- Company.industry
- Property
- Company.revenue
- £797 million (2025)
- Company.operating_income
- £468 million (2025)
- Company.net_income
- £396 million (2025)
- Company.location
- London, England, UK
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Land Securities Group plc, trading as Landsec, is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust (REIT) when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is headquartered in London, England, and traded on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
==History== The company 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. Further acquisitions followed shortly afterwards and from 1947 the company concentrated on commercial property. In the early days some non-UK investments were acquired, but in 1971 these were sold off and the company decided to focus solely on the UK market. The company name was changed to Land Securities plc in 1982.
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