Baker Street Office Space

Searching for office space on Baker Street can be as rewarding as researching the history of the iconic Marylebone street in London’s West End.

Not many streets in Central London have been featured in fiction and pop culture, have been the headquarters of British institutions, and have been the home of a former Prime Minister.

Indeed, 221b was the address of Sherlock Holmes, who some may say was one of the first advocates of hybrid working whilst he worked on cases from his home office.

The street was also the location of the pillar box through which Danger Mouse entered his secret offices.

Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty released the song ‘Baker Street’ in February 1978. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 1979 and reached the top three in the UK, US, and other countries around the world.

Its prominent eight-bar saxophone riff has been described as “the most recognisable sax riff in pop music history” and is said to have contributed to a resurgence in saxophone sales at the time.

The street was the location of the first Madame Tussauds wax museum, which opened in 1835. It was also the home of The Beatles’ Apple Boutique retail store, which was based at No.94 from 1967 to 1968.

In 1940, the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive was based at 64 Baker Street, and the head office of Marks & Spencer was at Michael House, 55 Baker Street, from 1957 to 2004.

120 Baker Street has a blue plaque commemorating British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, who lived there from 1803 to 1804.

The street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in the NW1 and W1 postcode districts and forming part of the A41. It starts at Regent’s Park and ends at Marylebone Circus, its crossroads with Marylebone Road.

Builder Wiliam Baker laid out the street in the 18^th century, resulting in a sought-after, prestigious residential address. Today, many of the exquisite properties have been elegantly repurposed to form high-end commercial office spaces while retaining their integrity and beautiful period features.

Baker Street also offers brand-new, amenity-rich office space for rent. One such example is the 25 Baker Street office-led development, which offers approximately 200,000 square feet of high-quality, design-led office space as well as private residential units, retail space, and food and beverage (F&B) units.

The ESG-considered office development is a NABERS UK-certified scheme that targeted BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ accreditation. It also achieved a Platinum SmartScore certification, the global standard for smart buildings that recognises exceptional user experiences, cost efficiency, high standards of sustainability, and future readiness.

In 2025, before it was completed, the developers announced that all of the office space had been pre-let to five tenants, including a global investment management company, a global independent investment bank and a global commercial property consultancy.

25 Baker Street and many other buildings on and near the street offer prime office space that can be rented conventionally on a leasehold basis.

A growing number of premium flexible office space and workspace options are also available in the locale.

These include private serviced office suites and pre-fitted managed offices. These options suit businesses seeking space for between 2 and 200 desks, and the space that is managed on their behalf can be furnished and equipped to suit bespoke specifications.

The properties offer a wide range of amenities, including kitchens, meeting and boardrooms, breakout spaces, and features such as showers and changing facilities.

The spaces are managed on the occupier’s behalf, and the rent is all-inclusive, so it covers items such as utilities, cleaning, insurance, service charges, reception services, enterprise-grade internet services, and other overheads that would normally be managed and paid for separately if renting office space on Baker Street in a traditional way.

The majority of offices offer bicycle storage and are close to car parking; however, occupiers are served by Baker Street Station, one of London’s oldest underground tube stations.

Incidentally, adjacent to the station at 200 Baker Street was the location of the Transport for London’s first Lost Property Office, created in 1933.

Over nine decades, TfL’s Lost Property Office became the largest in Europe, recovering more than 200,000 lost items each year. It grew so large that it had to move to a new home in 2023.