London Report Suggests Turning Empty Office Buildings Into “late-Night Party Zones”

The Guardian July 13, 2025 “With financial districts struggling to bounce back to full capacity post-Covid, and the nightlife industry facing an existential crisis, there are suggestions clubs could move into deserted office blocks at evenings and weekends.

In its annual eccentric report on the future of leisure, the creative studio Bompas and Parr says it envisions “a future where financial districts in London and the world over are transformed into world-class late-night party zones”.   Let’s see how successful the City of London does with this before we import it to the United States, but thinking outside the box about what to do with all the empty office space is not necessarily a bad thing!