How do you value a property that doesn't exist?
Savills' Claire Reynolds answers the call to put a price on a lavish apartment on Oxford Street. The catch? It's on the shop-floor of the flagship John Lewis department store.

Claire joined Savills in 2005, moving from the Esher office to Mayfair and opened the Marylebone office in 2013, where she is now Head of Office. She specialises in selling flats, houses and new developments across Marylebone and Fitzrovia. Contact 22 Devonshire Street London W1G 6PF T: +44 (0) 20 3527 0401
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