Workspaces which are developed with a focus on wellbeing will be more commercially successful according to new research from Cushman & Wakefield.The agent’s ‘Well Workplace’ report highlights the trends, opportunities and challenges of the future for office owners and occupiers due to the growing emphasis on employee health at work.Sophy ... Read More...
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Holiday rental firm Sykes Cottages will relocate to Chester’s One City Place as part of its ongoing investment strategy.The expanding independent company has been based in the city for more than 25 years and is now preparing to move its 300 employees to the Central Business Quarter development.Sykes has signed ... Read More...
Crewe Business Park’s fully let Electra House office building has been sold for an undisclosed sum.PAGG Properties has acquired the 21,000 sq ft site from Pochin’s, which worked in joint venture with the local authority to develop the scheme in the late 1980s before acquiring it outright.PAGG Properties is run ... Read More...
North West Ambulance Service has completed its purchase of Liverpool’s Estuary Point office building.The Liverpool International Business Park property will become a new 999 emergency control centre and corporate base for the emergency service.Gladman Developments sold the 40,000 sq ft building, which also has additional land opportunities and has been designed ... Read More...
An £8 million project is now underway to remodel and upgrade Manchester’s 30 Brown Street commercial building.Russells Construction is carrying out the mixed-use refurbishment on behalf of investor and developer Boultbee Brooks Real Estate (BBRE).A new 7,500 sq ft rooftop floor will be created at the five-storey building, along with ... Read More...
Manchester’s office market remains the strongest of the nine major cities outside of London according to a new report.GVA’s latest ‘Big Nine’ study reveals it enjoyed an improved second quarter with city centre take-up reaching 490,000 sq ft over the first half of 2017.The quarterly review of the regional office ... Read More...
Central Manchester’s office market is seeing “strong levels of demand” from existing occupiers and inward investors as take-up is rising.According to new figures from the Manchester Office Agents Forum (MOAF), take-up figures have grown by 27% in Q2 of 2017 compared to the same period last year.The data also shows ... Read More...
Manchester’s new 101 Embankment office development has been acquired in a £105 million deal.The 165,000 sq ft building is the head office of insurance firm Swinton on a 10-year lease and also includes a 442-space car park which is separately let to Q-Park on a 35-year term.Global investor M&G Real Estate ... Read More...
Financial firm Elite Synergy will relocate to Liverpool Waters after signing a 10-year lease for a new office.The company will move to No. 8 Princes Dock from its current base at the Cotton Exchange on Bixteth Street.Occupying 4,500 sq ft on the third floor of the recently refurbished Grade A ... Read More...
Technology giant Microsoft is heading to Manchester city centre’s Neo building after agreeing a deal with Bruntwood.The global firm will set up a base on the seventh floor of the 12-storey building and is expected to move in during July.Microsoft’s workspace and meeting areas at Bruntwood’s £8 million redevelopment will ... Read More...
