Bruntwood scores a hat trick of office deals at Atria

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:34:56 GMT

Bruntwood, North of England commercial property company, has welcomed two new customers to Atria in Bolton and also let an additional 2,000 sq ft of office space to one of its current customers, MRH Solicitors Ltd.

Centric Sports Management has taken 575 sq ft and Best Practice Group has taken 400 sq ft at the building. MRH Solicitors Ltd, which specialises in personal injury claims, moved into Atria in December 2009, taking 3000 sq ft and following recent expansion plans now occupies 5,000 sq ft.

Mohammed Patel, Managing Director of MRH Solicitors Ltd said, "Atria is perfect for our office requirements and provides us with the flexibility to expand as our business expands. The building is very impressive, with an exceptional on-site customer service team, as well as being in an ideal location, just two minutes' walk from Bolton town centre."

Andrew Butterworth, Director of Sales at Bruntwood said "We're delighted to be able to accommodate MRH Solicitors Ltd's office requirement at Atria. This letting highlights the flexibility that Bruntwood offers in allowing customers to move seamlessly within our buildings, as their requirements change."

Bruntwood, which owns over 90 buildings throughout Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool, specialises in flexible leases across its property portfolio.

Having undergone an extensive refurbishment Atria offers some of Bolton's finest and most contemporary office accommodation. The building features an impressive reception area and an atrium with a glazed roof has been incorporated to provide a spacious break out area. A second fully glazed atrium has been installed which fills the offices with natural light. A wide variety of office sizes and solutions are available and with the help of its project management team Bruntwood aims to help make the most of the space available for clients by designing an office which meets their needs perfectly.

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About Bruntwood:
Bruntwood is a commercial property company with over 90 office buildings across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool as well as Birmingham office space.

The company specialises in providing virtual offices, meeting rooms and bespoke office space from one desk for a month through to whole buildings for 25 years. Bruntwoood's customers also have the flexibility to move seamlessly across our building portfolio in line with changes to their business. Customer service is at the heart of the company's approach, with over half of Bruntwood's employees working in customer facing roles.

Bruntwood believes in sustainable cities that provide vibrant places for people to work and live. Each year it invests in the life of the cities it operates in by donating 10% of profits to arts, charitable, civic and environmental causes.

Bruntwood purchase City House in Leeds

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:36:22 GMT

Bruntwood, the commercial property company has announced the recent purchase of City House in Leeds city centre marking Bruntwood's fifth acquisition in the city in as many years.

Comprising 120,000 sq ft of office space over 12 floors, City House is situated above Leeds central train station and is currently in a shell condition having been stripped out by the building's previous owners. Now, family-owned Bruntwood plan to work closely with Network Rail and Leeds City Council to regenerate this landmark building, incorporating Grade A office space and serviced office space to accommodate all sizes of business, and in addition there will be meeting and conferencing spaces for hire.

The acquisition of City House will bring Bruntwood's total Leeds office space offering to 390,000 sq ft, spread across the buildings of West One, Hepworth Point, West Gate and 14 King Street. Currently, Bruntwood are running at 95% occupancy across the Leeds portfolio.

Like all Bruntwood buildings, City House will be both owned and managed by Bruntwood, with an onsite customer service team overseeing day to day management of the building. This ensures customers can focus on running their business.

Craig Burrow, Bruntwood's Head of Sales and Development in Leeds, commented: "Bruntwood are delighted with the purchase of City House and we are looking forward to transforming and managing the building in the long term. With extensive experience of similar schemes in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, we're confident that we can revitalise the building, enhancing the building's existing infrastructure in what is without doubt, a fantastic business location in Leeds city centre.

"We believe in investing in the fabric of the cities we operate in and wherever possible, we recycle buildings instead of knocking them down and starting again. This is part of our company ethos to avoid waste and help create sustainable cities.

"We're looking forward to playing a greater role in the Leeds's property market and we're keen to acquire more space in the future. Bruntwood offer flexible leases and a wide variety of office space, but expanding further in Leeds will provide our customers with the additional flexibility to grow within the Bruntwood portfolio."

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Notes to editors:

About Bruntwood:
Bruntwood is a commercial property company with over 90 office buildings across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool as well as Birmingham office space.

The company specialises in providing bespoke office space from one desk for a month through to whole buildings for 25 years. Bruntwoood's customers also have the flexibility to move seamlessly across our building portfolio in line with changes to their business. Customer service is at the heart of the company's approach, with over half of Bruntwood's employees working in customer facing roles.

Bruntwood starts new Business Breakfast scheme

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:55:37 GMT

Bruntwood has organised a new 'Breakfast by Bruntwood' morning programme as part of its quarterly breakfast seminars held at the company's most recent investment, the reinvigorated McLaren Tower.

The purpose of these new breakfast business meetings is to provide an appropriate scenario for officials at Bruntwood to discuss issues regarding the company, the projects it is involved in and developing within the region of Birmingham.

Regarding the future of the Midlands Business Breakfast, Chris Oglesby said, "We're exceptionally keen to play an integral part in the city's future and allied to our property plans for the city, these breakfast events are a great way to help integrate the business community further. Bringing a group of likeminded people together to discuss topics key to Birmingham's long-term development will hopefully go some way to achieve this."

The first of the new events proved to be a great success as Birmingham International Airport's chief executive, Paul Kehoe, announced BIA's response to the scrapping of Heathrow's Runway 3, whilst renowned Birmingham architect, Glenn Howells added further insight into the city's major transport issues and possible solutions, such as High Speed Rail 2.

Peter Crowther, Bruntwood's Development Director, chaired the seminar and debate, "A large part of our success within our £1billion property portfolio has been our commitment to service and quality. We see the opportunity to offer informative seminars and debates on matters of interest to the business community we serve as key to this."

Bruntwood purchased Mclaren in 2008 and commenced its development project to refurnish the building which cost close to £7million mark.

About Bruntwood:
Bruntwood is a privately owned commercial property company with over 30 years experience of providing great offices. Bruntwood owns over 90 office buildings and has office space in Liverpool, Leeds office space, Manchester and also has Birmingham office space. Bruntwood provides office space, serviced offices including serviced offices in Birmingham, virtual offices in Birmingham and virtual offices in other cities, from one desk for one month, to entire office buildings for 25 years. Bruntwood also offers retail space and meeting rooms to hire within its buildings. The essential elements of the Bruntwood promise are to provide a wide choice of offices, commercial flexibility, world class customer service and long-term value for money.

Each year Bruntwood donates over 10% of its annual profits to arts, civic and charitable causes and takes every opportunity to involve its customers.

Bruntwood attracts major new customer to Halyard Court

Fri, 28 May 2010 11:28:53 GMT

Bruntwood, a North of England property company, has attracted the North West Collaborative Commercial Agency (NWCCA) to take 9,000 square feet at Halyard Court, in Salford Quays.

The NWCCA is a collaborative commercial and procurement organisation established by the National Health Service and drives improved procurement and commercial efficiencies across the North West health economy.

Blending public sector values with private sector ethos the NWCCA maximises the NHS's enormous purchasing power, not just to save money, but also to improve quality, patient safety and reduce inefficiencies. Over the past five years, it has helped Trusts to achieve savings of more than £110 million which has been reinvested to further enhance the quality of patient care.

Talking about the collaborative, Michelle McCusker, the head of business and performance at the NWCCA, said "Our office requirements were specific. We were looking for good quality, cost effective, office space that was more economical than our previous arrangement and flexible enough to work with our contract dates and future expansion plans. Bruntwood has been more than helpful in accommodating our needs at Halyard Court".

Halyard Court is undergoing extensive public realm improvements, including a new entrance leading directly to the Quays, as well as landscaping and signage works to provide the building with further prominence in the area.

Bruntwood are renowned for letting office spaces, serviced office spaces and virtual office spaces in the Manchester and the Greater Manchester area as well as across the rest of the United Kingdom.

About Bruntwood:
Bruntwood is a privately owned commercial property company with more than 30 years experience of providing great offices. Bruntwood owns more than 90 office buildings in Liverpool, offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It provides office space, serviced offices, virtual offices, from one desk for one month, to entire office buildings for 25 years. Bruntwood also offers retail space and meeting rooms to hire within its buildings. The essential elements of the Bruntwood promise are to provide a wide choice of offices, commercial flexibility, world class customer service and long-term value for money.

Each year Bruntwood donates at least 10% of its annual profits to arts, civic and charitable causes and takes every opportunity to involve its customers.

Bruntwood attracts more customers to Sale Point

Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:51 GMT

Bruntwood, the privately owned commercial property company, has announced that debt management company, Harrington Brooks and Trafford Housing Trust have both taken up office space at Point Sale in Greater Manchester, with each company taking 16,375 sq ft and 21,110 sq ft respectively. This now means 80% of office space available at the property has been pre-let, three months before refurbishments are due to complete.

Andrew Butterworth, Sales Director at Bruntwood said: "We are delighted to welcome these new customers. These deals truly reflect the high quality and cost effectiveness of the office space available and our ability to successfully accommodate business specific requirements."

Sale Point is currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment to create high specification offices with a new entrance and reception on Washway Road in Sale.

Matthew Cheetham, Chief Executive Officer at Harrington Brooks said: "We're impressed with the way the new works are shaping up. The new reception and entrance will provide an impressive welcome for our staff and visitors and we’re looking forward to taking occupation at the building this summer."

With this 37,485 sq ft of offices secured, Bruntwood and retained agents King Sturge and WHR are now talking to other parties regarding much of the remaining 9,656 sq ft of office space.

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About Bruntwood
Bruntwood is a privately owned commercial property company with over 30 years experience of providing great serviced offices. Bruntwood owns over 90 office buildings in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. They provide office space, serviced offices, virtual offices, from one desk for one month, to entire office buildings for 25 years. Bruntwood also offers retail space and meeting rooms to hire within its buildings. The essential elements of the Bruntwood promise are to provide a wide choice of offices, commercial flexibility, world class customer service and long-term value for money.

Over 220 people, many from hotel, hospitality and facilities management backgrounds are employed directly in Bruntwood's buildings. Bruntwood's service is demonstrated no better than in its customers' willingness to recommend the company, which is three times higher than the UK's service industry average.

Each year Bruntwood donates over 10% of its annual profits to arts, civic and charitable causes and takes every opportunity to involve its customers.

Bruntwood welcomes new years lettings

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:52:13 GMT

Bruntwood, the North of England property group, is enjoying a busy start to the year after securing four new lettings at the Cotton Exchange in Liverpool’s commercial district.

Lettings totalling 6,100 sq ft of office space have been agreed with HH Law, iProgress, Medicals Direct and MJP Justice at the Grade II listed building.

Medicals Direct, a health service provider to the insurance sector, has taken a 1,000 sq ft office on the building's fifth floor. The company has also let a 3,000 sq ft suite in Bruntwood's St Christopher House property in Stockport. Personal injury specialist HH Law has signed a three-year lease on a 700 sq ft refurbished office.

Web design company iProgress is moving into a 400 sq ft suite on the sixth floor of the building, upgrading from a 200 sq ft office. Law firm, MJP Justice is also doubling its space in the Cotton Exchange, expanding from 2,000 sq ft to 4,000 sq ft. Both leases are for three- years.

Colin Forshaw, head of sales at Bruntwood, said: "These new lettings mark another great start to the year for Bruntwood and we are pleased to welcome such a wide range of businesses into the Cotton Exchange.

"The building remains one of our most popular properties and we've worked closely with our tenants to ensure they have the type and size of suite that they need. Lettings to companies such as Medicals Direct highlight the flexibility that Bruntwood offers in allowing customers to move seamlessly within our buildings as their business requirements change and they look to up or downsize."

Paul Hampson, director at HH Law, said: "The Cotton Exchange was the perfect location for our business because it's crucial for us to be located at the centre of the commercial district and legal community, close to clients, the courts and partners."

Bruntwood, which owns nine major office buildings in Liverpool city centre, including Oriel Chambers and flagship building, The Plaza, specialises in flexible leases across its property portfolio. Bruntwood offers offices from 200 sq ft upwards with flexible letting lengths and suite specification.

About Bruntwood
Bruntwood is a privately owned commercial property company with over 30 years experience of providing great offices. Bruntwood owns over 90 office buildings in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. They provide office space, serviced offices, virtual offices, from one desk for one month, to entire office buildings for 25 years. Bruntwood also offers retail space and meeting rooms to hire within its buildings. The essential elements of the Bruntwood promise are to provide a wide choice of offices, commercial flexibility, world class customer service and long-term value for money.

Each year Bruntwood donates over 10% of its annual profits to arts, civic and charitable causes and takes every opportunity to involve its customers.

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SOS > Search Office Space adds new business centre in exclusive Knightsbridge

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:37 GMT

SOS > Search Office Space expands its world class commercial real estate database of serviced offices further with the latest addition of a prestigious business centre in London's exclusive Knightsbridge.

The new serviced offices in Knightsbridge offer clients the opportunity to do business in one of London's premier addresses. In addition, the new business centre offers an impressive package of office services and IT capacity that is scaled to fit business needs of any size.

The new business centre in Knightsbridge is in one of the most exclusive commercial and residential parts of London. Lying to the west of Central London, the new centre is in close proximity to Belgravia, Chelsea, Mayfair and Hyde Park.

An up market district, very few office space providers have managed to gain entry in this exclusive area. Home to major national luxury retailers such as the iconic Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Peter Jones, Knightsbridge is also the chosen bases of renowned international designers such as Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik. The high concentration of top end commercial activity makes Knightsbridge an office space market unlike any other in metropolitan London. In addition, Knightsbridge is only one of two international centres under further development through the London Plan. The purpose of the development proposals under the London Plan is to build on the current economic base and promote internationally.

The market for Knightsbridge office rentals is among the most expensive and attractive in the world. Being a commercial hub, the area is in high demand not only from the residential sector but also from the commercial sector. With such a strong demand for commercial office space in Knightsbridge, very few firms actually succeed in acquiring business in this market. The historically consistent demand for Knightsbridge office rentals is largely unaffected by high letting rates which currently average £110.79 per square foot. This is an increase from rates of £103.46 during September. While other high price markets around the world have shown a decline in demand and rental rates, prices for office space in Knightsbridge have remained relatively stable. The new business centre is due to open in April 2009, however, serviced office space is currently being let off plan.

Richard Smith, SOS > Search Office Space Managing Director and founder commented: "This new addition in Knightsbridge is ideal, especially since the options for office space to rent are limited in the area. I would not be surprised to see the centre opening in April with an occupancy rate of over 95%. Knightsbridge is a well sought after location in London, and the office solution and rate offered by the centre is unique in the area."

About SOS > Search Office Space:
Search Office Space was founded in 1993 by Richard Smith in order to bring together all elements of the serviced office space market into one convenient single point of contact, with clients having access, at no cost, to the entire global serviced office market.

With major offices in London, Auckland, Hong Kong, along with US headquarters in Manhattan and offices in California, SOS > Search Office Space is ideally placed to provide services across key UK locations, with office space in London, office space in Mayfair and office space in Kensington available, and across the world. This global marketplace now includes all the serviced office centre o

Search Office Space move to Berkeley Square in Mayfair

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:23:57 GMT

SOS > Search Office Space has relocated to a new world class location, Berkeley Square House in London's Mayfair.

SOS is experiencing a continued increase in global business relationships within the serviced office industry. The company's growth and increasingly influential role in the market has taken the company's reach and operations to a global level. The new high profile location in Central London will enable SOS to easily manage its global relationships with business centres, corporate clients, commercial property agents, property companies and development companies, in London and also throughout the world.

The previous UK headquarters were located in the area where the Bond Street Crossrail underground station is due to be built, however following the compulsory purchase of the site, SOS > Search Office Space decided to move to its new even more prestigious location.

Richard Smith, Managing Director and founder of Search Office Space commented: "We are sad to be leaving 18 Hanover Square (due to Crossrail) because it was an excellent building with superb customer service. However we are delighted to be moving to Berkeley Square House, which is undoubtedly the most prestigious address in London."

Berkeley Square House is one of the most prestigious addresses in London. Overlooking the east side of Berkeley Square, the building is one of the most highly sought-after addresses in Mayfair and London. In addition to being the home to high profile national and international businesses, the property is surrounded by world class restaurants, hotels, entertainment, shopping, and business centres.

This global marketplace now includes all the serviced office centre operators in the industry - creating an online marketplace that currently represents more than 100 million square feet of serviced office space in more than seventy five countries.

Search Office Space VP appointed as Committee Chair of LMN

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:19:46 GMT

SOS > Search Office Space (North America) Vice President, Mr. Daniel Soffer, has been appointed to serve a term as Chairman of the Local Member Network (LMN) Committee of the Office Business Center Association International (OBCAI).

In this newly appointed role as Committee Chair for the LMN with OBCAI, Daniel will be one of the key people responsible in helping establish new LMN'S and grow existing ones throughout North America on behalf of the business center community. In addition to this new role, Daniel's previous work with OBCAI includes serving as Chair of the Broker Practices committee for 2009 resulting in Daniel winning the OBCAI Associate Member award.

Daniel Soffer, Vice President of SOS > Search Office Space commented: "It's an honour to be playing an active role in such a vital organization as OBCAI. It's a growing trade association not only representing North America but internationally too. My current role involves working alongside business center operators and associate members to help grow and establish Local Member Networks throughout North America and with its widening scope help provide ever improving services and performance to prospective tenants."

OBCAI is the leading member owned non-profit international association that currently represents the office business center industry. The membership network for OBCAI exists in more than 400 locations around the world and includes business center owners, managers, and other service providers working in the industry. Members enjoy a variety benefits and have access to proprietary industry information generated by OBCAI to support the professional and business development of members as well as taking a leadership role in fostering the continued growth of the industry. As the leading trade organization, OBCAI is also the primary resource of information for the office space and executive suite industry.

About SOS > Search Office Space:
SOS > Search Office Space was established in 1993 as the very first business organization dedicated to providing serviced office space brokerage services in the United Kingdom. Since that time, SOS has expanded globally through satellite offices in the major office space markets in the world. With the US headquarters in Manhattan and offices in California, SOS > Search Office Space is ideally placed to provide services across key American locations, with office space in NYC, office space in Los Angeles and office space in Atlanta available. SOS also has offices in Central London and Hong Kong. In addition to its global presence, SOS reaches and connects with clients looking for flexible office space anywhere in the world with a database of office business centers, which is easily accessible via the company's website where users can search for office space and executive suites in more than 6,000 locations.

Bruntwood to let a further 5000 sq ft in Leeds city centre

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:40:30 GMT

Bruntwood, the North of England property company, has let a further 5000 square feet in Leeds city centre with two new deals at 14 King Street. These recent lettings are to The Co-operative Bank Plc and Freedom Back Clinics, who are taking 2447 and 2642 sq ft respectively.

Bruntwood's head of sales and development in Leeds, Craig Burrow, said: "We're delighted to welcome both The Co-operative Bank and Freedom Back Clinics to 14 King Street. These deals highlight the fact the building continues to go from strength to strength and, since completing in January, we're now 40% let. As such, we're confident this success will continue."

Both companies will join existing customers Charles Stanley Group Plc, Gatenby Sanderson and Venture Finance Plc at the building, leaving 22,000 sq ft of office space still available to let for which there is continued and strong interest.

Craig Burrow continued: "14 King Street offers high quality product in a prime and core location and has the ability to accommodate enquiries from 355 sq ft upwards. This combination of flexible and competitive terms, alongside a strong customer service focus, has clearly contributed towards the success to date."

The Co-operative Bank Plc and Freedom Back Clinics leases will be with Bruntwood and not the building itself, meaning they both have the opportunity to up and down size throughout Bruntwood's ninety-building portfolio, as their business requirements change. This ability to expand and contract customers is a key part of Bruntwood's service oriented approach and something fifty Bruntwood customers have taken advantage of in the past twelve months.

Each year Bruntwood donates over 10% of its annual profits to arts, civic and charitable causes and takes every opportunity to involve its customers.

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