Bruntwood Confirms Progress Of McLaren Office Renovation
Released
on: May 13, 2009, 2:40 am
Author: Matt Leigh
Industry: Real
Estate
Bruntwood,
commercial property company, has announced that it is progressing
well with its £7m redevelopment of the McLaren office building
in Birmingham's city centre, and confirmed the scheduled October
completion date.
Since
purchasing the 115,000 sq ft Birmingham
office property in April 2008, Bruntwood has successfully
refurbished seven office floors and delivered a brand new reception
area.
Bruntwood
sales surveyor Rob Valentine commented, "We're delighted
with progress so far and our customers are pleased with the improvements
we've made with the office
space in Birmingham. The new reception is a complete transformation.
It's light, bright and spacious and by the end of May we will
have installed the new bridge link that will connect McLaren's
entrance with Priory Queensway. This is an important milestone
for us and makes access to the office building much more user
friendly."
Having
delivered the new reception and a selection of refurbished floors,
Bruntwood's work at the office building in Birmingham city centre
is now focused on improving its external appearance. The works,
scheduled to be complete by October, will include the installation
of brand new spandrel panels, window film and signage, as well
as complete gable cleaning, which will give the office building
the look of a new build property.
This
work has contributed to the offices at McLaren being occupied
by customers including Birmingham City Council, Scott Wilson and
American Express. The remaining office space is available to let
from 300 to 60,000 sq ft, which is large enough to accommodate
companies wishing to house from 3 to over 600 staff.
Rob
Valentine said, "With experience of very similar office schemes
in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, we're confident our work will
mean McLaren will continue to prove very popular. Not only this,
our competitive rents and flexible leases will mean that occupiers
looking to relocate in Birmingham will have access to exceptionally
high specification, yet cost-effective office space. Because a
lease is with Bruntwood and not the building, it also gives customers
the ability to up and downsize throughout our 90 building office
portfolio, as and when their business needs change, without penalty."
Bruntwood
are now in talks with a variety of parties regarding the remaining
office space at the building, with two companies showing significant
interest in two of the 5,500 sq ft floors.
About
Bruntwood
Bruntwood owns over 90 office buildings in Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham
and Manchester offices. Bruntwood provides offices and serviced
offices from one desk for one month, to entire office buildings
for 25 years. Bruntwood also has retail and commercial
property space within its buildings and meeting rooms to hire.
For more information, please contact:
Matt Leigh
Marketing Manager
Bruntwood
City Tower
Piccadilly Plaza
Manchester
M1 4BD
0161 238 7107
www.bruntwood.co.uk
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