Inspirational Work Spaces

Inspirational work space in ManchesterAs individual as your business.

The work space you choose says a lot about your business. It reflects on you, your values, your vision and your brand.

We all know that branding goes beyond your logo, your business cards and your website. It is your business’ DNA and it should also reflect in the place your business calls home.

When it comes to your work space, first impressions count and this doesn’t just apply to the creative sector or companies with clients who pay a visit from time to time.

You can have the best marketing strategy ever devised, backed up by the most innovative of websites, but all that effort could be in vain, if the perception people have of your brand is shattered the moment they step inside your door.

But it’s not all about image. How your staff feel about their work space is also crucial. Your staff are your brand ambassadors and a bright, vibrant and creative environment can also help inspire and boost productivity. The office is also a place for you to showcase your corporate culture and live out your brand – a concept that is all too often overlooked.

So let’s face it. The economy is changing. Business is changing. We have to adapt, and so it follows that our definition of what an ‘office’ can mean, has to change.

It’s time to evolve.

Make your mark

Front cover image: Manchester International Festival, Blackfriars HouseLeft: Inspirational Inc, Oxford Place

TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN OUR PORTFOLIO

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Melbourne Hosting, Manchester Technopark

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Square One, Manchester

Creating places for business successBruntwood is a family-owned and run property company that specialises in creating spaces that help businesses to succeed. From a single desk for a day to a whole building for 25 years, we have solutions to suit a wide range of requirements.

With over 110 properties across four UK city regions, we provide office space, serviced and virtual offices, meeting rooms and retail premises to companies across a range of different business sectors.

We don’t see ourselves as a landlord but rather as our customers’ property partner, making sure that their choice of premises adds the best possible benefit to the way their business works.

We’ve worked with all sizes and types of companies from start-ups and SME’s to international market leaders, from designers to lawyers and everything in between.

To help you make the space distinctively your own, we openly encourage a collaborative approach to the design of your office. We want you to view the work space not as something to be taken ‘off-the-shelf’ but more as a ‘blank canvas’ for you to turn your ideas of the perfect office into a reality.

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Manchester International Festival, Blackfriars House

Christine Cort Managing Director at Manchester International FestivalCustomer at Blackfriars House

“ Bruntwood listened and worked with us to identify a space with potential and then to fit it out in a way that suited MIF perfectly. It feels like our home and reflects something of the spirit of the Festival – original and creative.”

‘Blank canvas’ work space

We have a range of inspirational spaces available across Manchester city centre and we can help at every step of the way with design consultancy, space planning, fit-out and relocation.

The idea is to create a space that reflects you and your brand whilst challenging your perception of what an ‘office’ looks like.

Maybe you do your best work in the kitchen and want to make that the hub of your meeting space? How about a pool table in your boardroom or rowing machines to replace fax machines?

A putting green perhaps or hot-desking at breakfast bars with Sky News on tap? A gym, somewhere to practice yoga or an office fitted out like a library…the possibilities are endless.

St James’ Cotton House

Visualisation of customer suite at Blackfriars House

Roof garden, Blackfriars House (Opening Summer 2013)

Space to breathe...

Manchester International Festival, Blackfriars HouseVisualisation of open-plan work space at Blackfriars House

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Let’s face it, the way we work has changed. People need all sorts of spaces to come together to work and ‘no man is an island’ as they say.

Shared spaces and informal working opportunities are all aspects of modern business to encourage creative thinking, collaboration and communication.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple was once quoted as saying “Ideas don’t happen in the boardroom, they happen in corridors”. To us, this was a reflection on how the practice of modern business and ‘work’ is no longer a concept that is confined to your desk. We have adapted to work in all kinds of new ways so our work spaces need to mirror this.

If your work ethos is about collaboration, team work and flexibility, then perhaps open-plan designs work best for you with WiFi-enabled informal meeting spaces.

Where teams work in more of a project-led environment and privacy is key, then maybe more of a cellular design would suit you.

The key is to find a space that reflects you, your brand and your working culture.

Since the ‘digital revolution’ our working practices have dramatically changed and having access to super-fast broadband, WiFi and cloud technology has redefined how we ‘work’.

Bruntwood is working closely with Metronet (UK), a pioneering Northwest Internet Service Provider to deliver ‘super-connected’ office space.

Metronet (UK) is a business-only service provider currently supplying more than 25% of Manchester’s largest 500 businesses. The partnership will see all of Bruntwood’s 110 buildings in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham

connected to the Metronet (UK) high speed Internet network and will create one of the most advanced metropolitan area networks in the UK.

This means our customers can expect connection speeds of 1Mb per second to 1Gb per second as standard and even up to 10Gb per second in some instances, with easy set-up, instant scalability and a 99.95% Service Level Agreement (SLA) for network uptime.

Connectivity is key

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St James’61-95 Oxford Street, M1 6FQ

117-119 Portland StreetPortland Street, M1 6DW

South Central11 Peter Street/Deansgate, M2 5QR

Portland BuildingsPortland Street, M1 4PZ

Bridgewater HouseWhitworth Street, M1 6LT

Oxford PlaceOxford Street, M1 4PZ

Manchester One53 Portland Street, M1 3LD

Blackfriars HouseParsonage, M3 2JA

113-115 Portland StreetPortland Street, M1 6DW

City TowerPiccadilly Plaza, M1 4BT

111 Piccadilly111 Piccadilly, M1 2HY

Creative ‘blank canvas’ work space is available across all these Bruntwood locations in Manchester city centre.

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Originally built in 1912 as the headquarters of the Calico Printers Association St James’ is a classic example of a period building redeveloped by Bruntwood to meet the needs of modern business.

Contemporary work space complements an abundance of period features including original marble floors, plastered ceilings and detailed staircases. Each floor has the options of air conditioning and raised-access flooring, achieved through a sympathetic and innovative refurbishment scheme.

Oxford Street itself offers an array of lunchtime and evening eateries, as well as bars, newsagents, and a selection of supermarkets and coffee shops.

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GREAT INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

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EPC RATING 98 (BAND D)

St James’Creative and characterful space has been created within St James’, a stunning Grade II listed property on Manchester’s Oxford Street.

bruntwood.co.uk/stjames

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The offices are a stone’s throw from Oxford Road train station and St Peter’s Square Metrolink tram stop making it ideal for commuting staff.

The work spaces and new reception has been designed to offer a fusion of modern and traditional features such as exposed timber beams, sash windows and steel columns.

All in all, Oxford Place has bags of character and is extremely flexible to suit your business needs. There’s plenty of amenities to enjoy on Oxford Street such as Philpotts, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Pizza Express as well as a number of bars, restaurants and newsagents right on your doorstep.

Oxford PlaceOxford Place offers bright and airy characterful work space on Oxford Street.

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The building’s central Manchester location means commuting is made easy as the building is within walking distance of both Oxford Road and Piccadilly train station and St Peter’s Square Metrolink tram stop. On-site car parking is also available.

Bruntwood are proposing a redesign and refurbishment of key spaces within Portland Buildings such as the reception area, the communal areas and the office suites themselves as well as extensive stonework to the exterior and new building signage.

On the corner of Oxford Street and Portland Street, Portland Buildings is a listed office building offering open-plan, high quality work space with bags of character.

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bruntwood.co.uk/portlandbuildings

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Being an island site in the city means you’re not overlooked by other buildings so your office is saturated with natural light, creating airy, open-plan spaces.

A redevelopment of Manchester One has brought with it a new identity, a new name, a new reception, redesigned communal spaces and completely refurbished work spaces. But one thing remains constant for the building – and that’s Manchester One’s city centre location with tonnes of amenities nearby and proximity to the city’s main rail and tram interchanges.

An instantly recognisable feature of the Manchester skyline, Manchester One also comes with some of the best panoramic views of the city and the Peak District.

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Located on Portland Street in a prime business area close to Piccadilly Gardens and the Oxford Road Corridor, 113-115 and 117-119 Portland Street offers light, airy and characterful work space.

Just a short walk away, you’ll find a wide choice of restaurants, bars, cafes, supermarkets, eateries, health clubs and cultural hot spots. So whether you want to catch up over coffee, do business over lunch, keep in shape, or simply relax away from the office, you can do it right on your doorstep.

113-115 Portland Street117-119 Portland StreetBoth 113-115 and 117-119 Portland Street lie within one of Manchester’s oldest Victorian warehouses, refurbished to offer not just a distinctive and historic home for your business, but a creative and contemporary one with all the benefits and convenience of a high-specification, modern work space.

bruntwood.co.uk/113115-portland-streetbruntwood.co.uk/117119-portland-street

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113-115 - EPC RATING 82 (BAND D)

117-119 - EPC RATING 76 (BAND D)

Within two minutes walk of Oxford Road train station, the Grade II listed Bridgewater House offers a unique blend of flexible, contemporary office space, housed within this former cotton mill.

Internally, Bridgewater House contains character features including original marble floors, plastered ceilings and tiled staircases, combined with all the modern facilities you would expect from an office in central Manchester. Office specifications include air conditioning, raised-access flooring and suspended ceilings, achieved through a sympathetic and innovative refurbishment.

Bridgewater House boasts significant floor plates which can be hard to find in the city centre, especially in a historic period building. The size of the floor plates provide an extensive range of space plan options for your office, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced square footage costs.

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Suites on the lower levels offer impressive urban street scenes, views of the River Irwell and the architectural grandeur of Blackfriars Bridge.

You’ll be in good company too, rubbing neighbourly shoulders with the Manchester International Festival who have their headquarters at Blackfriars House.

Found in a quiet but central location just off Deansgate, Blackfriars House allows you to enjoy a calm working environment, whilst also benefiting from the broad range of shops, bars and restaurants found on Deansgate, Kings Street and Market Street.

A redesigned reception guides you to light, open-plan work spaces brimming with historic charm. A privately-accessed landscaped roof garden (opening Summer 2013) offers external meeting space exclusively for customers use.

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Located on the corner of Quay Street and Deansgate, opposite the Great Northern Warehouse leisure complex, South Central features high specification, flexible office space split over four floors and a range of convenient amenities on your doorstep. Here you will find a Sainsbury’s, numerous bars, restaurants, coffee shops, newsagents, gyms, a ten-pin bowling alley and a cinema complex all within a two minute walk.

South CentralLess than two minutes from Spinningfields and five minutes from King Street, South Central affords close proximity to Manchester’s commercial hub without the premium cost.

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City Tower offers a distinctive and sophisticated working environment that meets the best contemporary standards, including high-speed lifts, air conditioning and high quality specifications throughout.

Sitting astride a contemporary public mall space linking Piccadilly Gardens with New York Street, City Tower is right at the heart of the city’s business life, with a bustling transport interchange just a few yards away giving immediate access to Manchester’s wider transport network and the main shopping and leisure areas close by. New York Street was created through a partnership with Manchester City Council and resulted in a £1.4m investment to upgrade the streetscape with improved paving, lighting, street furniture and landscaping.

Bruntwood have invested over £38m transforming this Manchester icon into one of the city’s most sought-after office locations with an M1 postcode.

City Tower

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Located right next to Piccadilly train station, 111 Piccadilly offers a variety of high specification, flexible office suites within a modern, contemporary space. The reception area has been totally transformed to create an impressive welcome with its fresh, vibrant feel, unique modern features and profusion of natural light.

If access to Manchester Piccadilly train station is important to your business then 111 Piccadilly couldn’t provide a more central location.

111 Piccadilly

bruntwood.co.uk/111piccadilly



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Inspirational Inc, Oxford Place

BruntwoodCity TowerPiccadilly PlazaManchesterM1 4BT

For more information on other properties in ourportfolio please give us a call or visit the website.

0845 322 8269 bruntwood.co.uk

Bruntwood City Tower Piccadilly PlazaManchester M1 4BT

For more information please call us or visit the website

0161 233 7877bruntwood.co.uk

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