Egencia books in to Piccadilly Place
EGENCIA, the corporate arm of travel giant Expedia, which has 200 staff in Manchester, has signed a deal to move to Three Piccadilly Place in the city centre.
The company has taken a 10-year lease on 12,700sq ft on a 10-year lease and will take the whole of the ninth floor at the building, which is owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
Three Piccadilly Place is already home to law firm Weightmans, consultants EC Harris, the NHS Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and conferencing and serviced office provider Orega.
Andrew Clarke, director, Customer Service at Egencia, said: “Three Piccadilly Place met our desire to select a highly distinctive and well-located office building for Egencia.
“It places us in a pivotal position in one of the UK’s most important office locations. Three Piccadilly Place is amongst the largest commercial schemes in the city centre, and the combination of high build standards and excellent transport links makes it the ideal location for our company.”
Jonathan Baucher of Cushman & Wakefield represented Egencia and said: “The deal represents one of the largest transactions in the new build market this year”.
Savills and GVA are joint advisers to The Carlyle Group; Cushman & Wakefield advised Egencia, which is currently based in a nearby location in Piccadilly.
