Restaurant chain relocates HQ to city centre base

Arkwright House, Manchester

Award-winning restaurant group, San Carlo, is relocating more than 50 staff to new UK headquarters in Manchester city centre.

The chain has sealed a 10-year lease, with a five-year break, for part of the third floor of Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens.

Colliers and Avison Young, acting on behalf of the landlord, disposed of the office space.

San Carlo staff will soon leave Acresfield, on St Ann’s Square, and move to the new 6,200 sq ft HQ, to benefit from upgraded office facilities and additional workspace.

Completed in 1937, Arkwright House is a Grade II-listed building, formerly the headquarters of the English Sewing Cotton Company.

The period building is surrounded by the leafy Parsonage Gardens, and inside has been fully refurbished to a Grade A specification.

Dan Margolis, senior surveyor in Colliers’ national offices team, said: “It is so exciting to be a part of San Carlo’s expansion journey. This move to Arkwright House is a big next step for the restaurant group’s ever-growing business.

“High quality Grade A office space continues to be a highly attractive asset for occupiers in Manchester city centre, particularly those wanting to encourage their employees to return to an office environment.”

Marcello Distefano, managing director of San Carlo, said: “I couldn’t be prouder of the San Carlo team – we may have grown to be the UK’s largest independent family-owned restaurant group with restaurants worldwide, but our team are like part of the family and it’s important to us that we all feel at home.

“Arkwright House is a perfect fit for us, the office space has everything that we need to support our business development.”

This deal follows on from another recent Colliers letting at Arkwright House to Fortem International, a growing trade exhibition organisation, on behalf of the landlord, PGIM. The company is due to occupy 3,700 sq ft on the second floor on a four-year lease with a two-year break.

The landlord has instructed Colliers and Avison Young to let out the entirety of Arkwight House and 1,800-30,000 sq ft remains available for immediate occupation.

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