Property round-up: BCD Travel moves to 20 Chapel St; Huntsmere wins plaudits for £5m house; and more
BCD Travel has signed a lease on 5,500 sq ft on the sixth floor of Rumford Investments’ 20 Chapel Street building in Liverpool.
The US-based firm, which operates in 90 countries and has worldwide sales of over $17bn, has taken the unit for its first UK office outside London.
The company has also appointed Liverpool-based fit-out contractor Aztec to complete a five-week installation at the office, which includes Komfort Polar glass partitions, bespoke digiral wallcoverings and new feature flooring.
Rob Maxwell, director at Aztec, said: “We feel that is yet another significant contract we have secured in 2011 and have really enjoyed working with BCD.
“We have worked closely with Beadmans and BCD to deliver this extraordinary project.
“We knew the programme was tight but with absolute certainty we could deliver the works in a fast-track five week programme on behalf of our client. BCD can know look forward to a very exciting 2011 with their new office here in Liverpool.”
Mason Owen, Hitchcock Wright & Partners and DTZ are letting agents at 20 Chapel St.
Andrew Owen, director at Mason Owen, said: “We are delighted that BCD chose to locate within 20 Chapel Street and are joining other tenants such as Liverpool Football Cub, Ernst & Young, Plexus Cotton and Fujitsu.
“With the BCD office due to open in January 2012 and good interest in the remaining few floors, we are confident that the building will shortly be fully let which is testament to its quality within the marketplace.”
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ALDERLEY Edge-based property developer, Huntsmere, has picked up two awards in the space of a week, collecting a What House? Award for Best Luxury House and Best Luxury New Build at the Northern Design Awards.
Both awards were for Huntsmere’s Oakdene property in Prestbury, which is currently on the market with a guide price of £5m.
The house, set in three acres of land, was built in the Arts & Crafts style but has a contemporary interior and a state-of-the-art 3,000 sq ft leisure suite linked to the main house by an underground walkway.
Huntsmere has delivered more than £20m worth of homes within the last 18 months and says it has £60m currently in the pipeline.
Managing director Chris Oakes said: “This is our third win at the What House? Awards and also at the Northern Design Awards.
“The judges, who included Sir Terence Conran and Wayne Hemingway, are hard task masters looking for the best of the best in housebuilding and we have consistently demonstrated that this is what we are delivering.”
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AN office suite at Bilsdale Properties’ 80 Mosley St has been brought onto the market.
The building, at the corner of Mosley St and Princess St, had previously been fully occupied by Space Architects but it vacated its fifth floor, 2,206 sq ft suite in favour of space at Abbey Business Centre on Fountain St.
The suite is now available to lease via joint agents Jones Lang LaSalle and OBI Property.
Richard Wharton, director in Jones Lang LaSalle’s National Office agency team in Manchester, said: “Having previously been fully let we are delighted to have the opportunity of re-marketing one of the best suites within 80 Mosley Street.
“The future occupier will benefit from the high quality fit- out including partitioned offices, kitchen and cabling, together with views across St Peter’s Square and the Grade II listed Art Gallery.”
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A mixed-use development in Putney designed by Liverpool-based architects Falconer Chester Hall has been granted planning permission.
The scheme consists of 148 residential units, commercial offices, leisure space, new public realm and car parking in four new buildings.
“This is an important commission for us,” said Falconer Chester Hall’s managing director, Adam Hall.
“It is a major redevelopment project in South West London won against competing practices from the capital.”
The scheme, for developers Art Estates, will involve the demolition of existing office buildings on Upper Richmond Road opposite East Putney’s underground station.
“It’s a highly visible site and we have worked very closely with Wandsworth planning offices, The Putney Society, local stakeholders and the Greater London Authority to create a high quality piece of contemporary architecture and public realm.”
Four new buildings will be erected ranging in height from five to 11 storeys with communal amenity space at ground floor and roof levels.
Landscaping will include a new pedestrian route, linking the East Putney Tube Station forecourt, through the development and across the South West train lines over The Woodlands Way Bridge.
Almost one quarter of the residential units will be affordable properties.
Work is expected to start on site shortly.
