Property briefs: Chancery Place, MediaCityUK, The Sharp Project, and more…

HSB Engineering Insurance (HSB), part of Munich Re, has relocated its customer services centre from Oldham to central Manchester.

It has taken nearly 20,000 sq ft on two-and-a-half floors at Chancery Place.

The firm was advised by the real estate team at the Manchester office of law firm Gateley led by partner, Darren Hughes.

He said: “Chancery Place is a premier address, placing HSB in the heart of Manchester’s thriving insurance market. To complete a deal of this size in the current economic climate is a significant achievement and demonstrates the continued appetite for good quality office space that meets the specific needs of a business.”

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MUSIC composing company, The Composer Works, has moved into The Greenhouse at MediaCityUK.

The company is led by managing director Steve Berman, whose industry experience includes working as a music editor in Hollywood and managing composers at a Pinewood Studios-based company.

The firm was previously based at the Digital World Centre at Salford Quays.

Mr Berman said: “We launched in January of this year with six composers and the reception both locally and nationally so far has been encouraging, so we’ve taken on three more composers.

“We’ve already worked locally with CBeebies, BBC Learning and Red Productions as well as Manchester-based advertising agencies. MediaCityUK has already proved itself to be a terrific place for a fledgling company like ours to be based at.”

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FIVE new tenants have taken space in converted shipping containers at The Sharp Project media centre in east Manchester.

They are web design firm Digital Ninjas, make-up artists Wigs Up North, Neilson Reeves Photography, marketing firm Adapt Studios and comedy agency Gag Relfex

The shipping containers, which cost £50 plus VAT per week, are aimed at small and start-up businesses.

Sharp Project director Sue Woodward said: “This is a fantastic environment for start-ups and small businesses. There is a real ecology here and sense of community with small companies working with big players in the industry, helping them to flourish and expand.”

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THE Specialist Markets team at CBRE North West has been appointed to market three pubs in Greater Manchester, with one for let and two for sale.

Maloney’s Irish Bar in Yorkshire Street, Oldham, is available for let, while the team is also marketing The Ross’s Arms, Astley at an asking price of around £325,000, and the Royal Oak in Pendlebury with an asking price of £295,000, both on behalf of Punch Taverns Enterprises.

CBRE is acting as joint agent alongside Savills Manchester and Jeremy Rubin on both sites.