Great move for Connells

ESTATE agency Connells has signed a ten-year lease for a ground floor retail suite at Lombard House on Great Charles Street, Birmingham.

The lease will see Connells – the third largest estate agency network in the UK – relocate its Birmingham office to Lombard House from its previous location in Digbeth. 

Lombard House, which is owned by Aviva Investors, offers a combination of office and retail space.

Karen Trace, branch partner, Connells, said: “Lombard House provides us with a perfect synergy with the Connells brand, with an outstanding frontage onto one of the busiest arterial routes in Birmingham.

“Accessibility to both the local and national transport networks was obviously a big selling-point for us and the location of this retail unit on Great Charles Street provides us with a perfect position in terms of both profile and footfall.”

GVA was the agent on the deal.

Associate George Jennings said: “For a high-profile, customer-facing tenant such as Connells, Lombard House offers highly visible ground floor retail in one of Birmingham’s business locations.”