图为Bruntwood的合作空间.
· Bruntwood’s Union now fully let following influx of new workspace customers and the opening of restaurant operator, Maray
· 专业保险公司 NMU 第一次进入十大网博靠谱平台市中心, while Glenbrook Property and Jon Matthews Architects also join the Bruntwood Works community at Union
· Bruntwood还在大楼内扩建了总部, taking another floor as it continues to promote collaborative working
Bruntwood has welcomed a wealth of new businesses to its dynamic, 以社区为中心的工作空间联盟, 位于十大网博靠谱平台市中心.
NMU, Glenbrook, 和乔恩·马修斯总共接管了13个,400平方英尺的灵活工作区横跨三层楼, with Bruntwood also expanding its headquarters on the third floor, 再加10,420平方英尺.
Located in the heart of the city centre in Albert Square opposite Manchester Town Hall, the newly refurbished building benefits from the recently pedestrianised Albert and Lincoln Square, while also offering considerable transport connections - just a four-minute walk to St Peter’s Square station, one of Manchester’s extensive network of tram stations – a significant factor for the three new customers.
步行即可到达市中心的零售商店, 酒吧, 和餐馆, Union is designed to integrate work and lifestyle and promote a healthy balance. It focuses on providing a sense of community, which is enabled through its strong amenity offering. It benefits from an on-site gym delivered by community-centred fitness brand, FORM, featuring extensive shower and changing scheme with lockers facilities and towel service along with Bruntwood’s state of the art flexible offices with breakout spaces.
Union’s newly refurbished reception is also home to independent coffee vendor Ditto, 哪个从2021年开始开放. Its network of artisan coffee shops serves ethically sourced and locally roasted coffee. While also providing a selection of homemade cakes and snacks and serving up diverse bottomless brunch specials on the weekends that showcase Union as a destination for visitors beyond Bruntwood’s ecosystem of businesses.
Acclaimed restaurant group Maray also recently chose Union to open its first site outside of Liverpool. 3,326 sq ft ground floor site is Maray’s fourth opening as the group continues its expansion across the North West. 灵感来自中东风味, the established restaurant network serves up dazzling tapas style cuisine with bold and delicious cocktails.
Union also offers its customers opportunities to attend community events like Bruntwood volunteer days, 研讨会及工作坊, and their Spark education programme is also designed to bring people and businesses together and thrive as a collective.
联合银行的一个新客户, NMU, 慕尼黑再保险公司, focuses on providing specialty insurance solutions to insurance brokers. Expansion into their new Manchester office is set to support a larger and more hybrid workforce, 并为慕尼黑再保险专业集团创建一个区域中心.
布朗伍德也欢迎格兰布鲁克, 专门从事开发的房地产公司, 投资, 资产管理. This builds upon Glenbrook’s existing relationship with Bruntwood, having recently collaborated on the residential element of Bruntwood and Trafford Council's Lumina Village in Trafford.
这是新的三人组, Union还欢迎了来自City Tower的Jon Matthews建筑事务所, a 20-strong team who specialise in commercial architectural development.
The three new customers will be joined by current Union residents, 手工咖啡店同上, 屡获殊荣的综合通信机构, Citypress, BJSS和Planixs.
乔什·汉考克, 布朗伍德的商业主管, said: “With people returning to the workplace in increasing numbers, 企业正在重新评估他们的工作空间需求, which has led to an increase in office expansion and relocation in city centres across the UK. 作为其中的一部分, employers are also focusing more on what their offices need to provide for their employees – whether that’s more breakout spaces, 工作空间的类型, 福利设施, food and beverage offerings or close proximity to transport links.
“对于我们的新客户来说，这是真的, 谁已经确定了质量, location and improved amenities as some of the most important factors in their new workspaces, 使联合车站成为他们新家的理想选择.”
Bruntwood was supported by interiors and construction specialists Dragonfly on the fit-out of its new space, with the firm advising on the design and specification throughout.
大卫完美, NMU常务董事, said: “We are excited to be expanding into Union and to be adding another regional hub to provide continued and committed support to our broker partners. Our relationship with Bruntwood will allow us to provide outstanding office space to our people and focus on supporting a larger and more hybrid workforce, whilst creating a regional hub for the Munich Re Specialty Group.
“We really value our employees, and Union’s blend of work and lifestyle embodies this. The state of the art facilities and customer support the building has to offer will allow us to focus on employee wellbeing and building a strong company culture. We are excited to be joining the community and look forward to moving into our new base in the region.”
