
Kuits expands with partner hire
The Manchester-based law firm has strengthened its commercial property team with the hire of real estate partner Andrew Knight.
The Manchester-based law firm has strengthened its commercial property team with the hire of real estate partner Andrew Knight.
The law firm is in talks to relocate from its King Street office to around 20,000 sq ft at AEW Europe’s 87,000 sq ft Manchester office block.
Engineering consultancy Pell Frischmann has followed the addition of associate director Richard Manock with the recruitment of Nick Banks as principal engineer.
Hive Land & Planning has recruited Sarah May to the role of associate director within its development consultancy team.
The Swiss biotechnology firm has agreed to occupy the first floor at the 170,000 sq ft No 8 First Street in Manchester on a 10-year lease.
The listed property investor has exchanged contracts to sell a trio of buildings known as the Powerhouse Portfolio to real estate funds managed by Pictet Alternative Advisors and XLB Property.
The Big Four advisory firm is to relocate from its 67,000 sq ft Hardman Street base to WeWork’s Hanover Building on Corporation Street, as it seeks a more flexible approach to working.
Engineering design consultancy Hydrock has hired former KPMG partner and board member Ronnie McCombe as its non-executive chairman.
The law firm will occupy 11,300 sq ft on the 17th floor of Schroder Real Estate’s 19-storey office block in Manchester.
The Australian fund manager has exchanged contracts with London-based investor Long Harbour in a deal to acquire the 19-storey Skyline apartment building on the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter.