A joint venture between developer Property Alliance Group and investor Starwood Capital Group has acquired the 1970s Manchester hotel and intends to redevelop it into a mixed-use scheme with offices, homes and a new hotel.
The accounting firm is to take around 13,000 sq ft at the city centre office building owned by Barings Real Estate and relocate from its current Spinningfields base later this year.
The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.
CBRE’s flexible workspace arm will occupy three floors at Barings Real Estate’s 180,000 sq ft office block in central Manchester, as its second location in the city.
Listed investment firm Topland Group is close to agreeing a 6,800 sq ft letting to the consulate at its 50,000 sq ft Spring Gardens building in Manchester, following an 11,000 sq ft letting to the Spanish Consulate earlier this year.
The cybersecurity consultancy has said its new EMEA headquarters at the Manchester landmark will open in the second quarter of 2021.
Rowena Burns is to depart from her roles as chair of Manchester Science Partnerships and non-executive director at Bruntwood.
Squarestone Asset Management has completed three lettings totalling 20,000 sq ft at the south Manchester business park.
The property advisory firm’s current director of the Manchester office, Peter Gallagher, is moving to a client consultancy role and its national offices head Dominic Pozzoni is taking the reins.
The planning consultancy has made David Diggle a senior director in its northern planning team after more than 16 years with the firm.
