TCS signs Inner City Solutions to Piccadilly Basin

Regeneration consultancy, Inner City Solutions, has moved its Manchester operation to the listed Dale Street office building within Town Centre Securities' Piccadilly Basin development.

The specialist consultancy has relocated its Manchester team from Little Peter Street in Castlefield to the 1,350 sq ft former Rochdale Canal Company building at the entrance to the 12.8-acre Piccadilly Basin, mixed-use scheme. The firm took five-year lease at 75 Dale Street for an undisclosed rental price.

Founded ten years ago in Liverpool, Inner City Solutions set up its Manchester division in 2006, headed up by director Marie Hodgson, the former head of special projects at English Partnerships.

Among the consultancy's current work is a review of the region's housing strategy for 4NW, the successor to the North West Regional Assembly, due to be published in the autumn.

Hodgson said: "This move reflects our company ethos perfectly and by locating within a historic, stand alone building we can really make our presence felt within Manchester."

Lambert Smith Hampton and Cushman & Wakefield advise TCS.