Urbana’s £9m Manchester office retrofit completes

Located on Quay Street and previously home to Direct Line, Quoin provides 54,000 sq ft of workspace.

Urbana Partners acquired the Manchester building for 12.35m from Abrdn in 2022 and has invested £9m upgrading it.

Designed by architect 3DReid, the retrofit project has seen the facade completely overhauled, 54,000 sq ft office space refurbished, a roof terrace added, and ground floor retail/leisure space increased to 7,000 sq ft.

The building has achieved BREEAM Excellent, EPC A, and Wiredscore Platinum accreditations.

Lina Stores, an Italian deli with several sites in London, agreed to take part of the ground floor prior to the completion of the project.

OBI Property has advised Urbana throughout the process and is also retained to find occupiers for Manchester’s newest completed office development. Spacescape was the contractor.

Joe Weilding from OBI’s building consultancy team, said: “Quoin has been a real labour of love for the OBI team and to see the vision come to life is extremely rewarding.

“The entire team has worked hard to ensure that the building achieved all that it was set out to do. It is a repositioning project that completely elevates this prime Manchester business district and we’re looking forward to seeing it become a sought-after office and leisure destination.”

Quoin, which loosely translates as ‘corner stone’, is located at the intersection of Quay Street and Byrom Street on the edge of Spinningfields.

“The combination of location, prominence and amenity has already translated into strong demand and we look forward to announcing the completion of a number of leasing deals shortly,” said Nick Lloyd, director at Urbana Partners.

Nab Speakes, managing director at 3D Reid, added: “17 Quay Street was a fascinating project to be involved with, as it gave us an opportunity to recreate the identity and positioning of an underutilised building within the heart of the city.”

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