MEPC Birchwood Park Secures Pre-let to Complete the Final Phase at Bridgewater Place

The award-winning MEPC Birchwood Park, has once again set the standard by securing one of the only pre-let deals in the North West this year. The final phase of its flagship 250,000 sq ft Bridgewater Place office scheme is about to start construction in February 2012, making the Park one of the first to commit to new development in the region.

An existing occupier will take two floors totalling 32,000 sq ft within the 47,500 sq ft building, 305 Bridgewater Place.

Comments MEPC Birchwood Park’s MD Jonathan Walsh: “The commitment to build 305 Bridgewater Place represents both a new and exciting phase of activity and a massive vote of confidence in what we can offer here at Birchwood Park. Our existing occupier undertook a major property search for its new space requirements and we were able to offer it the highest quality option in a brand new building at a location which is now regarded as one of the most successful out of town business destinations in the North West due to its strategic motorway location and the facilities and environment that we have created here to serve over 150 occupiers with a workforce of some 5,000 people.

“This is one of the only major pre-lets in the regional property market so far this year and enables us to forge ahead with the completion of Bridgewater Place which has been the most successful new office scheme in the North West with occupiers including the Department of Work & Pensions, Halcrow, GB Oils, Electricity North West and David Wilson Homes.

“305 represents the final piece of the Bridgewater Place jigsaw and paves the way for yet more development/investment plans that we have on the drawing board to grow the Park’s role as the region’s leading business address. We recently invested £1.2M in the creation of a new ‘state of the art’ conference centre at the Park’s existing facility known as The Centre. This exciting new facility will provide the Park’s 150 resident companies , as well as local and regionally based businesses , with a 168 seat lecture theatre and a range of meeting rooms as well as ‘The Hub’ offering free high speed WiFi, high backed booths for privacy and waitress service. Birchwood Park is one of the only business parks in the region to offer such a high quality business venue.

“In the first nine months of this year, we have let almost 90,000 sq ft of space to companies large and small which underlines our attractiveness to businesses of all sizes and in all spheres of operation. We are confident that this is set to continue.”