Barings Real Estate has secured professional services firm Grant Thornton as a tenant for 13,219 sq ft at its Landmark office development in Manchester.
Grant Thornton has agreed a 15-year lease for the eleventh floor at the 14-storey scheme, located at St Peter’s Square in the city centre.
The firm’s 350-strong Manchester team will relocate from its Spinningfields base to the building later this year, upon completion of its fit-out.
The news comes after CBRE’s flexible workspace arm Hana signed for 32,000 sq ft at Landmark. Hana will design, build and operate the flexible space, called Hana at St Peter’s Square, which is expected to open in mid-2021.
Grant Thornton and Hana will join JLL at the 180,000 sq ft scheme. The agent moved its Manchester team into 14,004 sq ft at Landmark’s tenth-floor offices last year, representing JLL’s largest commercial office outside of London.
Ian Mayhew, managing director at Barings, said: “To have concluded two significant transactions with global businesses in quick succession during the pandemic is an excellent result.
“We move into 2021 with strong interest in the remainder of the available space which demonstrates both the success of the building and the resilience of the Manchester office market.”
CBRE and Colliers International are the leasing agents on the scheme.
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