According to figures compiled by the Birmingham Office Market Forum, office take up in Quarter Two 2016 in the central Birmingham office market totalled 217,295 sq ft in 40 deals, as scheduled in the table below.
When added to the 36 deals totalling 283,697 sq ft in Quarter One, the half year to date totals 500,992 sq ft in 76 deals.
Given the uncertainties in the wider economy seen during the period, breaking half million square feet of office take up represents a very strong first half to the year, continuing the record levels seen in 2015 and demonstrating the resilience in the Birmingham office occupational market.
With a number of comprehensive refurbishments also progressing, the remainder of the year continues to offer great promise.
Birmingham Office Market Forum was established in 2007 to present a co-ordinated voice to investors, developers and occupiers about Birmingham’s city centre office market.
| ADDRESS | AREA | SIZE (SQ FT) | LANDLORD | TENANT | LETTING AGENT |
| 1st, 2nd & 4th Floors, Baskerville House | Core | 83,406 | Hermes Real Estate Investment Management | Network Rail | KF/ CBRE |
| part 1st Floor, Interchange Place, Edmund Street | Core | 5,092 | Aberdeen Asset Management | Royal & Sun Alliance | Savills / JLL |
| GF Cobalt Square, Hagley Road | Edgbaston | 1,985 | Nargistame Ltd | Saigates Ltd | JLL / KWB |
| Suite 203 Cheltenham House | Core | 247 | New World Trading Company | Opinsta | JLL / KWB |
| Suite 108 Cheltenham House | Core | 700 | New World Trading Company | Hilco | KWB / JLL |
| Part 1st Floor, 11 Waterloo Street | Core | 1,026 | Nurton Developments | Cloud Operate Ltd | JLL / CBRE |
| Unit 1, Level 8, the Cube | Fringe | 5,410 | Tristan | Highways | GBRPB / C & W |
| Cannon House | Core | 18,974 | Nurton Developments | Energy Research Catapult | CBRE / GVA |
| 2 Colmore Square | Core | 2,494 | Nurton Developments | Handlesbanken | CBRE / GVA |
| 75-77 Colmore Row | Core | 661 | REI | MBM Metalwork Construction Ltd | Bond Wolfe / KF |
| part GF, Lombard House | Core | 1,865 | Dunedin & Angelo Gordon | Powershift Media | LSH / Bilfinger GVA |
| part 4th Floor, Lombard House | Core | 2,848 | Dunedin & Angelo Gordon | Travelers Management Limited | LSH / Bilfinger GVA |
| 30 St Paul’s Square | JQ | 1,200 | Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme | FK Group | LSH / Mason Young |
| Cavendish House | Core | 1,567 | White Pillar Properties Ltd | RSPB | LSH / Knight Frank |
| part 1st & 2nd Floor, Lombard House | Core | 3,737 | Dunedin & Angelo Gordon | Navolio Limited t/a Off to Work | LSH / Bilfinger GVA |
| part 4th Floor, Lombard House | Core | 1,898 | Dunedin & Angelo Gordon | Retig | LSH / Bilfinger GVA |
| 3rd Floor Cathedral Place | core | 2,035 | Canada Life | Markel | C & W / GBRPB |
| 2.01 Imperial & Whitehall | Core | 1,161 | Hortons | CNA Hardy | LSH / Johnson Fellows |
| 1.01 Imperial & Whitehall | Core | 1,123 | Hortons | Node | LSH / Johnson Fellows |
| Montan House 36 Calthorpe Road | Edgbaston | 2,434 | Fairweather & Co | Datatecnics | Pennycuick Collins |
| Albany House, Hurst Street | Fringe | 2,095 | RVB Investments | DanceXchange | Vail Williams |
| 7th Floor St Phillips Point | Core | 5,400 | Edison | Axa | GBRPB / GVA |
| part 3rd 3 Temple Row West | Core | 400 | SG Charitable Trust | BT Surveyors | GBRPB / GVA |
| part 2nd 45 Church Street | Core | 3,127 | Standard Life | Delta FS | GBRPB / C & W |
| 87 Caroline Street | JQ | 2,300 | Pivate investor | FJD Group | GBRPB |
| part 4th 11 Brindleyplace | Core | 4,400 | Cube Real Estate | Allegis | GBRPB / Bilfinger GVA |
| part GF Centre City | 3,143 | Bruntwood | Ingeus | Colliers / GVA / KF | |
| 19th whole Centre City | 7,463 | Bruntwood | Ingeus | Colliers / GVA / KF | |
| part 8th Centre City | 3,800 | Bruntwood | Home Group | Colliers / GVA / KF | |
| 22a Caroline Street | JQ | 1,285 | Dunger & Co | Primera Healthcare | Colliers |
| 10th Floor Temple Point | 6,845 | Aviva | Capita | CBRE / KF | |
| part 3rd Floor, York House | Core | 1,925 | REI | The Interactive Team | Knight Frank / Bond Wolfe |
| 51 Frederick Road | Edgbaston | 2,091 | Calthorpe Estates | Stunn Ltd | C & W |
| Rhubarb | Fringe | 2,500 | Private | Waiheke | KWB |
| 50-54 St Pauls | 650 | Bridges | 2nd city | KWB | |
| Suite C, 30 St Paul’s Square | Fringe | 1,164 | CBRE Investors | FK Construction Ltd | Mason Young |
| 39 Vittoria St | Fringe | 617 | TJ Developments Ltd | A Majed | Mason Young |
| 38-40 Hylton St | Fringe | 784 | Davran Jewellery Ltd | J B Training Academy Ltd | Mason Young |
| 90 Broad St | Fringe | 1,341 | B4U (90) Ltd | Refreshd Ltd | Mason Young |
| 76 – 80 Sherlock Street | Fringe | 26,102 | Gooch Estate | Syed & Co | Pennycuick Collins |