Property and auction business, SDL Group is consolidating two of its Birmingham offices by taking three floors at AG Dunedin’s 154 Great Charles Street.
The Group’s Birmingham-based businesses have taken 10,000 sq ft over the ground, first and second floors of the building on a 10 year lease.
The ground floor suite will be occupied by the company’s Century 21 Bigwood residential sales and letting team, which is relocating from Colmore Row, while the upper floors will host the property management and the SDL Auctions Bigwood teams, which are currently based on Summer Row.
The eight storey, 154 Great Charles Street is one of seven buildings acquired by AG Dunedin in 2015 and extends to a total of 32,736 sq ft.
Gordon Kellie, Dunedin Asset Management, said: “We have worked with SDL Group over the past 12 months to deliver remodelled and refurbished space appropriate to their needs and are delighted to have secured such a high calibre occupier to the building.”
Tony Atherton, SDL Group’s Chief People Officer, said: “Bringing our teams together will not only help us to make significant savings, but we will also be able to deliver on our group-wide commitment to create a great place to work for our staff. 154 Great Charles Street offers us a perfect space in the heart of the city to achieve this, while providing our customers with the level service they have come to expect from the Bigwood businesses.”
154 is primed to undergo an extensive £2 million programme of refurbishment works that will include the delivery of a new reception and tenant lounge, two new lifts, improvements to common areas and a full refurbishment of the currently vacant fourth and eight floors.
It is the fourth building on the Great Charles Street Estate to be refurbished by Dunedin, following the completion of works at Lombard House and Charles House and the ongoing redevelopment of Crossway.
Gordon Kellie continued: “Our vision for refurbishment is to enhance a building’s existing character while upgrading the workspaces and common areas to create an attractive and desirable location. This estate offers a significant variety of spaces suited to a number of different occupiers, with the city’s main transport hubs of New Street and Snow Hill railway stations just a few minutes away.”
Joint letting agents on 154 Great Charles Street are GVA, LSH and Savills.
