Central Birmingham office market take up figures Quarter 4, 2017

The latest report was compiled for Birmingham Office Market Forum by Jonathan Carmalt, Director, Office Agency, JLL.

Office take up in quarter four, 2017 in the central Birmingham office market totalled 354,530 sq ft in 49 deals as scheduled in the table below, compiled by the Birmingham Office Market Forum.

When added to the 81 deals totalling 650,542 sq ft recorded in the first three quarters of the year, the 2017 year-end total take up amounts to 1,005,072 sq ft in 130 deals.

This compares with:

  • 692,729 sq ft in 139 deals for 2016
  • 970,458 sq ft in 132 deals for 2015
  • 713,460 sq ft in 148 deals for 2014
  • 664,147 sq ft in 128 deals for 2013

The 2017 outcome is a record take up year, beating the previous high seen in 2015.

Office take up was boosted by the emergence of HS2 related demand together with the Government committing to the largest prelet seen in the city for a decade. In addition, key larger transactions were concluded in the Professional Services and the Serviced Office sectors.

Breaking 1 million sq ft office take up for the first time is extremely positive for Birmingham during the current period of unprecedented development activity and further regeneration, visible across the BOMF area. It is also particularly encouraging bearing in mind the slow first half of the year following on from the dip seen in the previous year’s total.

For further information please contact the author of the report Jonathan Carmalt, Director, Office Agency, JLL on 0121 214 9935 or email [email protected]

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.

The Forum brings together the city’s leading office agents and Business Birmingham.

For a list of member firms or further information visit their website

ADDRESS AREA SIZE (SQ FT) LANDLORD TENANT LETTING AGENT
The Crossway, Great Charles Street (entire building) Core 76,000 Dunedin Regus GVA/LSH/Savills
Chamberlain Sq (no.1), Paradise Core 58,631 Argent / Hermes / BCC PWC GVA / CBRE
Norfolk House (3rd floor) Core 14,176 London & Scottish Spark 44 GVA / C&W
The Colmore Building (part 2nd) Core 11,645 Ashby Capital Willis Towers Watson JLL / GVA
The Cloisters (unit 5) Edgbaston 1,795 Omnia BOSS GVA / C&W
The Cloisters (unit 9) Edgbaston 1,808 Sports Structures Cosmotransplant GVA
7th Floor(rear) Charles House, Great Charles Street Core 1,943 Dunedin CDI Anderselite GVA / LSH / Savills
7th Floor (front) Charles House, Great Charles Street Core 1,725 Dunedin MBC Law GVA / LSH / Savills
The Lewis Building – part GF, 1F & 2F Core 33,293 L&G Regus GVA / CBRE
3rd Floor, 4 Temple Row Core 3,355 Nurton Developments Bentley Systems JLL / CBRE
Pt 9th Floor, Edmund House Core 1,345 Clearbell Shawbrook Bank Savills / CBRE / GVA
1st Floor, Nelson House, Quay Place Fringe 2,180 Columbia Threadneedle Premier Group Recruitment JLL / CBRE
Pt 2nd Floor, 9 Colmore Row Core 4,750 BNP Paribas Real Estate St Joseph Homes (Berkeley) KWB / Savills
17th & Part 18th Floors, McLaren Fringe 7,329 Bruntwood London School of Commerce JLL / C&W / Savills
6th Floor, McLaren Building Fringe 5,750 Bruntwood Kier JLL / C&W / Savills
Part 5th Floor, McLaren Building Fringe 534 Bruntwood Activia Training JLL / C&W / Savills
Guildhall Fringe 435 Oval Guildhall Ltd Vincent Yee Solicitors C&W and KWB
Part 9th floor, 1 Victoria Square Core 4,025 Salmon Opportunity Fund Statcrar C&W
8th Floor, 60 Church Street (Embassy House) Core 4,235 Catalyst Trinity Mirror GVA and C&W
55 Colmore Row Core 30,808 IM RICS CBRE and Savills
Part 9th floor, Bank House Core 1,075 Omaha Guernsey M-EC C&W and Savills
3 Vicarage Road Edgbaston 2,065 Mr Checketts Edwards Trust PPRE
22 Gas Street Fringe 1,511 Kames Capital Carl Zeiss Vision Savills
Assay Studios Fringe 4,623 TCN UK Ltd Bluetel CBRE
Assay Studios Fringe 213 TCN UK Ltd Women’s Consortium CBRE
Assay Studios Fringe 1,448 TCN UK Ltd RSA CBRE
Assay Studios Fringe 334 TCN UK Ltd Impero London CBRE
Part 3rd Floor, 2 Colmore Square Core 4,192 Nurton Developments Blackcat Technology Solutions CBRE / GVA
3rd Floor, 10 Colmore Row Core 3,600 CBRE GI Trowers & Hamlin Savills / CBRE
One Snowhill Core 2,800 Union RE Capital Dynamics Knight Frank / Savills
7th Floor, Cornerblock Core 8,055 Bruntwood Ramboll GVA / Savills / CBRE
12th Floor, Cobalt Square, Hagley Road Edgbaston 4,256 MCR Prospects Vail Williams / KWB
Suite 1.04 Imperial & Whitehall Core 223 Hortons Estate Stentongate Property Investments Limited LSH/Johnson Fellows
Suite 1.06 Imperial & Whitehall Core 275 Hortons Estate Paragon Interiors Group plc LSH/Johnson Fellows
Suite F02 50 Newhall Street Core 157 Peter Maddox & Associates Mrs H McCartney
Part 1st Floor, 4 Temple Row Core 2,650 Nurton Developments Push Doctor CBRE / JLL
9 Brindleyplace Fringe 2,486 HSBC Odgers GVA / Savills
14 Legge Lane Fringe 350 P Roscoe-Marks Clarke West LLP Mason Young PC
93a Hagley Road Fringe 1,150 S&N Parwana Property ZA Telecoms Ltd Mason Young PC
38-40 Hylton St Fringe 784 Davran Jewellery Ltd Mulchand (UK) Ltd Mason Young PC
The Mansion, 27 Frederick St Fringe 1,019 B Dylon L G Properties UK Ltd Mason Young PC
Pt LG, 5th & 6th Floor, Lombard House Core 9,790 Longmead Capital Tonik Energy JLL / Johnson Fellows
Edmund House – 10th floor Core 6,302 Clearbell Capital Acturis Savills/CBRE
11 Brindleyplace – Mezz & 5th Floors Fringe 9,843 Cube Real Estate MSO Savills/Colliers
Cornerblock – part 4th Floor Core 2,787 Bruntwood Rethink Recruitment Savills/CBRE/GVA
Alpha Tower -19th Floor Fringe 7,100 CEG Alpha Works Savills/CBRE
part 4th Floor, Cornerblock Core 6,550 Bruntwood Slater Gordon CBRE/Savills/GVA
Part 7th Floor, Cornerblock Core 1,560 Bruntwood FHB Engineering CBRE/Savills/GVA
Part 5th Floor, Cornerblock Core 1,570 Bruntwood BHSF CBRE/Savills/GVA