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Why Manchester’s Workers Are Fleeing Their Homes and Flocking Back to the Office
18 October 2024I remember sitting up in bed at university, about to log into my first online lecture. After a summer of lockdowns and minimal social interaction, getting back to university felt like a relief. While Covid had plenty of downsides, one silver lining seemed to be the end of mandatory in-person lectures. I rolled out of […]
Channel 4 signs on for St Michael’s
16 October 2024OBI is delighted to confirm that all of the office space at the forthcoming £120m Manchester office block from Gary Neville’s Relentless Developments has now been pre-let. Channel 4 has taken a 10-year lease for 12,293 sq ft at St Michael’s eighth floor, sharing half of the floor with Pinsent Mason. When the building completes […]
The New UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard: What It Means for the Real Estate Industry
10 October 2024In 2020, OBI published a paper titled “Building Accreditations – A Developer’s Guide”. At the time, building design was evolving rapidly on the back of the pandemic, with landlords, investors and developers unsure which would be valued by the occupational market and the impact that they would have on rental value, void periods and the […]