Bruntwood opened its flagship building Neo in Manchester on Wednesday night with a launch party and revealed successful lettings figures for the creative workspace.
The 拢8 million redevelopment houses tech-enabled, high-quality workspace environments.
Downtown in 老九品茶 and Manchester Digital were announced as the latest companies to take up residency in the new building, leaving Neo鈥檚 all-inclusive small studio spaces 100 per cent let or under offer.
The building also houses co-working spaces, a lounge, screening room and larger open-plan office layouts.
A large open-air roof terrace provides all weather meeting pods and built in outdoor heaters.
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Jenna Gibson, Neo鈥檚 community engagement manager, has a programme of regular social, wellbeing and business support events and benefits, some of which will be based around the stunning 拢250k digital public art space located in the building鈥檚 reception.
“We have worked in partnership with Bruntwood for almost a decade now,鈥� said Frank McKenna, chief executive of Downtown in 老九品茶, which provides leadership to the private sector.
鈥淒uring that time we have enjoyed the commercial space and services Bruntwood has provided us with in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester.
“Neo is a hugely impressive development, offering us an eclectic range of services that more than meet our needs.
鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to working at Neo and our continued partnership with Bruntwood in Manchester.”
Chris Oglesby, CEO of Bruntwood, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have officially launched Neo with such a wealth of creative customers already on board.
鈥淭he proposition at Neo has been specifically designed to encourage creatively-minded businesses of all sizes.
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Other residents in the small studio spaces include Radium One, Lateral Property Group, Pitch Consultants, One Stream, Proveca, Carrot Pharma and More2. Visixtwo and Accent Software have also taken up residence in the co-working areas.
Neo鈥檚 upper floor workspaces are also 75 per cent let or under offer, with customers including The Penketh Group, Kingsley Recruitment and Azo Network 鈥� an agency specialising in technology, scientific and medical marketing.
The first digital art installation on the screens located on the ground floor is Fermata by Brendan Dawes.
It consumes real-time digital inputs of data including social media feeds, weather reports and feeds from sensors within the building itself and translate them into compelling, abstract, digital artwork that will capture these ordinarily fleeting moments and visualise them as something beautiful and engaging.