Katy Leeson, former MD at Social Chain, and her business partner, Kate Brown, have decided to close Blank Space Content Studio, in Manchester.
Located on Portland Street, the pair opened the facility last year to offer a flexible, modern home for content creation and brand events.
The purpose-built venue featured five versatile content zones, including a TikTok Live suite and podcast studio but it will close its doors this week.
Leeson, a former MD of Social Chain who now works as a creative strategist and speaker, said: 鈥淭his studio has been one of the biggest learning curves of my life, and I鈥檓 so proud of everything we built, the incredible community, the clients who believed in us, the creative work we brought to life.
鈥淭he truth is, the studio evolved into something different than we鈥檇 envisioned, more community-led, which was wonderful but pulled us away from our core purpose.
鈥淩ather than compromise on the care, consistency and service we鈥檙e committed to, we鈥檙e choosing to channel that energy into our individual businesses instead.
鈥淎 huge thank you to Bruntwood SciTech, who have been an incredible partner over this journey.
鈥淭o everyone who supported us, whether you booked with us, spread the word, or just cheered us on, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You made this worthwhile.鈥�
Brown also took to LinkedIn to explain they鈥檇 decided to close Blank Spare Content Studios 鈥榓fter a lot of thought鈥�.
Closing its doors: Blank Space Content Studio’s co-founders Katy Leeson and Kate Brown
The experienced brand marketer and content strategist wrote: 鈥淏lank Space began as an idea for a content studio. Very quickly, it grew into something much bigger – a community-led space filled with shoots, launches, events, conversations and connection.
鈥淚鈥檓 incredibly proud of what we built in a short space of time. As the studio evolved, so did the role we were playing within it.
鈥淩unning a physical, community-first space became very different from what we originally set out to build – and it reached a point where continuing would have meant stretching ourselves in ways that didn鈥檛 allow the space to be led with the level of care, energy and focus it deserved.
鈥淭his decision isn鈥檛 about stepping away from community – if anything, it鈥檚 the opposite.
鈥淚鈥檓 really excited to be back on the other side: organising, collaborating, and supporting community-led events, rather than facilitating the physical space itself. Community has always been at the heart of my work, and that isn鈥檛 changing.
鈥淔or me personally, this means returning my full focus to marketing consultancy – working closely with founders and brands on strategy, storytelling and growth – while leaving space for whatever the next venture looks like, when the time is right.
鈥淪ometimes growth isn鈥檛 about adding more – it鈥檚 about choosing where to focus.鈥�
Brown ended by thanking Blank Space鈥檚 partners Bruntwood SciTech, LOFT.uk and William Wood.