Bruntwood Explained

Bruntwood Ltd
Type:	Private
Foundation:	1976
Founder:	Michael Oglesby^[1]
Location:	Manchester, United Kingdom
Industry:	Property
Products:	Office space
Revenue:	£160.1 million (2019)^[2]
Num Employees:	700^[3]
Parent:	Bruntwood Group Ltd
Subsid:	Bruntwood SciTech; Bruntwood Works

Bruntwood is a family-owned property company offering office space, serviced offices, retail space and virtual offices in the north of England and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. They own several high-profile buildings in the Manchester area, as well as in Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham.

Bruntwood's portfolio of over 100 properties is worth over one billion pounds^[4] and includes over 560000m2 of floorspace.^[5]

In October 2018, Bruntwood announced a 50:50 partnership with Legal & General Capital focussed on science and technology in regional cities. The new partnership has been named Bruntwood SciTech. Interests include Circle Square and Alderley Park.^{[6] [7]}

Alongside the creation of Bruntwood SciTech, the core work space assets were ring fenced into a business named Bruntwood Works, specialising in different types of workspace products from coworking and serviced offices to traditional leased offices.^[8]

Properties

Notable properties in the Bruntwood group include:

Birmingham

• Centre City Tower
• The McLaren Building

Manchester city centre

• 111 Piccadilly
• Afflecks
• Bank Chambers
• Manchester One
• St. James Buildings

Greater Manchester and Cheshire

• Millennium House, Stockport
• Abney Hall, Cheadle
• Alderley Park

Glasgow

• Met Tower

Liverpool

• Cotton Exchange
• Oriel Chambers
• The Plaza

Notes and References

1. News: Begum . Shelina . Bruntwood founder Michael Oglesby has died . Manchester Evening News . 21 November 2019.
2. Web site: North west property giant enjoys bumper year as revenues grow to £160m. 7 January 2020.
3. Web site: Bruntwood Limited - Company Profile - Endole .
4. Web site: Our performance . Bruntwood . March 2, 2013.
5. Web site: Annual Review 2018 . Bruntwood . 16 February 2020 . en.
6. Web site: Hatcher . David . Bruntwood and Legal & General form £1.8bn SciTech jv . Radius Data Exchange . 5 October 2018.
7. Web site: UK's largest science and technology property partnership formed between Legal & General and Bruntwood . Bruntwood . 16 February 2020 . en.
8. Web site: Works . Bruntwood . 16 February 2020 . en.