A new concierge service is the latest addition to 54 Hagley Road in Edgbaston, as landlords Mercia Real Estate Limited continue to actively invest and add value. Far from seeing new tenants as just another income, they regard occupiers as valuable customers and their treatment of the building has been more akin to that of [...]
STANDFIRST: Mercia Real Estate Limited, an affiliate of US private equity giant, Westbrook Partners paid £11 million to acquire No 54 Hagley Road in May 2009, in the depths of the recession. Mark Donnor, who provides asset management advice to Mercia, explains why the scheme appealed so much. Westbrook is constantly monitoring and assessing potential [...]
Two young garden design students from Somerset, William Brett and Dan Bere, approached companies in the Midlands with a view to obtaining sponsorship to enable them to compete at the RHS Flower Show. We chose to sponsor the young students as we felt that they had been entrepreneurial in their approach to obtain sponsorship in [...]
At a time when success stories are thin on the ground, 54 Hagley Road is rising out of the recession with new owners and a letting to construction and property consultants, Robinson Low Francis (RLF). Joint office agents Jonathan Carmalt from King Sturge and Mark Robinson from GBR have brokered the deal and as Mark [...]
Francis Graves is returning to its roots, over half a century after it was founded in Edgbaston, taking up residence in new offices in 54 Hagley Road. Enjoying a fresh start to the new year, the construction consultants are joining a new raft of property professionals heading back to the green pastures of Edgbaston, following [...]
54 Hagley Road is a prime example of a new class of Grade A office accommodation available in Edgbaston. Now with a new landlord – repositioned rents and flexible new packages are making it a very attractive option to occupiers. US backed, Westbrook Partners are the new owners of 54 Hagley Road and working with [...]
Premium office, coffee shop operator, Caffé Kix, has partnered with 54 Hagley Road to deliver a café and deli bar facility in the upmarket grade A offices in Edgbaston. Due to open early January 2010, 54 Hagley Road is the second site to be opened by Caffé Kix in Birmingham with further planned for the [...]
Birmingham’s accessibility has led 54 Hagley Road to achieve another letting at the Edgbaston based Grade A scheme, luring an occupier across the road to its £15 million refurbished offices. OCLC, previously based in Tricorn House, has signed up for just over 5000sq ft on a 10 year lease, to continue its 20 year presence [...]
At a time when success stories are thin on the ground, 54 Hagley Road is rising out of the recession with new owners and a letting to construction and property consultants, Robinson Low Francis (RLF). Joint office agents Jonathan Carmalt from King Sturge and Mark Robinson from GBR have brokered the deal and as Mark [...]
The latest phase in the evolution of Edgbaston is underway with the £11m refurbishment of iconic office building, 54 Hagley Road, by owners Capital & Counties. Situated in the heart of Edgbaston’s commercial district bounded by Hagley, Harborne and Calthorpe Roads, the upgraded 54 Hagley Road will launch 100,000 sqft of Grade A office space [...]