The McLaren Building

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McLaren
McLaren Building 1.jpg
McLaren in 2012
The McLaren Building
General information
Type Office
Architectural style Modern
Address46 Priory Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7LR
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Coordinates 52°28′55.46″N1°53′32.31″W / 52.4820722°N 1.8923083°W / 52.4820722; -1.8923083
Completed1972
Renovated2009
Renovation cost£7.5 million
Owner Bruntwood
Height69 metres (226 ft)
Technical details
Floor count21
Floor area115,000 sq ft
Lifts/elevators4
Design and construction
Architecture firmPaul Bonham Associates

McLaren is a 69-metre, 21 storey tall office building in Birmingham, England. It was designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972. [1] It is situated by the Masshouse and Martineau Galleries redevelopment sites. The entrance is on Priory Queensway.

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Originally it housed part of the staff training department of Midland Bank, now HSBC.

Space was initially hard to let because the building was located away from the city's main office area. [2] The West Midlands area Health and Safety Executive had moved from Somerset House by February 1978, [3] and was the main tenant having taken 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of the total 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) available. [2]

The building is owned by property company Bruntwood who purchased it from the Birmingham Alliance in 2008. [4] In 2009 the building was renovated [5] and its exterior glazing given a fresh look.

Tenants

See also

List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands

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References

  1. "McLaren Building, Masshouse Circus, Birmingham". RIBApix. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Raymer, Paul (13 September 1979). "Business begins to boom for the blocks built beyond the fringe" . The Birmingham Post . p. 12. Retrieved 12 May 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Notice: H.M. Factory Inspectorate's area office has moved" . Birmingham Evening Mail . 23 February 1978. p. 45. Retrieved 12 May 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Bruntwood buy McLaren building, Bruntwood, 5 March 2008, retrieved 14 July 2011
  5. Young, Graham (2 June 2018). "The buildings you see every day but don't know what they are". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 13 May 2024.