Bruntwood

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Bruntwood Ltd
TypePrivate
Industry Property
Founded1976
FounderMichael Oglesby [1]
Headquarters Manchester, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Chris Oglesby (Chief executive)
  • Michael Oglesby (Chairman)
  • Steven McKiernan (COO)
  • Kate Lawlor (CEO Bruntwood SciTech)
  • Ciara Keeling (CEO Bruntwood Works)
Products Office space
Revenue£160.1 million (2019) [2]
Number of employees
700 [3]
Parent Bruntwood Group Ltd
Subsidiaries Bruntwood SciTech; Bruntwood Works
Website bruntwood.co.uk

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.

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Bruntwood's portfolio of over 100 properties is worth over one billion pounds [4] and includes over 560,000 square metres (6,000,000 sq ft) 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

Manchester city centre

Greater Manchester and Cheshire

Glasgow

Liverpool

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