Mosley Street offices set for transformation

Real estate investor and developer Boultbee Brooks Real Estate (BBRE) has secured planning permission to transform two buildings close to Manchester Art Gallery.Manchester City Council has approved the London firm’s proposals for 67-75 Mosley Street, a 66,047 sq ft development that is being project managed by OBI Property and designed by PRP.The application brings the two buildings together into one address known as 75 Mosley Street. Access to the offices will be via a new central reception and a 7,189 sq ft seventh floor spanning both buildings that includes a small terrace.At ground level, the Bank of China which occupies 2,788 sq ft at 67 Mosley Street will remain, while BBRE has also recently secured a new lease to China Visa Services which is set to take the adjacent 2,549 sq ft unit fronting on to Mosley Street.Two new retail/leisure spaces of 3,512 sq ft and 4,081 sq ft will be created on the Nicholas Street side of 75 Mosley Street, facing the art gallery.The east wing (formerly 73 Mosley Street) will comprise 17,050 sq ft of office space over five floors, while there will be 35,401 sq ft of offices over seven floors in the west wing (formerly 75 Mosley Street).Zerum provided planning advice. The other design team members alongside PRP are: structural engineers Tier; services engineers Reds and Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture. Work is expected to start onsite in autumn 2016 and be complete for the summer of 2017.