CHAPEL QUARTER LANDS LATEST OCCUPIER

Office News

One of the largest mix use developments in Nottingham City Centre, Chapel Quarter on Maid Marian Way, has secured its latest tenant and is now fully occupied with the letting of 15,700 sq ft offices to web design and marketing business Adtrak LLP.

The deal will see Adtrak occupy the remaining vacant office space in the building, which is also being linked in to the former Tonic bar and restaurant, to create a unique workplace for the business. Work has already started on the conversion, with the business expected to move in March.

Adtrak currently employ 80 people in the city and the move to new premises will enable them to not only significantly enhance their client experience, but also move forward with the rapid expansion plans that will hopefully see over 100 people employed from the offices initially.

Chapel Quarter is prominently located at the top of Maid Marian Way and is one of the largest mixed use schemes in the City. The building is now fully let with office occupiers including Thomson Reuters, Global Radio and Barclays. Restaurant and leisure occupiers include M10 Fitness, ASK, Mr Manns, Fat Cat, Las Iguanas and Holiday Inn Express.

Adtrak were represented by property consultants FHP, with James Hartley commenting:

“When Adtrak first approached us looking for a new office space, we knew that what they were looking for was going to challenge our acquisition skills to the full. Given the nature of what they do, they were after something unique that would stand out from the crowd. The space also had to be big enough to house their rapid expansions plans. It was not going to be easy.

Luckily enough, given our involvement in Chapel Quarter, we knew there was such an opportunity lurking in the Nottingham office market. With the kind of imagination and flare that Adtrak rely on in their day to day work, they were able to see what the combination of a traditional office mixed with a restaurant could offer them with the right amount of refurbishment work.

I can’t wait to see the space finished I think that it is going to offer Chris and his staff a fantastic working environment and something that their clients and visitors will only be impressed by.”

James Keeton of Jones Lang LaSalle, joint letting agents on the building commented:

“We managed to come up with an innovative solution to meet the requirements of Adtrak for a city centre location by combining two very different spaces to deliver the volume of space required, whilst at the same time, maintaining their requirement for high quality office and ancillary space.

Chapel Quarter already has a high quality of tenant mix and this will be very much complimented by the arrival of Adtrak. Their proposals will create unique office space in the city and a true reflection of the ethos of the business.”

Chris Robinson, Managing Director of Adtrak, added:

The new 15,700 square feet of inner city office space, which is spread over 3 floors, represents Adtrak’s commitment to further expanding our national web design and internet marketing operations from Nottingham.

We will be installing innovative work spaces, meeting areas, breakout zones, Gym facilities and new photography studio which will encapsulate a creative environment that reflects our business culture.

Once the offices have been fully redeveloped, they will offer our staff and clients a unique, modern environment to work from and allow us to further build on our success to date.

We hope to expand Adtrak’s staff levels from 80 to up to 130 over the next two to three years and the new office in Nottingham city centre will provide us with the perfect space to execute our expansion plans.

Adtrak will move in to Chapel Quarter at the beginning of March 2014.

I would like to say a big thank you to James Hartley from FHP, James Longden of the Stainton Group and to Structural Interiors for all their help in developing the Chapel Quarter and Tonic premises.