City trio feature among best Midland workplaces
A TRIO of buildings in Birmingham city centre have won regional awards.
Centre City, Energy Systems Catapult and The Colmore Building have been recognised as some of the best workplaces in the Midlands and central England at the annual British Council for Offices (BCO) regional awards.
They will now go forward national BCO awards in October.
Centre City, in Hill Street, gained the award for best commercial workplace following a redevelopment by owner Bruntwood. The judging panel said the 1975 building had been brought back to life by the renovation and had maximised commercial appeal with typical rental increases of 160 per cent since the redevelopment.
Energy Systems Catapult, a workspace lab based as Cannon House in The Priory Queensway, won the award to the for best fit-out, with judges praising the company ethos to stimulate innovation in energy technologies.
Making up the trio of Birmingham winners is the The Colmore Building which has undergone renovation and rebranding from Colmore Plaza following its acquisition by AshbyCapital.
BCO judges praised the £3.3 million enhancement programme which has turned a “good but tired building into a great, modern base for businesses” with a new cycle hub and ground-floor café among the works carried out. The other winners were: Best corporate workplace: Marston’s House, Wolverhampton
Projects up to 1,500m²: Weald Club, Huntingdon
Best refurbished and recycled workplace: The Officers’ Mess Business Centre, Cambridge Alconbury