Grade A office
space to Enjoy
Bring your business here and you’ll be joining an impressive line-up of high profile companies and you’ll be surrounded by brilliant amenities, with cafés, bars, restaurants, car parking, a hotel and HOME, Manchester’s international centre for contemporary art, theatre and film.
Getting here couldn’t be easier. With Oxford Road station just 250m away, the city’s second busiest station has over 8.3 million commuters a year whilst the adjacent Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop provides direct tram routes to 70 out of the 93 stations throughout Greater Manchester carrying 50,000 passengers daily.
THE BUILDING
INSIDE AND OUT
Built from attractive, high quality materials, No.8 is a new kind of workplace, a new landmark in the city, and supports First Street’s lead in creating 21st century ways of urban working and living.No.8 delivers 170,000ft² of Grade A BREEAM Excellent office accommodation over six floors, with unrivalled 26,500ft², largely column free floorplates, offering flexible layouts and generously proportioned office space.
The building has an architecturally responsive façade, sympathetic to its neighbours and works effectively both in its immediate environment and in the wider townscape.
ODEON, Willis Towers Watson and WSP have already taken up residency in No.8.
Reception
With stunning gold mesh feature walls and a polished concrete floor, the 4.88m high reception area has been designed not only as a meet and greet area but also a space for collaborative working or just enjoying a coffee with colleagues.
commute
For those who cycle or run to work, No.8 has 160 bike racks plus 17 male and female showers (8 male, 8 female and 1 disabled) on the ground floor with 172 lockers (86 male and 86 female).
First Street also has a 700 space Q-Park managed car park only a few minutes’ walk from No.8.
Specification
- Occupation levels: 1:8m²
- Suspended metal ceilings with compliant lighting
- Full access raised floor
- Extensive riser space for tenants fit out
- Full VRF heating and cooling system
- 5 hybrid destination control lifts
- Excellent BREEAM rating
- Energy performance rating: B
- Ratio of 1 car park space per 1,500ft²
- Dedicated loading bay and service area
- Space provision for tenants standby generator
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY. WIRED CERTIFIED.
No.8 First Street is certified as Wired Score Gold. To provide resilience the building has incoming containment to three different locations and the following fibre-optic suppliers have confirmed their availability for future tenants:
- Virgin
- M24Seven
- BT Openreach
First Street also offers a Metronet wireless (point to point) data connection which can be extended under application to provide an additional data connection option and/or resilience option.
WELL MANAGED. AFFORDABLE. DESIRABLE. SUSTAINABLE.
First Street offers a high quality, secure, well managed and sustainable environment, with a 24/7 uniformed security team supported by an advanced CCTV system.
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