Biggest office deal at landmark Bracknell building

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Peter Davison

Training provider iHasco has taken the entire fourth floor of newly refurbished Three Arlington Square in Bracknell’s biggest office letting of the year.

The 9,848 sq ft top floor at Three Arlington Square was taken by iHasco, which was relocating from another location in Bracknell.

iHasco was able to recycle some of the previous occupier’s fit-out and furniture in a sustainable way, enhancing the environmental credentials of the letting and speed of entry.

Vail Williams acted for landlords Orchard Street Investment Management over the building in the heart of Bracknell’s regenerated centre.

Vail Williams Partner Guy Parkes, based in Reading, said: “This is the largest letting in Bracknell so far this year and sets the tone of the post covid revival of South East offices.

“Orchard Street is delivering two more newly refurbished and fitted suites in the building, fully furnished and IT enabled, ready for occupancy by the increasing number of businesses which are now planning to move and provide their employees with better office space.

“Bracknell is a particular focus for companies seeking great accessibility to a wider catchment of staff and talent pool but also good value as fitted office space is available here at a decent discount compared to surrounding markets.”

Three Arlington Square sits around an urban landscaped square, originally modelled on St James’s Square in London with its own pocket park at the heart of the town centre, moments from new Lexicon shopping and leisure complex.

The property, also just five minutes’ walk from Bracknell railway station, features a newly refurbished triple-height reception, full access raised floors, three lifts, air conditioning, natural light and plentiful parking.

Two new suites are currently available of 1,400 sq ft and 2,007 sq ft, fully fitted and furnished as well as a 7,034 sq ft wing available refurbished to suit a specific tenant’s fit-out needs.

Established in 2004, Orchard Street Investment Management LLP is a leading specialist commercial property investment manager, focused on the UK market, and currently has assets under management exceeding £4 billion.

It acts on behalf of institutional clients world-wide to advise on investing in and the active management of property assets, including industrial, retail warehouses, offices and shopping centres. Orchard Street.

iHasco, established 15 years ago, provides health & safety and HR compliance e-learning, offering 140-plus courses and has delivered more than 10 million training sessions.

More than £770 million has been invested in the regeneration of Bracknell Forest. This includes the town centre and improvements across the wider area – making it one of the largest urban regeneration schemes built in the UK.

Vail Williams and Hanover Green advised Orchard Street Investments and OBI acted on behalf of iHasco.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.