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Oxford Place Village West Blackfriars Road – 113-115 Portland Street 117-119 Portland Street 127 Portland Street Oxford Place Village West Blackfriars Road Victoria Station Rochdale Road Miller Street ANCOATS Swan Street Shudehill Oldham Road Trinity Way Chapel Street Withy Grove NORTHERN Blackfriars Road Exchange QUARTER Square Great Ancoats Street NEW EXCHANGE ISLINGTON SQUARE Thomas Street Blackfriars Street Tib Street ARNDALE CENTRE Oldham Street St Mary’s Gate Welcome to Church Street Lever Street Salford Central Station West Village Market Street ST ANNE’S Newton Street SQUARE Market Street At the junction of Portland Street and Oxford Street in Deansgate Manchester City Centre there are four Victorian warehousesMarble Steet that are home to a growing number Fountain Street Great Ancoats Street King Street of like‑minded, forward‑thinking Bridge Street Dale Street Spring Gardens PICCADILLY Kingfreelancers, Street start‑ups and GARDENS established small and mediumYork Street Piccadilly Gardens John Dalton Street Liverpool Street entrepreneurs. Trinity Way These businesses not only influence how these Piccadilly buildings work but also give each address its own personality. They reflect how modern businesses New York Street SPINNINGFIELDS operate and have shown us how we needed to adapt Queen Street Brazennose Street the buildings and the spaces within them to service those requirements. Hardman Street Ducie Street Aytoun Street Lloyd Street ALBERT Mosley Street SQUARE Deansgate 1 113-115 Portland Street Jackson’s Row 2 117-119 Portland Street Minshull Street CHINATOWN Join the West Village community 127 Portland Street Portland Street Quay Street 3 By choosing West Village as the home for your business, you get more than ‘just an office’. Store Street St Peter’s 4 Oxford Place Piccadilly Approach Square Princess Street We’re passionate about creating a place where our Mount Street customers not only want to be but a place where Peter Street they want to stay. Central Library We certainly don’t want to occupy your social calendar seven days a week but throughout the St Peter’s Square year we will offer networking, Piccadillycultural, wellness and Bloom Street Regent Road GAY fitness opportunities for you to getStation involved in. VILLAGE Sackville Street This could be anything from a night out at the theatre to an underground beer festival in the car park at 127 Portland Street. Portland Street Princess Street PICCADILLY STATION Deansgate Most of us are guilty of never meeting the people 1 we work alongside every day but with like-minded 2 people right on your doorstep it makesFairfield sense Street to get to know each other better. Who knows, you might 3 Whitworth Street West Liverpool Road West Village find a new customer, supplier or client along the way. 4 MANCHESTER Oxford Road CENTRAL Deansgate-Castlefield Whitworth Street West Deansgate Albion Street Station Oxford Road Station Princess Street Charles Street Mancunian Way Medlock Street FIRST Chester Road STREET Oxford Road Chester Road ARDWICK Mancunian Way Chester Road Mancunian Way Cornbrook HULME Stretford Road Chorlton Road Chester Road Stretford Road 113‑115 Portland Street Meet the first member of the West Village family. 113‑115 Portland Street is a stunning, 22,500 sq ft, red brick office building with a Grade II listed status. On each and every floor you’ll find newly refurbished characterful space that compliments its history beautifully. There are spaces ranging from 850-4,000 sq ft, some with exposed brick and timber beams, and others with sash windows and steel columns. No two spaces are the same. We understand that not all businesses operate from 9-5, Monday to Friday, so you can access the building 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. New shower and changing hub Spin/Wellness Studio Events and community manager 113‑115 Portland Street Wellness basement We’re currently working on a Coming brand new wellness facility at 113‑115 Portland Street, which soon will allow West Village customers to easily factor a workout into their daily routine. This spacious new spin studio will be operated by one of Manchester’s premium independent training brands and feature high spec showers and changing facilities Showers Changing facilities Lockers Fitness studio 117‑119 Portland Street This 35,000 sq ft building is currently fully let and is now home to the Dentsu Aegis Network, with a different one of their network brands on each floor. As a self-contained customer, they have street-level branding, their own dedicated reception area and a Takk coffee shop. We worked closely with them to inject their own personality into the spaces. Takk Coffee shop 127 Portland Street Manned reception Onsite car parking Much like the other buildings With exposed bricks, beams and original wooden flooring, we’ve in West Village the workspaces created the perfect blank canvas have been stripped back to for any customer to use as a back expose original features, adding drop for their future home. character and personality. Home of Social Chain and a whole host of other creative minds, each and every space has been designed with the customer in mind, to inspire and encourage collaboration. 127 Portland Street 3D Tour Oxford Place Be inspired in an industrial‑ cool workspace on our West Village campus. A vibrant community in a Victorian warehouse, Oxford Place has undergone a dramatic transformation and now offers a fully-refurbished reception area and high- spec workspaces. One of our four ‘West Village’ buildings on Oxford Street and Portland Street, the building is a stone’s throw from Oxford Road train station and St Peters Square is only a few streets away, making this an ideal location for commuting colleagues and clients. Grade II listed building Dog‑friendly spaces Ditto Coffee is an evolution of As in all of Ditto’s stores, there's worldwide music distribution an "Artist Dropbox" which Company 'Ditto Music'. encourages local musicians to share their music, and each Coffee was what powered month an artist is picked for free founders, Matt and Lee Parsons distribution services from Ditto through the day when they were Music, with acoustic artists also setting up Ditto Music. The brand invited to play in store. now supports over 150,000 artists around the globe and the pair have experienced coffee all over the world. It was falling in love with Melbourne’s famous coffee culture that inspired them to take the leap and create a dedicated coffee side to the business. Ditto Coffee brings the brothers’ two greatest passions together, creating an environment to support independent musicians and enjoy excellent coffee. Ditto Coffee shop Live Music Community events Blackfriars Road Victoria Station Rochdale Road Miller Street ANCOATS Swan Street Shudehill Oldham Road Trinity Way Chapel Street Withy Grove NORTHERN Blackfriars Road Exchange QUARTER Square Great Ancoats Street NEW EXCHANGE ISLINGTON SQUARE Thomas Street Blackfriars Street Tib Street ARNDALE CENTRE Oldham Street St Mary’s Gate Church Street Lever Street Blackfriars Road Salford Central Station Market Street ST ANNE’S Newton Street Victoria SQUARE Station Rochdale Road Market Miller Street Working in the Street ANCOATS Deansgate heart of the city Swan Street Shudehill Oldham Road Marble Steet Trinity Way Chapel Street Withy Grove NORTHERN Fountain Street Blackfriars Road Exchange QUARTER Great Ancoats Street Square NEW King Street Great Ancoats Street EXCHANGE ISLINGTON SQUARE West Village couldn’t be Thomas Street Blackfriars Street Tib Street Bridge Street Dale Street Spring Gardens PICCADILLY King Street in a better place if it tried. GARDENS ARNDALE CENTRE Oldham Street St Mary’s Gate Piccadilly York Street Church Street Lever Street It’s within walking distance of three train GardensSalford Central John Dalton Street stations, two Metrolink stops, countless Station Liverpool Street Market Street ST ANNE’S Newton Street Trinity Way SQUARE bus stops and can be accessed by car with Market ease too. Street Piccadilly Deansgate Within a short stroll you will stumble across Marble Steet Fountain Street Great Ancoats Street King Street a plethora of bars, restaurants, shops, New York Street Bridge Street 10 PICCADILLY Dale Street Spring Gardens SPINNINGFIELDS theatres and cafes. It really King Street GARDENS York Street Piccadilly Gardens John Dalton Street does haveLiverpool Street it all. Queen Street Brazennose Street Trinity Way Piccadilly Hardman Street Ducie Street 9 New York Street Aytoun Street SPINNINGFIELDS Queen Street Brazennose Street Hardman Street Ducie Street Aytoun Street Lloyd Street ALBERT Mosley Street Lloyd Street ALBERT Mosley Street 1 The Font 12 BrewDog SQUARE SQUARE Deansgate Jackson’s Row Deansgate Minshull Street 2 The Refuge 13 Peveril of the Peak CHINATOWN Jackson’s Row 4 Portland Street Quay Street Store Street St Peter’s Piccadilly Approach 3 The Bridgewater Hall 14 The Briton’s Protection Square Minshull Street Princess Street 12 Mount Street 4 Manchester Art Gallery 15CHINATOWN San Carlo Fumo Peter Street Portland Street 5 Quay Street 5 The Molly House 16 Pizza Express Piccadilly 11 Bloom Street Regent Road GAY Station Store Street VILLAGE 15 Sackville Street St Peter’s 6 Affleck’s 17 Ditto Coffee Piccadilly Approach Portland Street Princess Street PICCADILLY Square STATION 7 HATCH 18 Changos Burritos Deansgate Princess Street Fairfield Street Mount Street 8 McDonald’s 19 R&V Sandwich Shop 12 Whitworth Street West Liverpool Road West Village Peter Street mins 17 9 The Alchemist 20 Gorilla MANCHESTER 8 Oxford Road 19 CENTRAL 3 18 10 Primark
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