McLaren is a 69-metre, 21 storey tall office building in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
,
England
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. Designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972, it is a thin brown office building and currently the 16th tallest occupied building in Birmingham.
Originally it housed part of the staff training department of Midland Bank, now
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
. The building is owned by property company
Bruntwood
Bruntwood is a family-owned property company offering office space, serviced offices, retail space and virtual offices in the north of England and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. They own several high-profile buildings in the Manchester area, as ...
who purchased it from the Birmingham Alliance in 2008.
It is situated on the edge of two
redevelopment
Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses. It represents a process of land development uses to revitalize the physical, economic and social fabric of urban space.
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Variations on redevelopment include: ...
sites to the south and east.
Masshouse
Masshouse is a development site in Birmingham, United Kingdom where 13 highrise blocks are being constructed for public services, commerce and residential purposes. When completed, the blocks will have a prominent position on the Eastside skylin ...
to the east and
Martineau Galleries
Martineau Galleries is a proposed mixed-use development for Birmingham, England which was shelved in 2009 but re-approved in 2020. It was to connect the Eastside to the city centre core, a major retail area.
History
Pre-1960s development
...
to the south are due to be redeveloped at some time in the future. The entrance is on Priory Queensway, and near the junction with Moor Street Queensway. During 2009 the building was renovated with its exterior glazing given a fresh look. As at December 2012 the building was 65% occupied.
Tenants
*Managed Enterprise Technologies Ltd/METCloud
*Cartwright King - corporate and criminal defence solicitors
*Central and West Birmingham Victim Support
*
Driving Standards Agency
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) was an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).
DSA promoted road safety in Great Britain by improving driving and motorcycling standards. It set standards for education and training, as wel ...
- the Birmingham Theory Test Centre
*Sigma Financial Group Ltd
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UNISON
In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. ''Rhythmic unison'' is another term for homorhythm.
Definition
Unison or per ...
- public sector trade union
*Select Energy Group Ltd
*Estio Training
References
External links
Bruntwood: McLaren BuildingEmporis entrySkyscrapernews entryRIBApix image 1978
Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands
Unison (trade union)
Modernist architecture in England
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