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The business case for the retrofit of existing buildings keeps getting stronger

Workplace Insight

The news last year that the M&S flagship Orchard House store on Oxford Street in London was to be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use development of shops, offices, restaurants and a gym sparked a very British sort of debate about the pros and cons of retrofit and refurbishment. This is M&S after all.

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Manchester is now a major draw for office design firms

Workplace Insight

So successful has the attempt been to reclaim the streets of Manchester that the resident population of the city centre will rise from around 4,500 in 1998 to around 100,000 by 2025. The total number of jobs in the UK increased between 2000 and 2021 by 21 percent. In Manchester, that was 49 percent.

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