Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland will be the latest commercial occupier to take space at Paradise when it moves its Birmingham office from Colmore Row to Three Chamberlain Square in 2027.
Eversheds Sutherland has taken a 15-year lease on two floors in Birmingham’s most sustainable commercial office. The firm’s 500+ strong Birmingham team in Colmore Business District will be joining global firms CBRE, EY and Forvis Mazars, with the building now fully let just over six months since completion.
With a long history in Birmingham, the firm today has over 70 offices across the globe in more than 30 countries, with lawyers advising its international clients on their full-service legal requirements.
Emma King, Eversheds Sutherland’s Senior Office Partner, Birmingham said: “As a global firm that has had a local presence in Birmingham for over a hundred years, we’re immensely proud to be taking a new space in the city for our people and clients that will deliver everything we’re looking for – a net zero carbon future, a flexible and efficient work space to support modern hybrid working, good transport links, and a real destination for our people, clients and visitors.”
The building marks a step change in zero-carbon aspirations for both Paradise and its occupiers, with a host of sustainability and environmental accreditations, including BREEAM Outstanding, NABERS 5* accreditation and Active and Wired Score Platinum ratings. It is championing sustainability and innovation through the very latest design principles, underlining the commitment by Federated Hermes MEPC to deliver pioneering, low carbon and low energy buildings.
Ross Fittall, Commercial Development Director at Paradise developer and asset-manager, MEPC, the specialist development arm of Federated Hermes said: “Attracting another major international occupier like Eversheds Sutherland, alongside more than 50 other successful office occupiers who call the estate home, is a huge vote of confidence in both the approach to and delivery of the estate with its cutting-edge design and highly sustainable approach.
“This move also proves the appeal of Three Chamberlain Square as the most sustainable commercial building in the city and region. It’s a striking building and interfaces wonderfully with the historic Town Hall and new public realm outside the front door and its design fulfils the aims of organisations looking for a step change in sustainability, amenity and carbon footprint for the benefit of its people. But the building is also a recognisable landmark in the heart of the city that occupiers are proud to call home.”
The ten-storey 189,000 sq ft building, designed by award-winning architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) and constructed by Sir Robert McAlpine (SRM), is the latest and most sustainable commercial building in the city, underlining Paradise as the number one commercial destination in the city and the region.
The Paradise redevelopment is being brought forward through Paradise Circus Limited Partnership (PCLP), a private-public joint venture with Birmingham City Council. The private sector funding is being managed by the international business of Federated Hermes Private Markets, which has partnered with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) on the first phase of the development and for One Centenary Way. MEPC is the development and asset manager.
Paradise sits in the country’s largest city centre Enterprise Zone and has already benefited from investment in enabling and infrastructure works.
Image caption (L-R): Emma King of Eversheds Sutherland with Ross Fittall of MEPC.
