A new flexible work hub has opened in a former council building in Birmingham city centre.
Operator Re-defined is running the new workspace in the grade II-listed Louisa Ryland House, in Newhall Street, and has also partnered with its neighbour, Birmingham School of Fine Art, to provide a showcase for ten students' work.
It is offering pay-as-you-go desk space and short-term leases for companies with up to 100 staff, across 35,000 sq ft of newly revamped office space over four floors.
There are also meeting rooms, kitchens, breakout spaces and private receptions, a 2,500 sq ft coffee bar and business lounge, a 60-seat conference space, a training room and a 120-capacity lounge.
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Brand agency Leap, property firm Places for People and corporate advisory practice Debrett's have already agreed terms for space there.
Separately, QA Higher Education struck a deal for 45,000 sq ft of space across five floors of the building earlier this year.
Damon Morris, general manager of London-based Re-defined, said: "It's great to be able to offer occupiers an opportunity to immediately enhance their brand through their location choice. This is one of only a handful of venues in Birmingham that is capable of hosting events at this scale."
Louisa Ryland House was built in 1882 and is named after the heiress and benefactor who left large areas of land to the city, including the sites which became Cannon Hill Park and Small Heath Park.
It is actually a cluster of three separate Victorian buildings on land bounded by Edmund Street and Cornwall Street - the Medical Institute, the Board School Offices and the Parish Offices.
They underwent redevelopment work during the 1980s after which only the façades and offices behind were retained, with Birmingham City Council eventually vacating the premises in 2012.
Euro Property Investments acquired the complex in 2014 in a rumoured £7 million deal since when it has been the subject of different renovation plans including a mix of offices and dining out and later a hotel.
In 2019, a major deal was struck for the entire 86,000 sq ft building with US firm WeWork to create new co-working facilities and flexible office space but this never came to fruition.
