Please refer to the tenancy schedule below. Full copies of the lease agreements can found within the legal pack.
Invited Opening Bid £3,800,000
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The property comprises two adjoining attractive Grade II listed period buildings, which have been extensively refurbished as five ground floor and lower ground floor retail and leisure units and 33 apartments above. In addition there is car parking at mezzanine and first floor level.
The ground and lower ground floor commercial occupiers include a national gym operator - Bannatyne Health Club, a well established Japanese Restaurant - Samsi, the popular Richmond Tea Rooms and the Tribeca Nightclub. 36 Whitworth Street is currently under offer to a coffee operator and this letting is expected to complete prior to the auction.
The upper floors are arranged as 33 apartments that have been sold off on long leases and it should be noted that the sub basement floor of Bannatyne's Health Club (swimming pool) is held by Bannatyne's on a 99 year lease (refer to legal pack).
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Manchester is one of the UK's fastest growing cities and lies within easy reach of the M60, M602, M56 and M6 motorways. The city is well served by public transport with a number of railway stations including Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Oxford Road as well as Metrolink. Furthermore, Manchester International Airport lies about 9 miles south of the city centre.
The property is uniquely placed on the south side of Whitworth Street at its junction with Sackville Street in the heart of Manchester's ever evolving and dynamic city centre. It sits in 'The Village', a hugely vibrant area of the city and is surrounded by a wide variety of historic buildings and numerous bars and restaurants. Directly opposite is Sackville Gardens, a beautiful park bordered by Manchester College's Shena Simon Campus and home to the iconic Alan Turing Memorial statue.
The property is well placed for easy access to Piccadilly and Oxford Road railway stations as well as Piccadilly Gardens Metrolink. Also nearby are the shopping and leisure amenities of Market Street and The Arndale Shopping Centre. This area of the City is seeing a increase in development of offices, commercial outlets and luxury apartments including the likes of 40 Chorlton Street - a 41 bed apart hotel and 55 Portland Street - a 17 storey, 328 bed new build hotel. Also, the recently completed Manchester New Square development is within close proximity on the corner of Whitworth Street and Princess Street comprising three blocks of 15, 14 and 12 storeys, delivering 351 apartments.
Please refer to the tenancy schedule below. Full copies of the lease agreements can found within the legal pack.
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