LAW firm Pinsent Masons has agreed to lease more than 31,000 sq ft of Grade A office space in the Aurora building at 120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow.
Pinsent Masons will join other tenants including PwC, News UK and energy company SSE. On-site amenities at Aurora include a 4,000 sq ft rooftop terrace, reception with flexible meeting spaces, a new café space, auditorium facilities, town hall meeting space, a podcast studio, wellness area and fitness studio, and 200 cycle racks with changing facilities and showers.
Aurora’s environmental credentials including net zero carbon in operation and a focus on a biophilic design are said to help set the building apart as Glasgow’s ‘most sustainable office’.
Pinsent Masons’ 300-plus lawyers and support staff will be located on the first and fourth floors of the building after agreeing a 10-year lease with an option to extend for a further five years.
Barry McCaig, partner and head of Glasgow at the law firm, said, “Aurora’s location is excellent, the facilities are second-to-none and we are very much looking forward to continuing to represent our clients from our new home in the heart of Glasgow’s financial district. Aurora’s development manager, HFD Property Group, is a long-term client of our firm and our strong relationship will ensure a seamless move once a state-of-the-art fit-out project has been completed.”
Property owner Forma’s head of asset management, Ben Dickins, added, “We’re delighted to welcome Pinsent Masons to Aurora who join our growing list of high calibre corporate occupiers at Glasgow’s most sustainable office refurbishment. Aurora provides an unrivalled level of sustainability, occupier amenity, efficiency and location and clearly deliverability was paramount.
“It was a pleasure to work collaboratively with the Pinsent Masons team to conclude matters so quickly. We look forward to them completing their fit-out in due course and enjoying the wide range of quality on-site amenities available at the development.”
Pinsent Masons and Orion have mutually agreed to terminate the lease agreement for Lucent, 50 Bothwell Street, Glasgow.
