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McLaren is a 69-metre, 21 storey tall office building in
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. It was designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972. It is situated by the
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sites. The entrance is on Priory Queensway. Originally it housed part of the staff training department of Midland Bank, now
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. Space was initially hard to let because the building was located away from the city's main office area. The West Midlands area
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had moved from Somerset House by February 1978, and was the main tenant having taken of the total available. The building is owned by property company
Bruntwood Bruntwood is a family-owned property company offering office space, serviced offices, retail space and virtual offices in the north of England and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. They own several high-profile buildings in the Manchester area, as ...
who purchased it from the Birmingham Alliance in 2008. In 2009 the building was renovated and its exterior glazing given a fresh look.


Tenants

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List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands This list of the tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Birmingham metropolitan area, Metropolitan Area, West Midlands (region), West Midlands ranks buildings and free-standing structures by height, based on standard height measu ...


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