Starling Bank has signed a 10-year lease for the fifth floor of Landmark office development in Manchester city centre.
Spanning 14,000 sq ft, the new workspace will be the digital bank’s fourth in the UK and first in Manchester.
The move comes as the firm is set to create 1,000 new jobs in the city to support its next phase of growth. Starling has opened more than 3.5m accounts and launched its software-as-a-service offering, Engine by Starling.
Susanna Yallop, chief people officer at Starling, said: “We’ve had some applications for our roles in Manchester already, affirming the city’s place as the tech capital of the North. We want to offer our talent the best of the best; the facilities at Landmark made it the obvious choice for us.”
Other occupiers in Landmark, which measures around 180,000 sq ft, include Santander, Xero, HSBC, Allianz Insurance, Grant Thornton JLL and social enterprise Change Please.
Ian Mayhew, managing director of UK asset management at Barings, said: “The leasing momentum continues into 2023 as we were able to deliver a working environment for a range of innovative and market-leading businesses.”
Leasing agents for Barings were CBRE and Colliers. Starling Bank was advised by JLL.
See also: Manchester’s Landmark: creating a buzz and Grant Thornton’s office hunt: ‘It’s still the centre of gravity’
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