Office for sale

151 Dale Street, Liverpool L2

Description

Data room available.

151 Dale Street, originally known as the Blackburn Assurance Company Building, comprises an impressive, prominent Art Deco office building in the heart of Liverpool City Centre, designed by architect William P. Horsburgh in the 1930s. Today, 151 Dale Street is the landmark home to Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (lcvs) and a host of local charities covering the Liverpool City Region.

Externally, the building is an attractive property with a distinguished presence on Dale Street, built with similar materials to the nearby Mersey Tunnel entrance, featuring limestone clad elevations with decorative columns and ornate finishes. Internally, the building includes a stunning full-height cylindrical atrium with stained glass windows, a glazed dome to the roof and a feature spiral staircase throughout, connecting the two principal wings configured in an ‘L’ shape, facing Fontenoy Street and Trueman Street.

The accommodation comprises office suites arranged over basement, ground and four upper floors, served by passenger lifts and a central stairwell.

Floor plates are configured as a mix of open-plan and cellular offices with bookable meeting rooms, conference and staff facilities, a welcome reception area, and communal WCs. The building is fully dda compliant, and there is a secure access car park to the rear of the property.
The specification of the office suites varies but generally includes painted plaster walls with integrated perimeter trunking for power and data distribution, solid concrete floors with carpet-tile finish, suspended ceilings with cat II lighting and inset comfort-cooling air-conditioning.

Office suites contain a mixture of double and singled glazed windows, with secondary glazing installed in a number of suites.

Location

151 Dale Street is located in the heart of Liverpool City Centre’s “Cultural Quarter”, 0.5 miles from St Paul’s Square and Old Hall Street, which is traditionally the centre of Liverpool Central Business District. The property is situated in a mixed-use area with other offices, educational facilities, hotels, bars and restaurants nearby, and is adjacent to a new build purpose-built student accommodation block.

The property benefits from extensive views across neighbouring heritage sites including the Liverpool World Museum, Liverpool Central Library, the Walker Art Gallery, St John’s Gardens and St George’s Hall.

Transport links are excellent with Liverpool Lime Street, Moorfields and Liverpool Central Railway stations and Queens Square bus station all within a 5-to-10-minute walk, serving all of Liverpool and the wider city region. Rail links from Liverpool Lime Street provide travel across England, Scotland and Wales, with a journey time to London in the region of 2 hours. Road links are also very strong, with the Mersey Queensway Tunnel entrance situated opposite the property.