{"id":6101449,"date":"2025-06-27T11:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/?p=6101449"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:16:45","slug":"circle-square-manchester-ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/circle-square-manchester-ne\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Square: Manchester&#8217;s &#8216;most intriguing&#8217; neighbourhood attracting big business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Yet another new neighbourhood causing a stir in Manchester, Circle Square has provided an exciting boost to the city centre.<\/h2>\n<p>Circle Square is a vibrant area that forms part of Manchester&#8217;s Oxford Road Corridor, which has been hailed as the most important economic area within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/manchester-property-10year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Generating around \u00a33bn gross value added (GVA) per year and accounting for an estimated 20% of Manchester&#8217;s economic output, the Oxford Road Corridor is a major target for big businesses, new developments, and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Within this zone, the multi-million Circle Square has been a crucial part of the corridor&#8217;s ongoing regeneration. Spanning around 2.4 million square feet, it offers a mix of commercial, residential and leisure space, and has quickly become one of the most investable neighbourhoods in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Benefitting from a brand-new city park &#8211; Symphony Park &#8211; along with a wide range of shops, bars, restaurants and amenities, its position just minutes from Oxford Road and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/manchester-property-transpo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piccadilly train stations<\/a> makes it an enticing option for property investors who can capitalise on the strong demand from the city&#8217;s growing number of tenants.<\/p>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s moved into Circle Square so far?<\/h3>\n<p>Food retailers and restaurants have identified the opportunity in this part of town, with some major names moving in to take advantage of the rising footfall and making it a popular destination for dining.<\/p>\n<p>These include the likes of Hello Oriental, described as a &#8220;three-story Asian food emporium&#8221;; Onda Pasta Bar offering a laid back atmosphere and top-rated food; North Taproom bringing craft beer in a sociable space; and Half Dozen other, a new bakery and pastry kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Some other major businesses have also recently decided to call Circle Square home. Earlier this month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bruntwood.co.uk\/news\/uks-data-regulator-commits-to-manchesters-circle-square-in-landmark-hq-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office (ICO)<\/a> announced it would move its headquarters to a 20,000 sq ft office space there, within Bruntwood SciTech\u2019s No.3 Circle Square.<\/p>\n<p>This will allow it to capitalise on Manchester&#8217;s thriving and highly skilled talent pool, including the large number of graduates that stay on in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Global sportswear brand Puma is also relocating to the same building, along with digital automotive marketplace Auto Trader, which will take seven floors.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Puma&#8217;s move to Circle Square, Lucynda Davies, UK and Ireland managing director, said: \u201cThe move to Circle Square and state-of-the-art facilities on offer forms a key part of our strategy for providing PUMA\u2019s employees with a first class working environment with top facilities and amenities. All whilst being at the centre of a community which offers leading technology, fashion, AI and innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Avalere Health, Roku, BlueSkeye AI, and HP Enterprise are all already located in the neighbourhood, along with multiple startups and scale-up businesses.<\/p>\n<h3>Investing in Manchester<\/h3>\n<p>The city of Manchester continues to grow in importance as a place to set up business and invest, with a continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/manchester-property-10year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wider political focus<\/a> on promoting opportunities away from London in the North of England.<\/p>\n<p>The growth and ambition of the Circle Square development, which also includes the creation of 650 new homes, have led to it being labelled the &#8220;most intriguing&#8221; new neighbourhood by the council.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of residents have already moved in, and with ongoing regeneration and a boost in job opportunities, property prices in this part of town are set to accelerate along with the rise in demand from buyers.<\/p>\n<p>For investors, Manchester has long since overtaken London as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/locations\/manchester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">key property investment target<\/a>, with stronger capital appreciation in the city than in most of the rest of the UK, along with some of the most attractive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/manchester-property-investment-yields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reliable rental returns for landlords<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city recently registered the biggest rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/limited-company-manchester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limited company landlords<\/a> alongside Liverpool, demonstrating the long-term growth of investor appetite in the Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re looking to invest in property in Manchester, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch with BuyAssociation today<\/a> to find out about our current and upcoming projects. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/uk-property-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">browse a selection of our investment opportunities here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep up to date with the latest property news and trends on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Property News pages<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another new neighbourhood causing a stir in Manchester, Circle Square has provided an exciting boost to the city centre. Circle Square is a vibrant area that forms part of Manchester&#8217;s Oxford Road Corridor, which has been hailed as the most important economic area within Greater Manchester. Generating around \u00a33bn gross value added (GVA) per<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/circle-square-manchester-ne\/\" title=\"ReadCircle Square: Manchester&#8217;s &#8216;most intriguing&#8217; neighbourhood attracting big business\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":6101457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,61,4,42],"tags":[122,77,324,754],"class_list":["post-6101449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester","category-construction","category-investment","category-regeneration","tag-development","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-city-centre","tag-project"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6101449"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6101456,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101449\/revisions\/6101456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6101457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6101449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6101449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6101449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}