Housebuilding giant to join innovative workplace community

A major name in housebuilding is to relocate its Glasgow regional office to one of Scotland’s most enterprising workplace communities later this year.

Barratt Developments, which for the last 17 years has been operating from Buchanan Gate in Stepps on the outskirts of Glasgow, will relocate its West Scotland team to Maxim Park following completion of an office fitout programme in April.

The move comes after the housebuilder, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, signed a 10-year lease on 9,000 sq.ft of office space within the third floor of Maxim 7 with landlord, Shelborn Asset Management.

All aspects of business support for Barratt Development’s West Scotland division will be carried out from the new office, including land, design, engineering, sales and construction administration, finance, and customer care.

The 80-strong team is looking forward to enjoying the “fabulous on-site facilities” that Maxim Park offers, a factor which proved to be one of the main considerations behind the move for the housebuilder.

David Scott, managing director of Barratt and David Wilson Homes West Scotland, said: “At the end of our lease at Buchanan Gate we wanted to find a new site that would enable us to bring all our team members together onto one floor.

“Not only does the new office space we are taking in Maxim 7 fulfil that objective, but it has excellent transport links and offers a central location that is ideal for both staff and guests. It is expected the relocation will be completed by the summer.”

Luxury spa and massage salon, Revive the Key to Wellness, award-winning renewables firm Muirhall Energy, and Mighty Rick’s Gym from Scottish legend and former world champion boxer Ricky Burns, have all made the move to Maxim Park over the last few months.

Caroline Baillie, Maxim’s director of park services, said: “It’s been a busy few months for us at Maxim Park as we’ve been thrilled to welcome several new organisations to our community, and it’s our pleasure to add Barratt Developments to that number.

“We’re looking forward to helping the team settle into their new surroundings with the help of our packed and varied events schedule, which includes professional development workshops, craft activities, charity initiatives, drive-in cinema listings and a range of health and wellness initiatives.”

Maxim Park, which boasts 760,000 sq. ft. of quality office and retail space close to the M8 motorway on the fringes of Glasgow, forms part of Eurocentral and was acquired by Shelborn Asset Management in 2018. 

Over the past five years the office park has welcomed a raft of new tenants including LumiraDX, Aureum Diagnostics, TClarke, Linear Group and Sartorius.