FULL HOUSE AT NORTHERN TRUST'S VORTEX COURT

29th April 2010

Northern Trust is delighted to announce that their prestigious office development at Vortex Court, Wavertree is now fully let. Morgan Ashurst, a leading full-service construction business with a national network of local offices has acquired the remaining 3,570 sq ft at Vortex Court on a 6 year lease agreement.

Neil McManus, Development Surveyor at Northern Trust commented “We are exceedingly pleased to have Morgan Ashurst as a tenant at Vortex Court. It has been a difficult couple of years for offices in general and the fact Vortex Court is now 100% full is testament to the quality of the Northern Trust product.”

Vortex Court comprises of three detached state of the art office buildings located on the popular Wavertree Technology Park. Totalling 56,000 sq ft the scheme was developed by Northern Trust in two phases.

Wavertree Technology Park is set in attractive surroundings and benefiting from ample car parking the estate is easily accessible with good transport links to the rest of the region.

Tim Garnett at CBRE added “This letting is a magnificent achievement in a tough market. Location and transport links have played a part on this letting, but the quality of the product at Vortex Court has led to it being a very successful scheme.”

Wavertree Technology Park is Liverpool’s premier out of centre office parks located approximately 1 mile from the M62 motorway and 2 miles from the city centre. The modern office buildings at Vortex Court offer double height glazed entrances, full access raised floors, cooling systems, and suspended ceilings. The buildings were also constructed to achieve a “very good” BREEAM rating; and the scheme has incorporated wind turbines in order to generate a proportion of the electricity to power the common areas and estate lighting.

For further details please contact the joint agents for the scheme: CBRE (0151 224 7666), GVA Grimley (0151 255 1910) and Whittle Jones (01257 238666/ www.whittlejones.com ).