Global chemical company, BASF, is set to move its UK headquarters to 2 Stockport Exchange in Stockport town centre – the second office building at the town’s most exciting and accessible business hub.
Partners joined together recently to show representatives from BASF around their soon to be new home – a six storey office building in the heart of the Stockport Exchange scheme.
BASF has been operating in the UK since 1880, with 13 locations across the UK. BASF companies supply raw materials to most industries including agriculture, automotive chemicals, construction, energy and pharmaceuticals.
Richard Carter, managing director of BASF in the UK and Ireland, said: “We are looking forward to moving our UK headquarters from Cheadle to this exciting new ‘connected’ location later this year. Our new office space in Stockport Exchange will feature open and collaborative workspace to enable new and more agile ways of working.”
“The move is part of an ongoing Future of Work project which will deliver a better workplace experience through improved digitalisation, increased flexibility and empowered leadership.”
The wider £145m Stockport Exchange transformation, delivered in partnership by Stockport Council and national urban regeneration specialist, Muse Developments, sits centrally to the council’s ambitious £1bn regeneration programme. This includes a new transport interchange, which will build on Stockport’s first-class connectivity; the Mayoral Development Corporation – the first of its kind nationally – will create a new urban village with 3,500 homes and up to 1 million sq ft of commercial space.
Improvements to the historic Market Place have also created a thriving leisure destination, with ambitious plans for Merseyway Shopping Centre will soon be underway.
The scheme has striking design features, which includes an innovative stone façade and it will sit alongside Holiday Inn Express, retail space and the leisure centre. Extensive public realm improvements will also complement the new development.
