West Creek Financial exits Innsbrook for The Current in Manchester
The Current, the large mixed-use development from Lynx Ventures nearing completion in Manchester, has hooked its first big office tenant by way of the suburbs.To get more westcreek latest news, you can visit shine news official website.
West Creek Financial will occupy the top three floors of the $68 million development at 400 Hull St. The company, which provides lease-to-own financing for retailers, will fill just under 35,000 square feet, accounting for about half of The Current’s available 70,000 square feet of office space.
Founded in 2014, West Creek has been one of the region’s fastest-growing companies in recent years, fueled in part by millions in venture capital. The company will leave its current office at 4951 Lake Brook Drive in Innsbrook.
West Creek President Boomer Muth said the firm was drawn to Manchester due in part to the view, access to the river and growing community. The new space will house West Creek’s 225 employees with room to grow.The location, exciting amenities and collaborative spaces should help us attract and retain top talent,” Muth said.
Kate Hosko, Lynx’s development manager, was similarly glad to ink the deal, which marks The Current’s first office tenant.
“We can all agree 2020 was a challenging office leasing environment, but we had a feeling The Current would attract a high quality tenant,” Hosko said.Even before the pandemic, Hosko said The Current’s office amenities were scheduled to include a rooftop terrace and outdoor courtyard, but they decided to add more things like showers and a bike storage room to help the project’s offices be better suited for a post-pandemic world.
“We’ve decided to build out showers in the office building so our tenants can bike or walk the trails nearby, then shower and go back to work,” Hosko said. “I think companies are leaning on their physical offices to give employees a reason to come back to the office.”
West Creek Financial is scheduled to move into the office by the end of the year. ENV is designing the office’s interior. Highwoods is managing the office space at The Current. Drucker Falk manages the apartments. Gareth Jones and Jimmy Appich with JLL represented Lynx in lease negotiations. Wally Greeves with Kent Commercial represented West Creek.On the commercial side, tenants have already begun signing on for Hatch Local, a food hall that inked a deal to open in The Current last fall.
Four of the food hall’s nine stalls have already been claimed.
Mike Lindsey, a local restaurant industry vet who opened Lillie Pearl downtown last year, will bring his fried chicken sandwich-focused pop-up Buttermilk + Honey to the food hall.
Another stall will be taken by Fat Kid Sandwiches, a concept from Dunharrow Concepts’ Liz Clifford and Jon Martin, while a third will be occupied by Alex Bobadilla and Karen Negvesky’s Mexican restaurant Sincero.
