New HQ for healthcare provider

Baywater Healthcare, which provides respiratory therapies to patients with long-term conditions, has secured new premises for its headquarters at Crewe Business Park.

Its current building is within the same business park, but has a much smaller floor space: 8000 square feet. The new premises, taking over the whole first and second floors, gives them 15000 square feet. They have this new area on a ten-year lease.

The larger space allows for a 24-hour call centre, as well as administrative support for all oxygen, ventilation, nebuliser, sleep and telehealth therapy services.

James Dickinson, director of Canning O’Neill, which struck the deal, said: “We successfully identified, negotiated and secured the deal off-market. Our client’s new office is located only a quarter of a mile from the previous office which meant minimal disruption to their current employees.”

Howard Jones, finance director at Baywater Healthcare, added: “Our head office relocation project was required to be delivered within significant constraints in terms of both timescale and geographic area.

“With an energetic and proactive approach, Canning O’Neil helped us to quickly identify a shortlist of potential properties, including one that was yet to be actively marketed.”

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