MEPC have acted as Asset Managers and Developments Managers for Wellington Place since 2006. At the time the site was the Aireside Retail Park and was occupied by obsolete low-rise retail units . MEPC secured an outline planning consent for a mixed use development of 2.6m sq. ft. in 2008 but the start of the project was then delayed by the Great Financial Crisis.

MEPC made a decision during the downturn to re-purpose the dormant development plots at Wellington Place into functional green spaces, providing facilities for the Wellington Place business community such as a 5 a-side football pitch, urban gardens and bee-hives. MEPC’s refusal to allow Wellington Place to become just another abandoned building site created enormous goodwill across the city. As a result MEPC became widely regarded as one of the most socially responsible developers in the city and our approach to managing the site was a significant factor in the subsequent success of the project.

In 2013 a pre-let for the first building in the masterplan was secured and the development programme commenced. In seven years MEPC have built and secured lettings for over 800,000 sq. ft. of offices and retail. In 2017 MEPC secured the largest ever letting outside of London with the pre-let of 377,000 sq. ft. in 7 & 8 Wellington Place.