Gentian has agreed a new ten-year lease with luxury housebuilder Shorewood Homes for a refurbished 2,000sqft office building with car parking on Upper High Street in the Westgate area of Winchester.
8a Upper High Street, which was acquired by Gentian in October 2024, is now the new head office for the 22-strong Shorewood Homes team. A substantial, modern fit-out of the building has been carried out by Shorewood Homes in line with the company's focus on quality and luxury. All departments from management to operations, marketing and customer care will be based out of this central location.
Nick Ekins, Managing Director of Gentian said: "We are really pleased to welcome Shorewood Homes to their new head office at 8a Upper High Street. We purchased the office building in autumn of last year as part of our continued investment in the Winchester property market where we are based. Gentian is delighted to be able to provide quality office space with a great parking ratio to such a prestigious business as Shorewood Homes."
Simon Machola, Director of Shorewood Homes said: "8a Upper High Street is ideal for us as our new head office base. It is perfectly situated for both our colleagues and customers, less than a ten-minute walk from the High Street and the train station and within easy reach of our residential schemes in and around Hampshire. We look forward to establishing our business here for the long-term."
Gentian and Shorewood Homes work together as joint venture partners on residential property schemes. Most notably in 2021 the two companies delivered the Springvale Rise development of 13 new homes in Kings Worthy on the outskirts of Winchester which all sold off plan prior to construction being completed.
