Primed: CAT A+ Fit-Outs

A “plug and play” style fit-out is often undertaken by a landlord to create a space immediately ready for a tenant to take over. Being able to offer a pre-fitted workspace to potential tenants speeds up tenant acquisition, reduces rent voids and provides landlords with a convenient and reliable competitive advantage in a rapidly-changing market. Interaction’s Primed service offers just this, with an experienced team creating fast-turnaround, high-quality spaces ready for tenants to call home.

Primed is our “plug and play” programme – designed with the needs of landlords, serviced office providers and co-working operators in mind. Primed delivers high-quality, fast-turnaround workspaces that attract best-in-class tenants and “just work” from the minute they get the keys. Our experienced team provide a turnkey solution from the design through fit-out, including technology integration, furniture and interior styling. Explore Primed here, or take a look at some case studies.

Primed has multiple benefits for landlords looking to offer potential tenants a pre-fitted workspace. These include faster tenant acquisition, reduced rent voids and higher rental income. Read about Primed in our guide to Plug and Play offices. 

CAT A fit-outs are a blank canvas for tenants who want a space that’s finished but ready for bespoke interior design and furnishings. CAT B fit-outs take this a step further with custom design features to infuse some originality and brand identity. In comparison, a CAT A+ fit-out has everything a tenant needs to get started right away – not just furniture and storage but technology, interior styling and any other finishing touches you’d expect in a fully-fledged office space.

CAT A+ fit-outs are not only great for landlords seeking ‘tenant-ready’ spaces where occupants can move in as quickly as possible. Some tenants want office space that’s conducive to strong and unique branding, to the extent that a shared co-working space may not be their ideal choice! A CAT A+ fit-out will not only have all the facilities that tenants need readily available, but it will also have the interior design and styling that makes an office space feel personal and unique.

We pride ourselves on Perfection at Pace, delivering on time, on budget and beyond expectations. Take a look over the case studies for Xledger, G2 Recruitment, Development Initiatives and Granger Reis, who were all on site for just 6 weeks before moving to their destination offices.

We help our clients from the very initial stages, using industry and market rates to assist with budgeting and choosing a building. We can then develop the process, taking a detailed brief including a targeted budget & specification. At this stage we would also design the project and cost the design, which becomes more accurate with every conversation between ourselves and the client. Naturally, we always work to a budget, but can also provide value engineering and upgrades as the project evolves.

It’s not a one size fits all, as it depends on what you are trying to achieve from your fit-out. For example, some businesses may want to bring people back to the office while others are improving mental wellbeing, or company culture. Progressive companies are expanding the ways in which they track organisational health, looking at data points including NPS scores, project turnaround times, sick days and advocacy across social platforms.These are hard metrics but soft metrics will be equally, if not more illuminating. Regular agenda-free one-to-ones, exit interviews, off the record chats and open discussion forums will provide insight into what’s going on under the surface of your organisation – and how much further you may have to go. These factors collectively determine the return on investment of your fit-out.