St Marys A & B, St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1AR

Description
Dating back to 1866, the St Mary’s building was originally Southampton’s workhouse before being converted to educational use in the late 1940’s.

Having now been identified as surplus to operational requirements, Vail Williams have been instructed by South Hampshire College Group to dispose of the property which provides approximately 41,600 ft2 (3,914 m2) over ground and 2 upper floors.

The main buildings are known as St. Mary’s A and B along with an adjoining smaller building known as Emily Davies.

Location
The College sits at the Southern end of St Mary Street, just off the inner ring road, which connects the A33/M3 with Southampton City Centre and the Eastern Docks. Access into the City Centre/West Quay shopping centre is a around 10-15 minutes walk and Solent University’s East Park Terrace campus a similar distance.

There are 2 large regeneration schemes nearby including the former Debenhams department store (600+ apartments) and the Bargate Quarter development which includes 519 apartments and extensive commercial space, scheduled for completion in 2026. St Mary Street provides a range of local shopping along with established residential properties and a number of purpose-built student accommodation blocks. To the west is
Southampton Football Club’s ground (0.5 miles) and the south the Ocean Village development with its leisure facilities and marina (0.7 mile).

Viewings
Through sole agents via appointment.

Terms
The property is offered for sale on a long leasehold basis and subject to the occupational lease of the nursery building. The College will retain rights to use 3 accessible car parking spaces. Consideration will also be given to leasing the buildings as a whole or in part, on terms to be agreed.

Legal Costs
Each party to be responsible for their own legal costs.

VAT
TBC

AML
In accordance with Anti-Money Laundering requirements, two forms of identification will be required from the purchaser or tenant along with evidence of / proof identifying the source of funds being relied upon to complete the transaction.