Foundation Coffee House concept gets green light in Manchester

Sevendale House, Manchester

The very first Foundation Coffee House will open in Sevendale House in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, with 130 covers offering an international coffee house concept experience. The team explored coffee concepts in New York, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam and London as part of the preparation process.

The coffee shop will double up as a meeting and event space allowing businesses and hot-deskers to use the facilities. The food and drink on offer has been sourced locally and ethically and also appeals to the health conscious. Foundation Coffee House is a collaboration between NoChintz and Adam Chapman, founder of the QDos fitness centre in Cheshire.

NoChintz and Foundation Coffee House founder, Dominic Beardwell said: "As creatives, design plays an integral part of everything we do. Our vision is to pioneer a new coffee house concept, which has cutting edge design at its core in terms of product, service design and aesthetic. With this in mind, we felt that Sevendale House, with its architecturally stunning features, married well with our own ethos making it a fitting backdrop for our first ‘House’.”

Co founder, Adam Chapman said: “With planning now granted, we will commence the fit out with a view to launching the coffee house in March 2015. This will coincide with the building’s official launch. Once established, we will then look to roll out this concept to further locations across Greater Manchester and the North West.”

The grade II listed, 120,000 sq ft Sevendale House, has undergone a comprehensive £6m refurbishment creating 65,000 sq ft of Grade A space and 15,000 sq ft of retail space. NoChintz designed the branding for the coffee shop as well as the communal space and worked with project managers OBI, and architects Stevenson ISA. NoChintz was established in 2007 and recently announced an increase in turnover to £2.2m for the past year.

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