They kept this quiet

[SkyBluBoy]

Not really sure what this would mean for Manchester United. My guess would be that this is a personal property of the Glazier family and not of Manchester United Football Club. The fact that the Glazers are selling it could mean many things

1.The Glazers are selling it to pay of some of their debts. They can probably conduct business from Old Trafford or maybe they play to buy a cheaper building.

OR

2 The Glazers are selling it because they are getting ready to leave England and there is a takeover of United in the pipeline buy either the Red Knights group or the Qatari Royal Family

OR
3. This building dies belong to the club and they plan to use the money to invest in the team

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Not really sure what this would mean for Manchester United. My guess would be that this is a personal property of the Glazier family and not of Manchester United Football Club.

You don't need to guess. It has nothing to do with United or the Glazers. Check the facts as reported last year:

Manchester United are moving the club's London offices to Mayfair, one of the poshest addresses in the capital. The Reds have agreed a deal to occupy 11,500 sq ft of luxurious new office space in the heart of the West End to expand their commercial operations. They will pay rent of almost £80 per sq ft – £920,000 a year – with the exact location being kept secret.

Read more at: <a class="postlink" href="http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1407726_going_upmarket_manchester_united_move_london_offices_to_mayfair" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... to_mayfair</a>

 

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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-24030524-man-utd-london-hq-for-sale.do


Man Utd London HQ for sale
Russell Lynch
24 Jan 2012

The London headquarters of premiership club Manchester United is up for sale for £170 million, the Evening Standard understands.

Stratton House in Piccadilly, opposite Green Park Tube and the Ritz hotel, is being sold by the West End of London Property Unit Trust (Welput) - a fund managed by Schroders - according to property industry sources. Strutt & Parker and DTZ are understood to be the joint agents handling the sale.Man Utd, bought in 2005 by Malcolm Glazer, pictured, moved into the building last year, taking up 11,500 square foot after outgrowing their base in Pall Mall.

Jersey-based Welput originally bought the property for £82.5 million in 2005. The fund, recently paid £65 million for Warner Brothers' Theobald's Road headquarters in Holborn.

An extensive refurbishment of Stratton House was completed in 2009, including a luxury penthouse apartment sold to an overseas buyer for nearly £30 million, then a record the area. One source close to the deal said: "This is prime freehold, it's brand new and it has all the attributes to appeal to any overseas buyer."

Why would a so called Manchester club need a London HQ?

Not sure if this is a dig at united or not, but so do city