Telsen Centre

About this building

The Telsen Centre has great network links as you can be seen from A38M Aston Expressway and offers space on 4 floors ranging from 150 sq.ft. to 3448 sq.ft.

This four storey building can accommodate all sorts of businesses.  On ground floor there are units accessed straight off Phillips Street with roller shutter door access and then there are other units that can be accessed via the private car park/courtyard.

The main entrance on the corner of Phillips Street and Thomas Street give direct access to the lattice gated, passenger lift servicing all floors.

The majority of the 2nd and 3rd floor spaces are designated offices space however, some units are within close proximity of the 2 off goods lifts and therefore, are lettable to distribution and storage users.

Address

Thomas Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4TN

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Find out more about units to let at the Telsen Centre. All units are managed on our behalf by Prince Warne Properties.

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Uses for units

  • Artists colony
  • Dedicated storage
  • Distribution
  • Industrial
  • Office
  • General purpose
  • Photography studio
  • Warehouse
  • Workshop

Building details

  • 24-hour access
  • Audio entry door
  • Communal facilities
  • Onsite caretaker
  • Goods lift
  • Passenger lift
  • Loading bay
  • Roller shutter
  • Cleaning of communal areas

 

Travel

Travel details

  • Parking

Travel times

  • Motorway: one minute drive
  • Bus stop: five minute walk
  • Coffee and sandwich shop: six minute walk
  • Convenience store: nine minutes walk
  • Public car park: 13 minutes walk
  • Train station: 25 minutes walk

Building history

Built circa 1930s, the Telsen Centre is a four storey, former radio factory, which stands proudly on a prominent corner in Aston and can be seen from the A38M Aston Expressway.

The building was previously occupied by the Telsen Electric Company Limited, formed by Mr A Macnamara who produced wireless broadcast receivers, components and construction kits.

They also had a cabinet making department turning out polished furniture into which wireless receivers were built.

Instructions on how to build your own wireless receiver were published in the Telsen Radio Mag. Memorabilia is dotted around the building for visitors and tenants alike to enjoy.

In 1935 the Telsen Electric Company was bought by David Rosenfield Limited who relocated the business operation to Manchester.

In 1982 MIA leased the building from the local authority and refurbished the building into 91 studios, workshops and offices totalling 90,123 sq. ft. In 2002 MIA purchased the building from the City Council.