London’s Department of Coffee and Social Affairs comes North with new Manchester shop

London coffee shop company Department of Coffee and Social Affairs is coming to Manchester.

The firm has revealed plans to open a 3,000 sq ft site on New York Street, marking its first foray into the North.

Occupying Faulkner House, the coffee shop will be the business’ biggest location to date and its second outside London.

Architects Urban & Country and Waugh Thistleton Architects have designed the store in keeping with the brand’s philosophy of ensuring that no two of its locations look the same.

Department of Coffee and Social Affairs chief executive Ashley Lopez said: “We are thrilled to announce the opening of our 16th coffee shop in the North of England to bring speciality coffee to the people of Manchester.

“The coffee shop is centrally located in the busy worker district of Manchester making it an ideal spot for us to introduce our brand to locals.”

Ashley added: “We are very excited to be part of this growing and thriving city.”

James Tootle, retail surveyor at Bruntwood, the company behind the Faulkner House scheme, commented: “Department of Coffee and Social Affairs is a fantastic addition to this busy metropolitan area of Manchester and we are delighted they have made their move to the north with Bruntwood.

“As importantly, both companies share very similar values, with Department of Coffee and Social Affairs’ strong commitments to partnership and social impact reflecting our own ethos of supporting the communities in which we operate.”

Bruntwood was represented in the deal by Lambert Smith Hampton.

The work on the site is now underway for a full launch in Summer 2017.