Clio takes first fitted suite at Eden as ECF lines up two more fitted suites

Legal software company Clio has signed with the English Cities Fund (ECF) for the first fitted and furnished suite at Eden, the 12-storey office building in New Bailey, developer Muse announced on 10 November.

The 5,134 sq ft suite, designed by fit-out specialist Overbury, was publicised by ECF in April 2026 as the first office fit-out in the UK to secure SKA V2 Gold certification, before any occupier had been named. Clio is relocating from Alderley Edge.

Muse said the suite had achieved both SKA V2 Gold and "a Net Zero Aligned approach". Overbury's own release said achieving Net Zero Alignment requires further validation, with the fit-out meeting defined carbon thresholds and aligning with the UK Net Zero Building Standard trajectory.

Ronnie Gurion, President and COO at Clio, said: "The UK is one of the world's most important legal markets. Our move into central Manchester reflects the scale of our ambition here."

The design

According to ECF, Overbury designed the suite alongside Muse, Cundall, Chroma Consulting, Savills, Zero Zero One, Atelier Ten and Verte. Overbury's case study describes it as a design-and-build plug-and-play suite for ECF on the first floor, delivered in six weeks.

Muse said the space has 50 fixed workstations, pods and booths, board and meeting rooms, a kitchen with a dining area and touchdown spaces. Circular design measures include cork, reuse of 100% of the CAT A lighting and recycled denim in the kitchen chairs.

Overbury said material choices were driven by carbon impact, with emphasis on reuse, responsible sourcing and designing for disassembly. It said SKA V2 introduces a more rigorous, outcomes-based approach that prioritises embodied carbon reduction and circular material use. ECF described the SKA rating as one of the UK's leading sustainability benchmarks for office fit-outs.

Further suites

ECF is now fitting out two more suites at Eden to a similar specification: a 4,886 sq ft office on the same floor as Clio and a 10,000 sq ft space on the second floor. Muse said the first of the two will be available from December 2026 and the second from early 2027, without saying which suite is which.

Fitted suite at Eden	Size (sq ft)
Clio suite, first floor	5,134
Further suite, first floor	4,886
Further suite, second floor	10,000

OBI and JLL are the retained agents on Eden.

The building

Eden is a £36m, 115,000 sq ft office building with a 5.5 NABERS UK Design Reviewed Target rating, Muse said. Homes England announced its completion on 22 January 2024, describing it as one of the UK's most sustainable office buildings with Europe's largest living wall, covering more than 36,000 sq ft of the facade with more than 350,000 plants.

Laura Percy, development director at Muse, said: "Since its completion in 2024 Eden has become a Manchester landmark, with a green wall façade adorned with 350,000 plants."

Homes England, Overbury and Paul Dennett, City Mayor of Salford, place the building in Salford. Dennett said Clio's decision to set up its base in Salford was another chapter in the city's growth and transformation.

Law firm TLT agreed its pre-let on 16 January 2023, while the building was under construction. Accountancy firm BDO is also an occupier, and professional services group Leonard Curtis announced on 22 October 2026 that it was taking 10,000 sq ft on the seventh floor, moving from Riverside House on Irwell Street. OBI represented Leonard Curtis.

Muse said Clio's city-centre move brings it closer to its UK customers after its acquisition of Manchester-based ShareDo, now Clio Operate. Eden is a five-minute walk from Salford Central station and 10 minutes from the St Peter's Square and Deansgate Metrolink stops.

ECF is Muse's partnership with Homes England's National Housing Bank and L&G. ECF said it was created in 2001 with £100m of investment and that its partners injected a further £100m of equity in February 2024. ECF said it now has capacity to grow to £400m, and that it has delivered 2,150 homes and 1,150,000 sq ft of office, retail and leisure space.

Muse said the first of the two further fitted suites at Eden will be available from December 2026.