Professional services giant Deloitte has finally unveiled its new Belfast headquarters at The Ewart.
The move will see 1,300 people in Northern Ireland together in the same office for the first time.
The Belfast move follows Deloitte’s teams in Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol moving into new offices designed with sustainability and collaboration in mind.
The global company was due to move into the headquarters in 2022 plans were hindered due to Covid-enforced delays.
The new office is located on Bedford Street in the heart of the city’s Linen Quarter, close to the original office Deloitte occupied in Belfast for more than 30 years.
One of Belfast’s most recognisable buildings, the former linen warehouse dates from the city’s days as an industrial powerhouse in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jackie Henry, managing partner for people and purpose at Deloitte, and Deloitte Northern Ireland office senior partner, said: “This new office is an amazing space for our people and gives us a platform to continue serving our clients and partners in Northern Ireland and beyond.
“After having had a presence on Bedford Street many years ago, this feels like a return to our roots for Deloitte Belfast.
“It’s been brilliant to see the incredible talent in our region come together in the new space, and we look forward to hosting our clients and partners in The Ewart throughout 2025.”
Deloitte said the new office has been designed to enable a culture of engagement and inclusivity, with more shared spaces for team connection and collaborative working.
In October last year, it announced a new partnership with independent, non-profit science and technology organisation Catalyst, which will see it establish a new hub ‘Catalyst Bedford Street’ for start-ups and scale-ups on the ground floor of The Ewart Warehouse building. The new hub will include a café operated by social enterprise The NOW Group.