The McLaren Building

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| ren_cost = £7.5 million

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| owner = Bruntwood

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| address = 46 Priory Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7LR

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| floor_count = 21

| floor_area = 115,000 sq ft

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| architecture_firm = Paul Bonham Associates

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McLaren is a 69-metre, 21 storey tall office building in Birmingham, England. It was designed by Paul Bonham Associates and built in 1972.{{Cite web |title=McLaren Building, Masshouse Circus, Birmingham |url=https://www.ribapix.com/mclaren-building-masshouse-circus-birmingham_riba6434 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=RIBApix |language=en}} It is situated by the Masshouse and Martineau Galleries redevelopment sites. The entrance is on Priory Queensway.

Originally it housed part of the staff training department of Midland Bank, now HSBC.

Space was initially hard to let because the building was located away from the city's main office area.{{Cite news |last=Raymer |first=Paul |date=13 September 1979 |title=Business begins to boom for the blocks built beyond the fringe |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19790913/234/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=The Birmingham Post |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} The West Midlands area Health and Safety Executive had moved from Somerset House by February 1978,{{Cite news |date=23 February 1978 |title=Notice: H.M. Factory Inspectorate's area office has moved |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19780223/045/0045 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |page=45 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} and was the main tenant having taken {{Convert|50000|sqft|m2}} of the total {{Convert|120000|sqft|m2}} available.

The building is owned by property company Bruntwood who purchased it from the Birmingham Alliance in 2008.{{Citation | url = http://www.bruntwood.co.uk/news/birmingham/65/ | title = Bruntwood buy McLaren building|date=2008-03-05| access-date = 14 July 2011| publisher =Bruntwood}} In 2009 the building was renovated{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Graham |date=2018-06-02 |title=The buildings you see every day but don't know what they are |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/10-huge-birmingham-buildings-you-14646392 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Birmingham Live |language=en}} and its exterior glazing given a fresh look.

==Tenants==

• Sigma Financial Group Ltd
• UNISON - public sector trade union
• Select Energy Group Ltd