​Halo opens third Soho facility

Halo has opened a new central London building catering for both scripted and non-scripted clients.

Located on Berners Street, the building (Newlands House) includes 14 offline suites, production offices and a range of finishing suites.

The Berners Street site is connected by dark fibre to the group’s other central London sites in Sheraton Street and Noel Street.

Director of production, Louisa Sutherland Smith, explains: “If the past couple of years have taught us anything, it is that we need to be smart with our use of real estate. In Newlands House, we have built a beautiful new offline facility to be shared between Halo, Evolutions and Relay, our new location services dept. With an extensive footprint that includes large production offices, breakout spaces, double aspect rooms and comfortable, air-conditioned edit suites.

“Newlands House can accommodate a variety of projects whilst giving each one a collaborative yet peaceful environment to work in. Client Services, edit support and post producers are on-site to ensure that the space feels like a “proper” post house. The facility is currently in use by two large entertainment productions utilising both edit suites and production offices’’.

‘‘On the lower ground floor we have installed sound and picture finishing facilities, allowing us to reclaim space in our Noel Street and Sheraton Street facilities which will be used for client attended work. Consolidation continues to be the watchword for our industry’s survival and this is a prime example of how bringing brands together works on a practical level.”