The Northern Quarter building home to popular restaurant and bar Bakerie has been sold.

Bury council has paid PJD Property Co £2.56m for 43/45 Lever Street, which is situated in a prominent position at the junction of Lever Street and Stevenson Square.

The property is set over a basement, ground floor and two upper floors, providing 13,182 sq ft of accommodation.

Bakerie currently occupies the basement and ground floor, while Whitecross Dental trading as My Dentist from the ground floor.

PJD funded the refurbishment of the basement for Bakerie, enabling it to use this area as additional bar and restaurant space.

The first floor provides a large dental surgery split between NHS care and private care. The second floor is utilised by My Dentist as its main Northern training academy.

Councillor Rishi Shori, leader of Bury council, said: “We are happy with our purchase of this property which is part of our ongoing strategy to maximise the council’s assets and income streams for the benefit of the local taxpayer.”

Darryl Lee of PJD Property Co adds: “We purchased the property with a view to re-gearing the MYdentist lease and to expanding the Bakerie space, both of which took some time but ultimately proved fruitful. The sale of the building comes at a time when demand for Northern Quarter buildings exceeds supply and we chose to capitalise on that opportunity to exit the building.”

Gary Scorah of Commercial Properties represented PJD Property Co and Gus Manak of Bilfinger GVA represented Bury Council.