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We are very happy to share the success and expansion of organisations already on campus and, equally, we are thrilled external organisations are seeing the many benefits that Harwell can offer them
Harwell growth is creating a European innovation district By George Welch AN ÂŁ80million expansion of Harwell Campus could bring 200 jobs and create a ‘European innovation district’ on the science vale. The south Oxfordshire site, which already accommodates 200 science and technology fi rms, announced this week the largest speculative commercial development in the county’s history. The 190,000 sq ft development
– the size of three football pitches – will provide industrial research and development space for about 15 companies and 200 jobs. Five new schemes will be built – one by the end of this year and the others by the end of next year. Harwell chiefs said the expansion is needed as “the appetite for commercial space at Harwell Campus is growing unabated�. William Cooper, partner at Harwell Campus Management, said: “The
campus is witnessing the most significant growth seen in this sector anywhere in the UK at the present time, creating a European innovation district comparable to MIT in the US. “We are very happy to share the success and expansion of organisations already on campus and, equally, we are thrilled that external organisations are also seeing the many benefits that Harwell can offer them.� The 60,000 sq ft Zephyr building will be constructed along with two
40,000 sq ft sister buildings and a 50,000 sq ft Quad One office scheme following increased demand after Brexit. Another 100,000 sq ft is now being planned in 2018. The 710-acre site, which currently homes 5,500 workers, is a public private partnership between Harwell Oxford Partners and U+I Group PLC as well as two government backed agencies, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the UK Atomic Energy
Agency (UKAEA). Tom Edgerley, development director at U+I Group PLC, said: “Bringing like-minded organisations together at Harwell has already proven beneficial to the many businesses on site and the new space will provide an exciting opportunity to nurture more innovation on campus.� Tenant demand is so high the campus is expecting to have ‘substantially’ pre-let space before completion.
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