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OFFSHORE RECRUITMENT COMPANY CHOOSES WYNYARD BUSINESS PARK
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leading recruitment company for the Oil and Gas sector has chosen Wynyard
Business Park as the location for its new North East office.
Acting on behalf of Northumberland Estates, joint agents Dodds Brown and Knight Frank have let No. 2 Sir Henry Vane Suite, a first floor office suite of 1,705 sq.ft in Wynyard Park House, Wynyard Avenue, Wynyard, TS22 5TB, to international recruitment company Fircroft Group on a new five year lease.
Founded in 1970, Fircroft Group has 26 office across the world. In addition to Oil and Gas, it also supplies skilled engineering professionals to the automotive, mining and minerals, power and energy and ICT sectors.
Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious office developments in the Tees Valley, Wynyard Business Park, which stands close to the junction of the A19 with the A689, is already a hub for professional and engineering services companies, particularly suppliers to the Oil and Gas and chemical industries, with its proximity to the north bank of the River Tees, and good connections to Tyneside, Wearside and Durham. “Wynyard Park is a prestigious location
offering quality space in a superb environment, with an existing hub of offshore companies and excellent on-site facilities” says Rebecca Maddison, Office Agency Surveyor at the Newcastle office of Knight Frank.
Office buildings and suites ranging in
size from 1,500 sq.ft. up to 10,000 sq.ft. are available for let, with smaller office suites available in Wynyard Park’s Business Centre. Development plots are also available. The high specification office buildings stand in a quality landscaped environment. Each comes with plentiful car parking and air conditioning or comfort cooling, and some are stand-alone buildings with their own front door, allowing the building to be branded by the occupiers. Facilities on site at Wynyard Park include a gym, café, and meeting and conference facilities in the Business Centre. Current tenants include Evolution Accountants, TBI Solicitors, Huntsman, Nortech Solutions, BP and Conoco Phillips. Quoting rents for the new office space at
Wynyard Park start from £15psf. Further information is available from Stephen Brown at Dodds Brown on tel. 01642 244130 or from Patrick Matheson or Rebecca Maddison at Knight Frank on tel. 0191 221 2211.
MIDDLESBROUGH RESURGENT by Stephen Brown at Dodds Brown. C
entral Middlesbrough is on the cusp of a major resurgence providing new opportunities for investors, retailers, leisure operators and office occupiers, says Stephen Brown, Senior Partner at Dodds Brown, the largest independent commercial property surveying practice headquartered on Teesside. Too often overlooked, although with a
catchment of more than 640,000 it is the largest commercial centre between Leeds and Newcastle, Middlesbrough is set to benefit from a new leisure destination with new restaurant / bar / café units becoming available on Albert Road in the town centre. This is in addition to the nearby Baker Street and Bedford Street area which has already proved successful with local food shops and eateries. Adjacent to the 138 bed Holiday Inn
Express, which is adding a further 21 bedrooms as part of a £2.2 million extension as a result of strong demand for accommodation since its opening in August 2015, the new units are situated on the Albert Road frontage of The Cleveland Shopping Centre, the town’s principal retail destination, and overlook Centre Square and the Town Hall, Middlesbrough’s premier entertainment
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venue, which is currently undergoing an extensive £8millon refurbishment. The new leisure destination is also
next to Centre North East, at 17 storeys Middlesbrough’s tallest building, which is being transformed from offices into 321 residential apartments in a £20 million project. A national restaurant chain has already signed up for one unit and Dodds Brown is presently marketing another 2,000 sq.ft unit, with further units available.
Business rates discounts and grants assistance from Middlesbrough Council are on offer for operators which are new to the town. Demand for retail units in the town’s
four shopping centres remains good from a mix of national chains and local independents. The Dundas Centre is presently 100% occupied and five new retailers have signed up at the Cleveland Centre since the start of 2016. Demand for office space close to the centre is expected to increase, particularly in the Council’s BoHo office developments, designed as incubator space for growing technology companies, and in the nearby Middlehaven area, with stunning water frontage views.
VERTICAL GARDEN
transformed one of Teesside University’s buildings creating a three storey oasis of flora and fauna. A ‘living wall’ now adorns the side of
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the university’s student centre to create an impressive façade. The lush garden is home, not only to hundreds of plants, but also to a 36 sq metre television screen which broadcasts information and showcases events at the university throughout the day.
The screen and living wall are part of the £30million Campus Heart development at Teesside University which has created an attractive focus to the centre of the Middlesbrough campus and also includes a newly pedestrianised area with extensive landscaping and a flagship teaching and learning building, The Curve.
James Sweet, senior architect at
CPMG, worked with the SCAPE framework contractor, Willmott Dixon, to complete designs for the unusual feature of the Campus Heart.
“The living wall was discussed and agreed at an early stage – it is not only an attractive feature to the building but is also incredibly sustainable,” said James. “The benefits of a living wall in terms of sustainability are enormous. Much of our urban landscape is made up of hard surfaces, which contribute to insufficient drainage – living walls hold a high percentage of rainwater and attenuate fall off naturally.” Combining drainage and plant-life with an LED screen required specialist designs to ensure that the separate entities were coordinated seamlessly. “Combining these two elements can
often be quite challenging with projects like this, but we developed our proposals with specialists to meet the university’s brief and the interface was relatively simple once structurally resolved. The living wall works independently from the LED screen and the drainage is such that there is no risk of water penetration behind the screen due to location and design.
“Plant species local to the university
have been specifically chosen to encourage birds, bees and insects - making it not only sustainable but also extremely eco-friendly.
“This sustainable approach shows the
university as forward thinking with its environmental strategy and it is a key attraction for potential students and the community alike,” added James. Teesside University’s living wall design is a first for the Nottingham-based architects and director, Nick Gregory, is pleased with the results.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2016
vertical garden, designed by award- winning architects CPMG, has
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