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lobal technology and IT services company Ricoh has announced it will be opening a new office and customer experience centre at Maxim Office Park, Eurocentral, Scotland, located on the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Ricoh has for several years worked with local government bodies including Scottish NHS, Scottish Procurement and Crown Office, as well as businesses such as Scottish Power, BP, Shell and Tunnocks, through to local printing producers XIC, Push Print and WGM on an IT Infrastructure rollout.


The opening of the new office, which extends to 4,467 sq.ft and is located within the Maxim 1 building, demonstrates Ricoh’s commitment to further developing its Scotland presence. The firm will be hiring additional employees to meet the continued growing demand for its services, products and solutions.


Taking a cue from its own approach to empowering the digital workplace, Ricoh’s Workplace Services division managed the relocation to Maxim and completed the fit- out project, delivering a state-of-the-art office and showroom facility. Staff are expected to take full occupation of the space later this month. The company plans to use its new premises to provide customers with the perfect setting, not only for staff to enjoy, but also, for clients to visit and review the very latest technology innovations. “Scotland has a proud tradition of attracting and nurturing innovative businesses and continues to be an important focus for us as we grow our UK presence.” said Phil Keoghan, CEO, Ricoh UK & Ireland. “We’re proud to be able to provide our Scottish customers and business partners with a showroom that clearly demonstrates the capability of our services and technology. The location of Maxim Office Park will allow us to be able to better serve our customers.” Craig Ritchie, Director at Maxim Office


Park, commented: “We are pleased to welcome Ricoh, a globally well-respected business, to the Park. It is great that the team chose Maxim in which to grow its Scottish operations. We offered a flexible


NEW GLASGOW OFFICE DEVELOPMENT


&G Real Estate has unveiled plans for its new £100 million office development in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre at 33 Cadogan Street - The Grid. Providing 277,500 sq.ft of Grade A space over 12 levels, The Grid will be a welcome boost to the city’s commercial property market and aims to deliver a best-in- class workplace, rivalling new schemes in London and elsewhere in the UK. Following planning consent in 2017, The Grid, will be built on


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the site of the former Corunna House in Glasgow’s Central Business District with the objective of meeting the needs of the modern occupier. To ensure a healthy and happy workforce, well- being is at the core of the design. The Grid is committed to securing a ‘Gold’ WELL certification from the International WELL Building Institute, and is aiming to be Scotland’s healthiest office building. Typical office floors, ranging from 20,944 sq.ft to 23,834


sq.ft, will be accessed by eight destination control lifts and workspace has been designed to provide maximum flexibility and efficiency. The finish of the office floors is designed as a blank canvas, as the intention is to work with the occupiers to create inspiring space to suit their needs. A highly visible entrance is positioned on the corner of Cadogan Street and West Campbell Street and an enhanced public realm is planned with new widened paving, trees, seating, and a building drop-off point. To the left of the main entrance is a dedicated street level cyclist entrance. The building has achieved Scotland’s second ever


WiredScore Platinum rating, which is the highest standard in the market leading accreditation for digital infrastructure, technology and connectivity of office buildings. The Grid’s access to superfast broadband and its agile working areas will enable mobility and enhance innovation for The Grid’s occupiers.


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he chairman of Strutt & Parker in Scotland is stepping down. Andrew Rettie, who joined Strutt & Parker in 1987, retires at the end of this month (April 2018). He will hand over the reins to Jon Lambert, head of Strutt & Parker’s forestry arm John Clegg & Co, where he has worked since 1993. Andrew Rettie’s retirement comes just weeks after overseeing the move into one office in the centre of Edinburgh, bringing together the surveying and estate agency firms of BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co under one roof. This in turn follows the merger last year of BNP PRE UK with


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Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co, UK leaders in buying and selling forestry, to become one of the UK’s largest property consultancies, providing advice and support to clients on all matters relating to commercial, residential and rural real estate. Mr Rettie, who has overseen the opening and subsequent expansion of offices in Inverness and Perth in the last 10 years as well as new residential agency departments in Edinburgh and, last year, in Perth, said: “It gives me considerable satisfaction to report that, having overseen widespread growth, I am leaving our Scottish business in good shape. “We are proud to be able to give our clients a very professional


level of service in all the property spheres, utilising and harnessing the skills of the BNP PRE, Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co brands. I am handing the overall leadership of the business in Scotland to Jon Lambert and I am very confident that under his governance - with support from the other directors north of the border – the combined businesses will continue to flourish and go from strength to strength.” The firm’s Scottish headquarters are now at 76 George Street in


Edinburgh, in newly refurbished ground and first floor office space. The firm will continue to operate under the three brands of BNP Paribas Real Estate, Strutt & Parker and John Clegg & Co.


COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2018 A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP


and friendly package that allowed Ricoh to create space that reflected its specific business needs.” Maxim Office Park is situated in the hugely successful Eurocentral area which is home to FedEx, Laing O’Rourke and Amazon. Ricoh joins a growing number of successful organisations operating from the Park including biotechnology companies TC BioPharm and Lamellar Biomedical, which have created laboratory space in their suites, SEPA, Wills Bros, Allied Glass, SureThing, Proact IT, Regus and Balfour Beatty.


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