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Bristol
Royal London Asset Management’s flagship office building on Temple
Way in Bristol has been given detailed planning consent, making it the
largest ‘deliverable’ headquarters building in the city centre.
The glass-fronted seven-storey 17,279 sq m (186,000 sq ft) building, named
‘Glassfields’ to reflect the history of glassmaking on the site,
is set to become the new gateway to Bristol’s prime office centre
at Temple Quarter, one of the largest regeneration projects in the UK.
It will be the first building in a three-phase scheme creating 36,500
sq m (360,000 sq ft) of flexible Grade A contemporary headquarters office
space for up to 3,000 staff with underground parking.
King Sturge and DTZ are jointly acting as letting agents on the scheme.
Designed by architects AWW, Donaldsons acted as project managers and CSJ
as planning consultants.
Norton Fitzwarren
St Modwen has entered into a joint venture agreement with AXA Sun Life
plc to undertake the £100m redevelopment of the 63-acre Taunton
Trading Estate, Norton Fitzwarren, to create 550 new homes and 15,793
sq m (170,000 sq ft) of industrial space.
Existing buildings on the former Ministry of Defence storage depot site
are to be demolished on a phased basis to enable as many of the
The new industrial development will total 15,793 sq m (170,000 sq ft) of light industrial and warehousing ranging from starter units up to 3,716 sq m (40,000 sq ft) of both speculative and purpose-built units. There will be an immediate start on site which will see the first industrial units completed in Spring 2008. The first dwellings will be available later that year.
Cullompton
London & Devonshire Trust has commenced initial infrastructure work at Mid Devon Business Park, its new 20 acre business park off J27 of the M5 near Cullompton. The initial phase of works includes the construction of all the estate roads within the 12 acre phase 1 of the development, together with associated services.
Once this initial infrastructure is completed, London & Devonshire Trust will speculatively develop 15 small business units for the freehold owner occupier market. These units will range in size from 1,500 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft and will be available from Spring 2008. The remaining plots will be available for freehold or leasehold design and build for a range of uses. Donaldsons and Keningtons are the joint agents for the development.
