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NE W S I N BR I E F: SGP COMPLETES FINAL PHASE OF ST. MODWEN BUSINESS PARK
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Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has overseen the completion of the third and final phase of St. Modwen Park, Doncaster. Having masterplanned the whole 27-acre site, SGP successfully designed and delivered the last £7m phase, comprising more than 108,000ft2 of industrial space, in February 2020. Working with St. Modwen and Lindum Construction, SGP designed the three units of 34,464ft2, 21,614ft2 and 53,072ft2 to complete the 247,000ft2 development, which was granted outline consent in March 2016. SGP designed and delivered the first two phases of the park in 2016 and in 2017, and the speculative units were quickly occupied by Bosch Automotive, DB Schenker and Thornhill Engineering.
ASSAEL ARCHITECTURE WINS PLANNING PERMISSION Connected Living London has been given the go-ahead for a new scheme at Southall Sidings, designed by awardwinning architect firm, Assael Architecture. The development at Southall Sidings, close to Southall station in the London Borough of Ealing, will provide 460 apartments designed and built specifically for rent. To meet the needs of London’s diverse population, 40% of the homes will be provided at a discounted market rent, whilst 48 three-bedroom homes will cater to families. Accommodated across a series of buildings, all of the new homes will sit alongside on-site resident amenities synonymous with the buildto-rent ethos, including a residents’ lounge, workspace and a gym, with the aim to cater to modern lifestyles while also creating a strong community within the development. The predominantly brick buildings have been contextually designed; four-storey courtyard buildings line Park Avenue to blend in with the existing built environment and enhance the public realm. FC&A – OCTOBER – 2020
PLANNING PERMISSION SECURED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF QUAD TWO BUILDING Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has secured planning permission for Quad Two, a 47,000ft2 Grade A development that will provide office space for science and technology companies at the UK’s major science hub in Oxfordshire. HARWELL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION CAMPUS
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he building has been designed to provide flexible office space so that three of the four floors can be let to single or multiple tenants in units ranging from 2500 to 20,000ft2. A roof terrace will allow occupiers to take advantage of the views across the carefully curated landscape of the campus and surrounding Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The main entrance includes a double-height reception and breakout space. Quad Two is the third in a series of developments that will form a collegiate-style quadrangle alongside Harwell’s busy Becquerel Avenue where internationally renowned cutting-edge technology companies, such as Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Agilent and Oxford Space Systems, reside. The Quad is already defined by a gym, cafe and the Quad One office building. The central Quad area, encircled by the buildings will be a beautifully 6
landscaped public realm with a naturalistic planting character, which will play an important role in providing a comfortable central campus destination for meeting, socialising, and for one-off events. The concept behind the unusual cladding treatment, a continuation of the Quad One building, was based on the core objective of sitting buildings comfortably inside the existing mature natural landscape by cleverly using light, reveal and scale. The facade is expressed through a pattern of repeating fins, and glazed, mirrored and solid panels that reflect and respond to the surrounding trees, grassland and riparian areas. Angus Horner, Harwell Campus Director, said: “Harwell Campus is a world-leading home for fast growth science and
