Contractor named for 125,000 sq ft Grade A office building
The company that will build a 125,000 sq ft Grade A office scheme in Nottingham has been revealed.
Willmott Dixon has won the race the build Crocus Place, in the Southside regeneration area of Nottingham.
The office building will be home to 1,150 workers and is already pre-let to an unknown occupier.
The proposal for Crocus Place scheme was unveiled at MIPIM earlier this month. Speaking exclusively to TheBusinessDesk.com, Jon Collins, leader of Nottingham City Council, told us that a pre-let on the building had been agreed.
Collins said: “We know that we need Grade A office space in the city. We’ve seen this through investors going elsewhere because we simply didn’t have the quality of office space for them in Nottingham, but developers want pre-lets and that’s not always simple.
“We have a pre-let on Crocus Place and that will help us bring the scheme forward.”
If planning approval was received, construction would begin in Autumn 2019 with the building opening in Spring 2021.
Collins added: “Our proposed transformation of Crocus Place will add to what is being offered by Unity Square, City Buildings and Bildurn on Station Street and create a busy office quarter of the city, creating an attractive new addition to the area.
The site was used as a base of operations for the NET lines 2 and 3 construction and now sits in a key location for office space in the city.
The planning submission for Crocus Place is the latest proposal for Grade A office space in the Southside area, along with Unity Square, Station Street and City Buildings all due to start on site in 2019.
