First pre-lets agreed at major Grade A office building
Two pre-lets have been agreed at a landmark office building on Nottingham Science Park.
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Building – named after Britain’s first female doctor, magistrate and mayor – will provide 22,782 sq ft of Grade A office space for businesses seeking research and development facilities near like-minded organisations.
The building, which is due to open in February 2020, will also include a café and a 60-capacity conference space.
Councillor David Mellen, leader of the City Council, said: “I am pleased that work on the new Elizabeth Garrett building is progressing well on Nottingham Science Park and that companies are already lined up to move in when it opens next year.”
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was a member of the suffragette movement. Because British women were barred from becoming doctors during the 19th century she travelled to Paris to study for a medical degree, which she completed in 1870. She later founded a medical school for women.
Mellen added: “Naming a building on Nottingham Science Park was always likely to be a challenge, given the illustrious names adorning buildings there already such as Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, Sir Isaac Newton and Nottingham’s own William Lee.
“However, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson’s achievements and character fit with the character of Nottingham: rebellious, innovative and inclusive, unwilling to accept that because things have always been done a particular way they should remain so. Her name upon our new Grade A office and meeting space will be a welcome one to the park as a focal point for companies across the park to meet, network and hopefully innovate together.”
