Parkside

Knowledge Gateway

41,571 sq ft
(3,862 sq m)

Available Now to Pre Let
Suites from 1,927 sq ft to 41,571 sq ft

Ready to Occupy - Mid 2023

Grade A Office Accommodation

Knowledge Gateway

41,571 sq ft
(3,862 sq m)

Available Now to Pre Let
Suites from 1,927 sq ft to 41,571 sq ft

Ready to Occupy - Mid 2023

Grade A Office Accommodation

A unique opportunity to locate to a landmark building on a global campus.

Building 3A is currently under-construction at the Knowledge Gateway, ready for occupation in Mid 2023.

With a landmark position at Parkside, the established first phase of the Knowledge Gateway, Building 3A is located at the very entrance of the Campus making it an impressive headquarters building.

The Colchester Campus is a Green Flag Award winner and has won the UK People’s Choice Award four years running.

Whilst the preference is to secure a single tenant, the accommodation can be left from a single floor to the entire building.

The specification will include but is not limited to:

  • LED lighting
  • Full access raised flooring
  • Two passenger lifts
  • Shower facilities
  • Suspended ceilings
  • Air Conditioning / Comfort Cooling
  • Full CCTV and 24-Hour security
  • A building concierge (if required)
  • On site parking - 1:30 sq.m
  • BREEAM - very good
  • Eco-friendly ‘brown roof’ with PV panels

Accommodation

The opportunity for you to create the perfect working environment.

Indicative floor plan.

The floor plans show approximate Net Internal Areas.

On-site measurements will be undertaken upon completion of the build.

sq ft sq m
Ground Floor Reception 786 73
Ground Floor Office 1 1,927 179
Ground Floor Office 2 6,426 597
First Floor Office 10,807 1,004
Second Floor Office 10,807 1,004
Third Floor Office 10,818 1,005
Total: 41,571 3,862

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Third Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

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Knowledge Gateway

Set in 200 acres of mature parkland, the University of Essex’s Colchester Campus has been home to the Knowledge Gateway research and technology park since 2010.

Focused on providing a perfect home for business, Parkside is the first and most widely established phase and has more than 20 resident companies with further ambitious development plans for the future. Future developments at The Heath and The Ridgeway will see a considerable amount of further high-quality office and R&D space created.

The Knowledge Gateway’s Innovation Centre opened in June 2019. This exciting development of 38,000 sq ft provides the space, plus the vital hands-on support, to help 50 start-ups and small businesses scale-up and succeed.

 

On-Campus Facilities include:

  • Four-star Wivenhoe House Hotel and brasserie
  • Conferences facilities supported by Event Essex
  • Childcare at Wivenhoe Park Day Nursery 8am to 6pm
  • Sports centre and gym with membership and classes
  • Excellent cafes, restaurants and bars
  • 24-hour mini-market, ATMs, Post Office
  • Lakeside Theatre and Art Exchange gallery
  • Landscaped parkland covering more than 200 acres
  • Research facilities including ESSEXLab
  • State-of-the-art interpreting lab similar to UN standards

University of Essex - Home to the curious, brave and bold

Knowledge Gateway businesses benefit from support to access a talented pool of students and recent graduates. They can inject enthusiasm and fresh approaches into your business.

The University of Essex is one of the best for working with business and is number one for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the UK with 40+ R&D projects with businesses (UKRI, March 2022).

Essex is top 30 in the UK
(Complete University Guide 2022)

88% of graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2021)

We are Top 25 for international outlook
(Times Higher Education, World University Rankings 2022)

25th in the UK for research quality
(Times Good University Guide 2022)

Ten great reasons to be based at a world-leading university

  1. Parkside businesses are part of the University’s business eco-system, focused on helping businesses to fulfil their potential.
  2. Being on the Knowledge Gateway means you’ll be supported to access world-class researchers, support you to unlock funding opportunities, offer in-depth business advice and support, and connect you with our extensive and rapidly expanding networks.
  3. We’re recognised as a University Enterprise Zone by the Government and Research England. This means we’re nurturing and supporting new digital and creative businesses. As part of this we established the Angels@Essex investment platform -  raising more than £7.7 million for innovative businesses in our first year.
  4. We’ll connect you with our careers team so you can access our student and graduate talent. Our tenants sign-up to offer employment opportunities to students from the University.
  5. The University of Essex is one of the best in the UK for working with business and is number one for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the UK with 40+ R&D projects with businesses (UKRI, March 2022).
  6. We’re based in an award-winning parkland – we’re a Green Flag Award winner and have won the UK People’s Choice Award four years running.
  7. On our campus you’ll find our sport centre and gym, a 120-place day nursery, lots of cafés and restaurants, convenience stores, a post office, lively public lectures and cultural programmes, the Lakeside Theatre and Art Exchange gallery.
  8. The four-star Wivenhoe House hotel is based in an historic Jacobean mansion and offers fine dining, brasserie, meeting rooms and conference facilities.
  9. Alongside businesses, Parkside provides a home to our Institute for Analytics and Data Science, the ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre and our Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing.
  10. We’re located close to the Tendring/Colchester Borders Garden Community, an exemplar development being led by Essex County Council, Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council which will deliver new housing, employment opportunities,  schools and health facilities. As part of this, a new link road between the A120 and A133 has received funding from the Government.

Colchester

Colchester offers many benefits as a base for your business. It is rapidly growing, with the population forecast to increase by 24% to 224,700 by 2031 backed by major regeneration efforts by Colchester Borough Council.

As well as a great range of shops and services, the area offers superb quality of life for employees, with Dedham Vale and Constable Country within a few miles, rural Suffolk to the north and the many picturesque Essex coastal towns and villages to the east, all easily commutable from the Knowledge Gateway.

Labour Supply

  • Economically Active99,500
  • In Employment95,300
  • Employees85,700
  • Self Employed9,600
  • Unemployed3,600
Source: Nomis

Location

Location

The Knowledge Gateway is within the University of Essex’s Colchester Campus. The site is conveniently accessed off the A113, three miles west of Colchester town centre.

The A12 is an easy drive giving access to London and Cambridge and the wider UK motorway network.

Excellent amenities include cafés, restaurants, bars, post office, a 24 hour mini mart and a sports centre and gym.

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Fresh space to help business flourish

Terms

The building is available to let as a whole or on a floor by floor basis on a Full Repairing and Insuring basis by way of a service charge and for a minimum term of 10 years.

Service Charge

A Service Charge will be administered to cover the costs of the fabric and commons parts of the building, estate and service roads. Details can be provided upon request.

Legal Costs

Each party are to be responsible for the payment of their own legal costs.

VAT

VAT will be charged on the rents.

Further Information:

For further information and to view the building, please contact the Joint Agents

 

Ben Le Coq

020 7518 3335
07776 181 799

ben.leCoq@carterjonas.co.uk

 

Sophie Spriddell

020 7518 3210
07815 489 449

Sophie.Spriddell@carterjonas.co.uk

Ewan Dodds

01206 699 980
07957 862 773

ewan.dodds@whybrow.net

 

Emily Jones

01206 577667

emily.jones@whybrow.net
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