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Arlington has continued to consolidate its ownership at Oxford Business Park by acquiring Spires House, a 49,421 sq ft multi-let office building from Harbert European Real Estate.
Oxfordshire’s property market took a significant blow when COVID-19 struck this year, but a growing sense of optimism has emerged across our network of Innovation Centres as signs of a recovery begin.
Back in March, on the eve of the first lockdown, Mantle launched The Lambourn in Abingdon. This wasn’t to be the only business centre to launch during the pandemic. This November saw the introduction of Nine Hills Road in Cambridge. Opening during these times has had its challenges. However, as with all Mantle centres, these new workspaces were designed with flexibility in mind.
During lockdown The Oxford Trust has seen unprecedented enquires for its office and lab space across its two innovation centres, managed by Oxford Innovation, with an increase of over 300% in the last four months.
Royal London Asset Management has successfully completed another letting at Abingdon Business Park in Oxfordshire – 26,000 sq. ft. at the new Foxcombe development on behalf of the Royal London Property Pension Fund.
We launched The Lambourn in Abingdon in March just as lockdown happened. It was a slow start for the building but we now have happy tenants in the building who are pleased to be back in the workplace.
The Oxford Trust, the charity encouraging the pursuit of science and enterprise, has welcomed five new occupiers during lockdown across its two Oxford innovation centres: The Oxford Centre for Innovation next to Oxford Castle and The Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington’s Global Health & Life Sciences District. In addition, two current occupiers have taken expansion space, bringing the total new space taken during lockdown to 4,000 sq ft.
We are committed to cherishing our beautiful landscape at Howbery Business Park, making the most of outdoor spaces for our community to enjoy, and playing our part in encouraging bio-diversity. Our most recent initiative – championing bumblebees – joins a whole raft of other measures introduced over recent years, which those based here clearly appreciate.
The recent enforced changes in how we work as well as where we work raises questions as to how commercial office space will change in the future, writes Barnaby Clark, Sales and Marketing Director of office design and fit-out specialist, COEL.
A pioneering Oxfordshire defence simulation company is looking forward to the future following a move to the Witney Business & Innovation Centre.
How you doing out there? Hopefully all safe and well. Just wanted to inform you that our Oxford Factory has opened a cool little shop and its selling plenty of lovely products.
A specialist innovation centre operator has further strengthened its Oxfordshire team following the promotion of an experienced centre manager and business consultant.
You HR Consultancy has moved onto Howbery Business Park, attracted by the chance to become part of a friendly community in a lovely setting.
DuoCall, a voice and IT managed service provider, has taken offices in Howbery Business Park after one of its customers recommended the site.
Howbery Business Park is now at 100 per cent occupancy with the latest arrivals bringing the number of organisations based on the award-winning site to 59.