Flexible space in a flagship building at the heart of Alconbury Enterprise Campus

The Incubator - the flagship building of Alconbury Enterprise Campus – is starting to excitethe interest of small and start-up businesses as it rises from the former airfield which is beingtransformed into Alconbury Weald.

Designed by internationally renowned architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, the buildingwill provide flexible inspiring space at the heart of the Alconbury Weald development. As partof the Enterprise Zone, businesses moving in will also enjoy a range of business benefitsincluding business rates relief and superfast broadband.

With units from 250–2,500 sq ft ( 23–232 sq m) available for offices, research anddevelopment and production, the building has been designed to provide supported andflexible space for start-up and small businesses.

The Incubator also offers networking space including a cafe and roof terrace which willensure the building becomes a hub for sharing and developing ideas. It features a range ofsustainable features to reflect the low carbon aspirations for the whole development.

Tim Leathes, Project Director for the Alconbury Weald development said:“The Incubator lies at the heart of the high quality, low carbon development of AlconburyWeald, and is very much a statement of our intent to bring great design and dynamism to theheart of the Huntingdonshire economy. This is a great place to do business, and a veryenterprising economy with more business start-ups than anywhere else in Cambridgeshire.The great thing about the Incubator, and the Campus as a whole is that businesses comingin can grow with us and take advantage of the flexible space to really set down roots.”

William Rose, from Savills, who are acting as agents for the building added:“Sitting in a prime location on the spine of the country, with connections via rail and roadroutes to all points of the compass, Alconbury Enterprise Campus is a great place for anybusiness. With the additional business rates benefits and support, as well as the Incubator’sflexible space and iconic design the building can help businesses get themselves on themap. We’ve already had considerable interest – even though the building is still going up –and it’s great to now be in a position to offer lets and get the building full of dynamicbusinesses.”

The Incubator is currently half way through construction with the second floor in, and thebuilding due to be topped out and made water tight over the Summer. The £2.3 millioncontract for construction is being undertaken by Wisbech-based Kier and will be completedby the end of the year. If you want to follow it’s construction, there is a timelapse camera onthe build taking regular updates which you can access from the Alconbury Weald’s websitehomepage: www.alconbury-weald.co.uk

Background information

The building lies within a designated Enterprise Zone. Backed by local and nationalGovernment, and sponsored by the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LocalEnterprise Partnership, business benefits available within the Campus include:● business rate discount worth up to ￡275,000 over five years● superfast broadband● streamlined planning process.

Features include:● flexible leases on all-inclusive terms● high speed broadband and telephony● business advice and support● flexible meeting rooms and tele/video conferencing facilities● kitchen/tea point facilities● WCs and showers● networking space● car and cycle parking.

Suites are available individually or combined.A brochure with further details about the Incubator is available from our website or for adiscussion about space available in the Incubator or across the Campus please contactAndrew Brading on 01480 413141, or e-mail abrading@savills.com