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CONTENTS

BASINGSTOKE 6

Basing View 7

Location Map 10

Great Connections 11

The Town 12

Lifestyle and Leisure 13

BUSINESS IN BASINGSTOKE 16

In Good Company 17

Key Facts 18

UNCOMPROMISING VALUE 19

Lower Occupancy Costs 20

Cost Per Workstation 21

THE FLORENCE BUILDING 22

CGIs 23

In Brief 25

Floor Plans 26

Space Planning 1:10 31



Specification 34

DELIVERING YOUR OFFICE 46

Indicative timeline 47

Abstract Group of Companies 48

Professional Team 49

Contacts 50

A PRIME BUSINESS LOCATION 5

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A PRIME BUSINESS LOCATION

lowest cost for new space in the South East

& BREEAM Excellent

1STTHE FLORENCE BUILDING

BASINGSTOKE*

£3,200PER WORKSTATION

3RDfastest growing town in the UK

7THmost affluent town in the UK

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speculative office building in town centre for 15 years

For more information visit: www.basingstokebiz.com

a young population

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BASINGSTOKE

BASING VIEW

The Florence Building is the first new high quality, speculatively built office development being undertaken in the town for 15 years, but is just the first of a number of such planned developments that will see Basing View transformed into one of the most exciting business hubs in the UK.

Over the next several years it is anticipated that up to 10,000 employees will be based here.

Basing View stands out as being one of the best connected and affordable business destinations in the South East, delivering a range of solutions to accommodate today’s fast growing, technology centric companies from SMEs to major international corporates.

It affords occupiers a dynamic mix of office space, retail, leisure and hotel amenities as well as access to a significant pool of talent and easy access to some of the most desirable residential addresses in the region.

Network Rail have recently opened their new £50 million training and development campus and join ENI, Kier, Sun Life, WSP and the AA in the Basing View business community.

Discussions are now well advanced with a number of leading hotel operators to provide both high end and budget options. These will join the new John Lewis Home and Waitrose store that opened its doors earlier this year.

Over recent months Basing View has been significantly enhanced with over £10 million being spent on landscaping and public realm which immediately enhances the arrival experience. It was also granted an Enterprise Zone status, resulting in some attractive business rates reductions for businesses relocating to the area before 31 March 2022.

In summary, Basing View offers your business and your staff an unparalleled location to enhance profitability and life/work balance. B

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GUILDFORD 33

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GATWICK 69

BRISTOL PARKWAY 76

HEATHROW 78

MANCHESTER 206

BASINGSTOKE

GREAT CONNECTIONS

Road: Basing View is 1.5 miles from Junction 6 of the M3, which in turn provides access to the M25, A303 and M27.°

Rail: Basingstoke mainline station offers direct services to London Waterloo (42 minutes), Southampton, the West Country and over 100 national destinations. Reading is only a 16 minute rail journey.*

*Source: thetrainline.com

°Source: AA Route Planner

Air: The motorway network provides fast access to the major London airports of Heathrow (45 minutes) and Gatwick (69 minutes).


BASINGSTOKE

THE TOWN

Basingstoke is an established and growing, large town in the south east of England, under an hour’s travel time from the coast and capital with great connectivity. It is a modern, vibrant place offering exciting business and job opportunities, modern facilities and communications coupled with superb countryside and leisure choices – all the ingredients for a fantastic quality of life.


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LIFESTYLE AND LEISURE

Basingstoke offers excellent shopping, a world class concert hall, a choice of theatres, modern leisure facilities and numerous sports clubs.

There are lots of places to eat out, from modern bistros to country pubs, whatever your taste.

The town is surrounded on every side by beautiful countryside and is just minutes from the M3, bringing London, the Thames Valley and the South Coast within easy reach.

The Top of the Town is the historic heart of Basingstoke town centre with a wealth of restaurants, pubs and independent shops. It is also where you find the Willis Museum and The Haymarket.

With pedestrianised streets, a market on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a Market Place that is used for events like the Basingstoke Festival and street entertainment, The Top of the Town is a great place to browse in the day and party in the evening, just a few minutes’ walk from the bus and train stations and Festival Place.


BASINGSTOKE

Festival Place offers more than 160 well-known brands, over 20 restaurants, cafés, bars, a multiscreen cinema, Basingstoke Sports Centre and the Discovery Centre for day and night enjoyment. www.festivalplace.co.uk

The Malls shopping centre has a wide range of shops and cafés and plenty of car parking directly above the shopping centre. The centre now features an impressive new entrance from Basingstoke railway station. www.themalls.co.uk

The Anvil is a world class concert and theatre venue, hosting internationally renowned performers throughout the year. www.anvilarts.org.uk

Basingstoke Leisure Park is one mile from the town centre and offers a wide range of activities. www.basingstokeleisurepark.co.uk

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BASINGSTOKE

BUSINESS IN BASINGSTOKE



IN GOOD COMPANY

Accumuli Ltd

Adams Golf

Advantage Resourcing

AECOM

Affini

Amberfin

Anotoa

Asset Advantage

Axa Wealth

Axians

Balfour Beatty

Barclays

Berry Bros & Rudd

BioMerieux UK

BNP Leasing Solutions

Bombay Sapphire

Business Environment Ltd

Capita Business Services

CareFusion

Castle Trust

CGI

Chas A Blatchford & Sons

Covidien

Diligenta

Eli Lilly

Exertis

Fire Fighters Charity

Fujitsu

GAP buster

Genus Plc

Gist

Glory

Handelsbanken

HCR Group Management

Honeywell Avionics

Kier Facilities Services Ltd

Level 3

Levono

Mars Drinks

Masimo

Master Control

Middlesex Aerospace

MWR

New Voice Media

NHS

Penningtons Manches LLP

Reflexis

Sainsbury’s

Sentinel Housing Association

Schlumberger

Shoosmiths

Steris

Storck

Talaris

Taylor Made

Tech Data

The Innovation Centre

UL

Vitacress Salads

Waterlogic

WSP

Workfront Ltd

Zebra Technologies

For more information visit: www.basingstokebiz.com



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Sources: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council *Nesta: ‘The Geography of Creativity in the UK’ July 2016

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of residents think Basingstoke is a great place to live

a young population

within 60 minutes’ drive time

a leading UK creative cluster

highly educated employees (NVQ4+)

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CREATIVES

480,500highly skilled people (NVQ3+) within 60mins drive

KEY FACTS

universities in the area6

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SECTION 2



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Comparative cost for new build offices including rent, rates (post April 2017 revaluation) and service charge. Source: Savills and Rare. All figures are for illustrative purposes only.

LOWER OCCUPANCY COSTS

A relocation to Basingstoke will dramatically reduce your property outgoings. Total occupancy costs in The Florence Building are around 80% lower than the West End core and 30% lower than Reading.


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£3,200THE FLORENCE BUILDING

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When occupied at the current designed ratio of 1:8m2, The Florence Building is more cost-effective than high-quality second-hand/refurbished office space in Basingstoke designed at 1:10m2 occupational density.The Florence Building has been designed to be capable of easy adaptation to provide an even higher occupational density of 1:6m2.

The map opposite provides the cost per workstation for selected towns and West End London based on the occupational costs for a new building with the highest occupational density available.

COMPARATIVE COSTS PER WORKSTATION

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IN BRIEF

Summary specification

• Interior finished to a full Cat A standard including air-conditioning, suspended metal ceilings, lighting and raised floors

• Contemporary double-height fully glazed reception

• Finished raised floor to suspended ceiling heights of 2.9m throughout

• Raised floor height 150mm

• 1.5m internal planning grid

• 3 x 13-person lifts

• 4 male, 4 female and 1 accessible WCs per floor (with scope to expand layout to suit occupational density)

• VRF air-conditioning system, fresh air: 13.2 litres/sec per person

• Diverse connectivity to high-speed communication networks, including Virgin and BT Openreach

• Potential for dual HV supply

• Potential location for a standby generator

• Additional tenant plant space on roof

• Secure parking for 203 cars

• 48 secure and covered cycle spaces

• Lockers and shower facilities on the ground floor adjacent to bike racks

Building attributes

• Brand new 5-storey 60,535 sq ft office building in the heart of Basingstoke, Hampshire, offering flexible floorplates

• First new office building in Basingstoke town centre since 2002

• Highly competitive cost per workstation – one of the lowest in the South East

• Targeting EPC A rating

• BREEAM Excellent 2014

• Low operating costs through the use of high efficiency technologies such as low energy LED lighting

• Designed for occupancy of 1:8m2 with capacity to increase to 1:6m2

Floor sq ft m2

Fourth 12,346 1,147

Third 12,400 1,152

Second 12,400 1,152

First 12,077 1,122

Ground 9,278 862

Reception / FM office 2,034 189

Total 60,535 5,624

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SPECIFICATION

1. Description of the development

The development will comprise an office building of 60,535 sq ft (net) delivered over ground and four upper floors, together with an adjoining multi-storey car park with spaces for 203 cars and 8 motorcycles, cycle storage and ancillary works.

With a distinct main entrance onto Basing View, the ground level of the building includes a prestigious and generous double-height reception area, which links the outside world to the office floors via a paved entrance area and adjacent drop-off bay. The balance of the ground floor is primarily designed as office accommodation, with space given over to FM functions, showers and building management. The building contains a well laid out core with three 13-person lifts and a central staircase, together with an external stair for circulation to the car park and means of escape at the building perimeter.

The accommodation provided is:

The typical floors are all similar and based on an average 42.0m x 31.5m (gross) footprint with columns kept to a minimum within the office floors, which ideally supports both open plan and cellular occupation and best practice in terms of the M&E options for the internal maintained environment. Each of the upper office floors is designed for future sub-division for up to 2 occupiers and with varied aspects on all sides, special spaces, meeting and conference rooms are easily located.

With careful attention to the design of the fenestration, daylighting will be considered with reference to BCO standards from all sides of the building. Office floors generally have an internal finished floor to ceiling height of 2.9m.

The structural grid is simple, with the north-south grid uniformly 10.5m and the floor-plate width being 8.5m and 21.0m to core east-west.

2. Shell & core scope

In addition to the building fabric and envelope, the external works, parking and landscaping, the shell & core works (base-building) will include:

• Cores, stairs and toilets

• Lifts

• Suitably sized and specified primary and landlord’s M&E services, including heating, cooling, water, power and ventilation to landlord’s areas

• LV switchgear and water to cater for full building load

• Ductwork, electrical and riser provision for distribution to floors

• Fire alarm and security to landlord’s areas, including infrastructure for office zones

• BMS system, including flexibility to manage full occupation, lighting management, and external monitoring

• A first-class fully finished reception area, a reception desk and a feature ceiling

• Suitably located areas on each floor for enhanced loading (7.5kN/m2)

3. Category A works

In addition to the shell & core works the internal office spaces will typically be fitted out as follows as part of the base build:

• M&E on floor distribution to all office areas, comfort cooling, heat, lighting, small power including under-floor power, ventilation, fire detection and alarm, and BMS communication

• Suspended ceilings and luminaires to show floor only (allowance to be agreed for remainder)

• Raised access floors with a minimum clear void of 113mm

• Carpet (allowance to be agreed)

• Internal decoration and skirtings

• Floor boxes (allowance to be agreed)

• Facility for the future installation of blinds

Note: The environmental performance of the building envelope and integrated M&E installation will not depend on blinds.

Floor sq ft m2

Roof

Fourth 12,346 1,147

Third 12,400 1,152

Second 12,400 1,152

First 12,077 1,122

Ground 9,278 862

Reception / FM office 2,034 189

Total 60,535 5,624

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in accordance with the RICS

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Parking

203 spaces outside the building (including 9 disabled bays)

Plantrooms and M&E functions



4. Category B works

In addition to the shell & core and Category A works, tenants’ Category B works can be included as required. Typically these may include:

• An enhanced reception

• Meeting and conference rooms

• Additional toilets for special spaces or increased occupational density

• Desks, workstations, storage, meeting room furniture

• Goods lift

• Communications installations

• IT installations

• Security installation

• Power back up, UPS, standby generation

• Enhanced finishes

• Enhanced services

• AV and TV facilities

• Staff restaurant(s)

• Executive dining

• Gym

• Break-out spaces and Hubs

• Semi-formal meet and greet spaces

The exact technical and commercial criteria for shell & core, Category A and Category B will, of course, be agreed as developer and occupational partner determine the precise scope of each element.

5. BREEAM and EPC

The office building will achieve an Excellent rating in accordance with BREEAM 2014 for offices.

The completed building will have an Energy Performance Certificate with a minimum of a B rating.

6. Occupational density

Design occupancy of 8m² per person (with a 50%/50% split for sanitary provisions).

Design occupancy of 10m² per person at 100% occupation / 8m² per person at 80% occupancy for lift provision.

Means of escape will be designed for 6m² per person.

Air-conditioning is designed for occupancy at 1 person/8m², with ducts and risers sized for increased occupancy at 1 person/6m2.

7. Planning grid

The planning grid is 1.5m.

8. Floor to ceiling height

Floor to ceiling height will be a minimum of 2.9m.

9. Disabled provision

The building will comply with current Building Regulations requirements in respect of access, means of escape, lifts and sanitary provision and take cognisance of the Equality Act 2010 insofar as it affects the design and use of the building. Showers and disabled toilets/showers will be provided in accordance with relevant legislation and building regulations.

10. Design life schedule

The design life of the building, as defined in BS 7543, is to be 60 years. The design life for individual components, assemblies and installations, again, as defined in BS 7543, are specified as varying periods between 5 and 60 years appropriate to the chosen methods of construction.

Specifications for work designed by trade contractors will include these design life requirements.

Building items

60 years

Brick / block walling

Accessories / sundry items for brick / block / stone walling

Pre-cast concrete panel cladding/features

Stairs / walkways

Concrete sub and superstructure

Structural steel framing

Basement and foundations

30 years

Curtain walling (excluding gaskets)

Structural glass assemblies

Metal profiled / flat sheeting cladding

Sand cement / concrete / granolithic screeds / flooring

Permanent access and safety securing points

25 years

Roof coverings

Anodising

Polyester powder coatings

15–20 years

Plasterboard dry lining

Suspended ceilings

Raised access floors

Windows / rooflights / screens / louvres

Curtain walling gaskets

Doors / shutters / hatches

Stone / concrete / quarry / ceramic tiling (or mosaic)

Sanitary appliances / fittings

Sundry insulation / proofing work / fire stopping

Unframed isolated trims / skirtings / sundry items

Ironmongery



12 years

Sealed double-glazed units

10 years

Carpet tiling / sheet rubber flooring

Signs / notices

Purpose made joinery

Purpose made metal work

Lift car finishes

Plant items

25 years

Tanks / calorifiers

20 years

Pumps

Flues

HV / LV switchgear

Transformers

Fire alarm system

Motor control centres

BMS outstation hardware and controller equipment

Chillers

Boilers

Air handling units / fans

15 years

Luminaires

VRF system including seven year warranty

BMS Software

5 years

Self-contained emergency lighting batteries

Lift items

25–35 years

Car sling, counterweight and guides

20–25 years

Lift car

15–20 years

Drive unit

Door motors

Lift car doors

5–10 years

Guide shoes

Note: All the above design lives are set subject to an agreed planned maintenance programme being implemented where applicable or regular effective maintenance together with periodic thorough inspection and testing by competent persons. The contractor will set out in detail all applicable maintenance requirements in the project’s Health and Safety File and Operating and Maintenance Manuals.

The Health and Safety File is to provide information on the methods for safely and economically replacing all components and assemblies with a design life less than that of the building or less than that of the installation of which they are an element.

11. Deleterious materials

In carrying out the works the developer will not specify for use, use or permit to be used, any substances and materials not in conformity with any relevant British or European Standards or Codes of Practice or which are generally known to the UK building industry at the time of specification, or known to be deleterious to health and safety or to the durability of the works in the particular circumstances in which they are used.

12. Superstructure

The frame will generally be designed to accommodate floor loadings as follows:

Note: Floor planks (if used) – loadings as above plus an appropriate allowance for dead load dependent upon the planks used.

Superimposed 3kN/m2

Partitions 1kN/m2

Access floor / carpets 0.40 kN/m2

Services / ceilings 0.25 kN/m2

Plantrooms 7.5 kN/m2 + allowance for plinths

Hard spaces 7.5% of office floor area to be 7.5 kN/m2



13. Stairs

Staircases will be constructed as below.

All staircases will be classed as escape stairs.

Balustrades from the reception to the first floor plate will be architectural glass with those from first to upper office floor plates formed in brushed stainless steel, all with 40mm minimum diameter (or such lesser dimension if required by Part M considerations) circular, or oval hardwood handrails, secret fixed with welds ground smooth.

An approved upstand detail will be formed to prevent items falling into the void areas below.

14. Roof

The roof will generally be Radmat Permaquik hot melt bitumen fully bonded inverted roof finish or similar approved.

The roof will be designed to accommodate the calculated wind and snow loadings. The roof will also be designed to suitable falls to prevent occurrence of standing water on the main body of the roof and will not be penetrated by flues, vents or other conduits without prior approval by the employer. Areas of ‘green’ roof construction may be considered to enhance the building’s environmental sustainability.

15. Curtain walling and windows

The façade cladding will generally be Kingspan Micro-Rib insulated architectural wall panels fixed to and supported on secondary steel bearers and Metsec metal framing system or similar, as required.

The windows and curtain walling will be designed and manufactured using a Schuco system or equivalent by an approved systems supplier / fabricator. The systems will be thermally broken extruded aluminium profiles, drained and ventilated.

The windows and curtain walling and all ancillary components will comply with relevant CWCT, British and European Standards and statutory requirements and achieve the appropriate U values in order that the whole envelope complies with Part L of the current Building Regulations.

16. Internal finishes

Internal finishes will be provided as shown in the following schedule.

Location Construction Balustrade Handrail

Accommodation stair (internal)

Steel / concrete Glass / brushed stainless steel

American oak

Plant or back of house escape stairs

Galvanised steel Galvanised steel Galvanised steel

Location Wall Floor Ceiling Skirting

Reception / atrium areas W1 F3 C2/C3/C4 S4

Main circulation W1 F1 C1 S1

Office areas W1 F1 C1 S1

Toilets / cubicles W1/W3/W4 F2 C1/C3 S2

Accessible toilets W1/W3 F2 C3 S2

Showers W2 F2 C3 S2

Toilet lobbies W1 F2 C1 S1

Cleaners’ room W1 F4 C1/C3 S3

Main stairs W1 F1 C3 S1/S4



The following are indicative and may be altered for products of equal or better quality with the employer’s consent.

Wall finishes

W1

Plasterboard dry lining with filled and taped joints decorated with vinyl matt finish emulsion paint to provide full cover (minimum mist coat plus two full coats).

W2

Glazed 200mm x 200mm, ceramic wall tiles (Swedecore or similar) on rendered background with laminate duct system to walls with sanitary appliances to conceal pipework and cisterns. Discreet stainless steel edging bead is to be used where tiles abut at outer edges of wall joints.

W3

Back painted glass.

W4

High pressure laminated full height walls.

Floor finishes

F1

Carpet tiles size 500mm x 500mm First Lines by Innerspace Modulyss range or similar, heavy contract grade, anti-static to main areas on full access 600mm x 600mm raised floor capable of withstanding a concentrated point load of 3.0kN over 25mm2 and a uniformly distributed load of 8.0kN/m2 all as PSA MOB PF2 January 1990 medium classification. The clear void below the

raised floors will be a minimum of 113mm. The use of reconstituted carpet (recycled materials) will be investigated and encouraged.

Pedestal swing tests will be undertaken in accordance with the MOB specification and compliance certificates will be provided by the contractor.

The cavity under the raised floor will be provided with smoke barriers where applicable.

F2

Porcelain floor tiles, Ark range by Blue Print Ceramics, 600 x 300mm (or similar approved). Slip resistance to be appropriate to respective space and in accordance with all relevant British and European Standards and Regulations. Tiles to be provided with a slip resistance value of +36 in the wet and dry.

F3

Marte Botticino 300mm x 600mm x 9mm thick porcelain tiles or similar approved and laid on a semi-dry cement sand screed or as otherwise approved by the manufacturer. Note that floor boxes or grilles in the reception/atrium area will be of a type suitable to receive these tiles and provide a continuous flush finish with the remainder of the flooring. Tiles to be provided with a slip resistance value of +36 in the wet and dry.

F4

2mm thick sheet vinyl flooring manufactured by Polyflor XL with site welded joints laid on a cement/sand or latex screed or as manufacturer’s recommendations.

Ceiling finishes

C1

600mm x 600mm SAS 130 system perforated metal tiles (small perforation option) with adhered acoustic fleece backing in an SAS T15 exposed metal suspension system (or similar approved).

C2

1500mm x 300mm white bevelled edge metal tiles with concealed grid and acoustic quilt backing.

C3

Painted plasterboard MF system.

Ceilings to full height partitions and perimeter walls will be edged with proprietary recessed metal pressings to suit the SAS ceiling system.

C4

Decorative high pressure laminate panel.

Skirtings

S1

18mm x 100mm pre-primed white painted mdf skirtings, single rebated and secret fixed with two coats of low VOC paint.

S2

Cut tiled skirting 100mm high to match ceramic flooring.

S3

Set-in welded vinyl skirting.

S4

Cut tiled skirting 100mm high to match atrium/reception flooring.

Reception/atrium area skirtings to be skirting tiles to match floor areas.

Internal doors

Internal doors will generally be finished in walnut or American oak veneer with vision panels and fitted with appropriate Allgood ‘D-Line’ ironmongery or equal.

Entrances

Entra Guard 9mm Anthracite entrance matting suitable for setting into an aluminium matwell frame to be installed to revolving door and rear entrance door lobby, subject to compliance with the Equality Act 2010. The mats will be removable for cleaning purposes and will fill the full width of the entrance floor spaces in front of the entrance doors and within revolving doors, and will be drained externally. Entrance matting will run in a 5.0m length from the external face of the entrance door.

Toilets

Toilets will have high quality timber laminate doors and full height pilasters and fully accessible rear walls.

Toilet cubicles will have full height laminated panels mounted on timber stud partitions, with tiled skirtings.

Floor to ceiling integrated service duct casing to conceal WC cisterns and plumbing services with removable access panels to suit layout of sanitary fittings and WC cubicles.



All pipework in toilet areas will be fully concealed where practicable. Exposed pipework will have a chrome plate finish.

WCs will be dual flush (2.7 / 4 litres) white vitreous china, IFO Cera or similar back to wall type cold water cistern, concealed within duct, with chrome push button or sensor activated flush.

Cantilevered Hi-Macs (or similar approved) vanity shelf units will be provided with integral trough wash basin sections and adjacent solid areas with a seamless front downstand edge and rear upstand and returns. All internal angles and junctions will be pencil-rounded for easy cleaning.

Basins to accessible toilets will be white vitreous china basins with chrome swivel waste – Armitage Shanks Portman range or similar.

Chrome finished brass monobloc mixer taps – Ideal Tratto or similar, with spray head or air entrainment facility.

Polished plate glass mirrors will be provided above wash basins. Mirrors will be full height above the vanity unit upstand with concealed fixings. A full height mirror will be provided on the wall opposite the entrance door.

Brushed stainless steel hand driers and/or brushed stainless steel integral paper towel dispensers and bins will be provided.

Coat hooks, toilet roll holders and toilet brushes will be provided to all toilets. A shaver point and electrical socket will be provided in the changing rooms.

Stainless steel or coloured wall mounted grab rails will be provided to accessible toilet cubicles, in accordance with Building Regulations Doc M and BS8300:2001.

Showers

Showers will be mains water fed electric, having a flow rate of less than 9 litres per minute with multi-spray heads or via water storage and booster pump.

Glass screen doors will be provided to any cubicle. Clothes hooks, hanging space and benches will be provided within the shower area.

Accessible showers will be provided to meet Equality Act requirements and will incorporate a shower seat of approved material and stainless steel or coloured grab rails etc. in accordance with BR Doc M.

Combining accessible and able bodied facilities should be considered where practical.

Cleaners’ cupboards

Cleaners’ cupboards to be fitted with raised butler-type sink complete with hinged grate, hot and cold chrome bib taps and tiled splash back (also to side walls where necessary). A floor gulley will also be provided with a bronze or chrome screwed grating.

The sanitary and water consuming devices for the project will be selected to achieve water consumption below the maximum figure identified in the BREEAM requirements.

Reception

A reception desk will be provided and will include a lockable drawer unit, under desk heating and containment for power and telecoms.

A tenants’ directory board will be provided in the main reception area.

Contemporary seating furniture will be provided for the reception waiting area.

17. Acoustics

All plant will be designed such that the following noise levels are not exceeded:

In plant areas, to avoid the need for the use of ear defenders, noise will not exceed 85 dBA. It should be noted, however, that lower noise levels may be necessary in order to achieve the other requirements of the specification, including the maximum Noise Ratings quoted above.

18. M&E design

18.1 Mechanical services

The mechanical services will be designed, as a minimum, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers and in accordance with the current BCO Guidelines in respect of capacities and zoning. Mechanical services will be provided to maintain comfort, comply with statutory requirements and be compatible with the development standards. The services will include ventilation, comfort cooling, and heating. Space will be provided in the main air handling plant for tenant installed humidifiers.

Ventilation

Stairwells will be naturally ventilated unless external acoustic and/or thermal conditions dictate otherwise.

Office areas (open plan) NR 38

Reception areas NR 40

All other areas NR 40 Open plan office areas Minimum of 13.2 l/s per person

Toilet accommodation, showers, cleaners’ cupboards

25l/s or 10 air changes /hour (which-ever is the greater)



Heating and comfort cooling

Heating and cooling will be provided to maintain the following environmental conditions:

The following metabolic and electrical gains will be assumed:

Office areas

As part of the Category A works, it is anticipated that the office areas will be heated and comfort cooled using a heat recovery variable refrigerant volume (VRF) air source heat pump system that will facilitate simultaneous heating and cooling to suit the thermal zoning of the building. Generally, individually controllable VRF units located in the suspended ceiling zone will supply conditioned air to the office space. The density of VRF units will be not less than 1 VRF unit per structural bay for perimeter zones and 1 VRF unit per 70m2 (based on BCO standards) for the internal zones. Multi-speed VRF units will be sized to meet design conditions, including acoustic performance whilst operating on the medium setting. Air will be extracted from the office areas using the ceiling void as a return air plenum.

Fresh air supply and extract will be provided via air handling units comprising, on the supply side, an intake section, frost coil, filters, heating coil, cooling coil and supply fan, and, on the extract side, a return air inlet, and duty and standby extract fans. A high efficiency thermal wheel will be installed to assist compliance with Part L 2010. There will be adequate machine space for future humidification.

The VRF installation will be linked to the central BMS and the VRF system will come complete with a central controller and BMS interface unit operating through BACnet protocol to allow remote adjustment of temperature and time schedules from the BMS.

Where required, toilets and staircases will be heated with decorative panel or convector heaters or ceiling mounted radiant panels as appropriate. All panels will be controlled via a thermostat.

The reception area will be heated via void mounted VRF units from the adjacent ceiling void. These will discharge air into the double height space at high level with wall mounted diffusers. Measures will be taken to ensure downdraughts are minimised below glazing.

Hot and cold water services

The installation will be in accordance with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 and CIBSE TM13 and will incorporate water conditioning plant if necessary and in compliance with the measures outlined in the Health and Safety Executive’s “Legionnaires’ disease – The control of legionella bacteria in water systems” approved Code of Practice and Guidance, 2000. Where humidification is required, a failsafe humidification system is also provided.

A metered incoming supply will feed a low-level break tank and booster set if required. A manual bypass will be provided. The potable, boosted supply will serve branches at each floor level, one for toilet accommodation, the hot water generation requirements and four, capped off, for future use. All pipework above ground will be copper; all pipework below ground will be medium density polyethylene. Sub-metering facilities will be provided as required by BREEAM.

Hot water for the offices and toilet accommodation will be generated by an unvented water heater located in the plant room of the relevant core or as determined by the energy strategy.

The cold water feed will be a boosted supply. A single-pipe, temperature maintenance hot water supply, or pumped flow and return, will serve one branch at each floor level, for toilet accommodation.

A static pressure of 2 bar will be provided at all outlets (including irrigation points), except where an outlet requires a higher pressure to operate satisfactorily. PIR operated solenoid shut off valves will be provided as required for compliance with BREEAM.

All hot and cold water pipework will be insulated with mineral wool, finished with foil faced aluminium and water proofed externally.

18.2 Drainage

Public health services will be provided to comply with statutory requirements and be compatible with the development standards. The services will include hot and cold water services, soil and waste drainage, rainwater drainage and gas service.

Above ground soil and waste

All systems will be designed in accordance with BS EN 12506-2000. All sanitary appliances will be connected to the underground drainage system via a conventional, modified ‘one pipe’ system.

Open plan and FM office areas and reception

23°C ± 2°C summer 22°C ± 2°C winter

Occupancy (open plan offices)

90 W/person (sensible) 40 W/person (latent)

Lighting (generally) 7 W/m² (based on LED lighting and does not include Cat B lighting)

Small power (open plan offices)

15 W/m2 with an allowance in the electrical infrastructure of 25 W/m2



All pipework will be copper or MuPVC and uPVC, except for exposed pipework, where a chrome-plated finish is required.

Trapped floor gullies will be provided to all floor areas with a potential for flooding including toilets, showers, plant rooms, cleaners’ rooms and bin stores.

Consideration is to be given to future proofing the drainage in relation to tenant kitchens and toilets.

Rainwater drainage

The roof will be drained via a siphonic drainage system and be designed in accordance with BS EN 12056-3 and to a 1 in 50 year storm, incorporating a series of galvanised pressed metal concealed gutters where required, insulated where necessary, with single ply membrane lining, all necessary proprietary weir outlets, connected to the underground drainage system via a series of downpipes, which will be prefabricated galvanised steel, uPVC or HDPE (mechanical joints will be made to the roof system and the underground system only). Internal rainwater pipework will be insulated with foil faced mineral wool to the requirements of Building Regulations and good practice. Cleaning eyes are to be provided at the base of each downpipe.

18.3 Gas service

Provision will be made for a gas supply to be taken from the boundary to the building at a suitable location for a future tenant to apply for a gas connection.

18.4 Controls

A building management system (BMS) will provide direct digital control (DDC) to all items of mechanical plant and any electronically operated vents in the entrance area/atrium. 20% spare ports distributed equally around outstations will be provided for tenant’s fit-out.

The control zones will be compatible with multi-tenancy and landlord’s areas. The following functions will be provided as a minimum:

Optimised stop/start.

Multiple time programming.

Alarm handling (including audio-visual – with mute – remote repeater at reception).

Energy monitoring is to be provided in accordance with the Guidance given within CIBSE Guide TM39 and as required by BREEAM (including Category B metering) and including water meters as per the “portfolio monitoring” metering strategy.

Temperature monitoring.

Sub metering in accordance with the Building Regulations ADL2, CIBSE TM39 and BREEAM 2011 NC issue Ene 02.

Fire alarm and security system status monitoring.

Remote monitoring link.

Temperature sensors will be located within each zone, at the same height as light switches, and not in the return air supply (humidity control is a Cat B option).

Intelligent outstations will be provided in all mechanical services Control Panels. All outstations will be networked to and capable of operation from, the Main Control Panel (MCP). The MCP will incorporate spare input capacity, including space for additional temperature sensors and lighting management system status. The MCP will incorporate a modem and ADSL telephone connection operational prior to Practical Completion for remote monitoring and operation by a third party. A host workstation, router and software, approved by the Employer, will be provided to allow web-based monitoring and control from any remote PC. HVAC controls will be Trend, with IBMS software and/or similar approved.

18.5 Electrical services

The electrical services will be designed to comply with all relevant statutory and local regulations, the current requirements of the local fire authority, British Standards and Codes of Practice, and the 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations and guidelines issued by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers.

Lighting

The lighting system and luminaires will be designed in accordance with the SLL code for lighting 2012, CIBSE Lighting Guide 7:2005 Code for Office Lighting, sections 3.3, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9. Office areas will incorporate Thorn 600mm x 600mm recessed modular 4000K LED fittings with microprism PMMA optic. Lighting to the open plan office will be controlled by multi sensors providing presence detection and daylight dimming and the facility for local occupant control of the local zone. Generally maintained average lighting levels will be as follows:

Open plan office areas 350–400 lux

Reception area 200–300 lux (350–400 lux at desk)

Stairwells 100–150 lux

Toilet accommodation 150–200 lux

Stores and plantrooms 150 lux

Parking areas 10 lux



The lighting installation will deliver a minimum of 80lm/W and consume a maximum of 5W/m² (net area). The following criteria will be assumed:

Task uniformity will be provided in accordance with CIBSE amendment 2012 guidance.

Task area will be as defined within LG7.

Interior lighting

Toilet accommodation will be lit by LED down lighting for general lighting and directional spotlights to illuminate the mirrors.

The ground floor entrance and main staircases will be lit by a combination of decorative and feature luminaires. Reception desks will have task lighting.

Sealed batten type non-corroding LED luminaires will be provided in ancillary areas such as plant rooms and enclosed car parking spaces.

Exterior lighting

The front façade of the building will be complemented and enhanced by LED lighting to provide a feature of and a focal point at the entrance and approach.

External car parking areas and access routes will be lit by column-mounted LED luminaries. External lighting will be designed in accordance with BS5489-1:2013+A2:2008 Lighting of roads and public amenity area, BS EN12464-2:2014 Light and Lighting – Lighting of Workplaces – Part 2: Outdoor Places, the ILP Guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive Light 2011 Operation during daylight hours.

The lighting will be automatically controlled for prevention of operation during daylight hours and presence detection in areas of intermittent pedestrian traffic will be provided with daylight control and automatically switch off between 2300 hours and 0700 hours. Where the lighting is required for security, lower levels of lighting as recommended in Table 2 of the ILP Guidance notes will be controlled.

The external light fittings will have an average initial luminous efficacy of not less than 60 luminaire lumens per circuit Watt.

Where illuminated advertisements or signage is required, these must be designed in compliance with ILE Technical Report 5 – The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements.

Emergency lighting

The emergency lighting systems will comply with the requirements of BS EN 5266 Part 1:2011. Emergency lighting will maintain the required illumination levels for a period of three hours without the use of mains electricity, using non-maintained, self-contained emergency lighting luminaries.

Key test switches for emergency lighting will be located adjacent to the normal switches in the landlord areas and in the risers for the general office areas.

Lighting controls

A lighting management system will be installed to technically complement the selected luminaires, to ensure the building’s energy consumption is as economic as possible, and its environmental performance complies with current Building Regulations, relevant CIBSE guidelines, and to maintain the best internal illuminated office space for the building’s occupiers.

The lighting in the office areas will be controlled in accordance with Building Regulations and as the BREEAM requirements detailed in Appendix M of the Building Contract. Generally, marshalling boxes will be 8 way, with 2 ways per box left spare for future use. Alternatively, dedicated lighting busbars incorporating the same level of control and spare capacity may be used.

A switched and un-switched line will be available to each luminaire, to facilitate future local office switching or photocell/daylight control and as the BREEAM requirements

detailed in Appendix M of the Building Contract.

All external lighting will be controlled via a battery back-up time clock and a photoelectric cell control, with a manual override facility.

Sub main distribution

All sub main distribution, including switchgear, cables, distribution boards and cables will be provided with a minimum of 20% spare capacity above the Cat A and Cat B. For three phase distribution boards, sufficient TPN and SPN spare ways will be provided for a reasonable amount of future expansion.

The main low voltage switchgear will incorporate sub-metering in accordance with Part L2A of the Building Regulations.

All risers will be fully floored with metal or fibreglass grillage.

Supplies from the LV switchgear will feed the following:

A minimum of one lighting and power distribution board per prospective tenancy – floor plate is to be capable of splitting into two tenancies.

Other tenants’ distribution boards (including those for Category A plant).

Landlord’s distribution boards (including those for lighting and power to stairwells, lifts, toilet accommodation and landscape).

Room condition Clean

Lamp changing 50,000 hours L80

Luminaire cleaning 12 months

Room cleaning 12 months

Surface 70/50/20



The following major energy consuming systems will be metered and monitored using the BEMS:

Lighting

Small power

HVAC control panels

Lifts

VRF condensers

Small power

Small power distribution will be via busbar trunking in the raised floor areas. Floor boxes will be provided on a 3m x 3m maximum grid with the perimeter boxes being no more than 1.5m from the wall. Each outlet box will be complete with a twin-switched, 13A socket outlet and space for 1 data outlet plate and 1 telecoms data plate.

Power will be available from the distribution system sufficient to meet the open plan office area load of 15W/m2.

Containment – a minimum of 2 x four 25mm diameter conduits with draw wires, will be provided for a future reception desk for the building, cast in to the entrance area floor screed and routed to a suitable position. Floor boxes in the entrance area will be of a type suitable to receive the floor tiling and maintain a flush finish with the remainder of the floor.

General-purpose, twin, 13A socket outlets will be provided in the landlord’s areas. Electric hand dryers will be provided in all

areas that include wash hand basins. 13A socket face plates in the atrium will be brushed stainless steel.

13A sockets for cleaners’ use will be provided at suitable locations at a maximum of 15m centres.

13A sockets with USB sockets for “charging” points for phones, tablets and the like will be provided in common areas including reception and related waiting/seating areas.

Fire alarm system

The category of each fire alarm system, and its design and interface with the mechanical services, will be advised by the specialist fire consultant in accordance with the requirements of the fire officer and building control. The system will be fully monitored, automatic and analogue addressable to BS 5839-1:2013 – Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems for Buildings – Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Systems in Non-Domestic Premises, BS 5445 BS EN 54.5:2001 – Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems, BS 5839-8:2013 – Fire Detection and Alarm Systems for Buildings – Design, Installation and Maintenance of Voice Alarm Systems and BS 5839-9:2011 Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems for Buildings – Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Emergency Voice Communication Systems. The system indicator panel, with integral batteries and charger, will be pod mounted or as otherwise agreed and located in the atrium near the main entrance.

Spare loops in the panels will allow future installation of one additional automatic detector per 50m² of net floor area and one additional sounder per 40m².

Accordingly, the panels will be of modular format to allow the batteries and charger capacity to be increased. Provision will be made for future auto-dialler.

Manual break-glass call points will be located at strategic points throughout the building. These will be semi-flush fitting in all public and tenant areas.

Automatic detectors will be provided in accordance with the fire strategy, to include storerooms, services risers, ceiling spaces and plant room spaces.

Sounders will be used to provide an audible alarm of either 65 dB or 5 dB above the normal office background noise (whichever is the higher) in all areas of the building. Xenon beacon visual alarms or similar will be provided in plant areas with high ambient noise levels. Sounders will be the most visually discreet available, recessed and generally ceiling-mounted in tenant and public areas.

Fire alarm cables will be CZW rated.

Security systems

A security system will be installed by a NACOSS-accredited contractor. The system provided will be open protocol to allow tenants to interface with the system.

The system indicator panel will be pod

mounted, or as otherwise agreed and will be located in the reception area near the main entrance and will incorporate zones that are compatible with multi-tenancy and landlord’s areas. Spare capacity for additional PIRs and door contacts, with respect to multi-tenancy, will be provided. The panel will be capable of providing status output to the BMS system.

Passive Infra-Red (PIR) detectors will be located on all ground and lower ground floor areas to provide full coverage, including all perimeter faces and entrance doors. Concealed contacts will be installed on ground floor doors, doors at other levels that are accessible from externally accessed staircases and all doors leading to open plant areas.

Conduit and outlet boxes (at switch height) will be provided within walls adjacent to stair lobby doors and external walls adjacent to all external doors, to facilitate future installation of a card access system with electro-magnetic locks and dogged panic bars.

A CCTV system will be installed complete with monitor and DVR. The monitor and DVR will be situated in the building management office, with the repeater monitoring facility situated at the main reception. A further monitor will be provided at the main reception desk. CCTV cameras will be installed to cover all entrances of the building, all elevations and all car parking spaces.

An access control system will be installed



complete with controllers, card/fob readers and a minimum of 100 cards/fobs. The system will be provided to all access points on the building and capable of extension to support each demise. In addition the system will be capable of interface/integration with the speed gates/turnstiles and lift access control system.

A colour video intercom system will be provided to all remote entrances and gates.

Accessible WC alarm and wheelchair refuge

A visible and audible alarm will be provided in each disabled WC and extended to a remote repeater at the main reception or as otherwise required by the tenant or by Building Regulations. A disabled person refuge telephone system is to be installed into each staircase. The system is to register at reception local to the fire alarm panel as required by the Fire Officer and Building Control Authority.

Telecommunications and data

The building will be provided internally with a service route for three PTO providers and data cabling, including a containment system within the risers. Provision will be made for future tenants to have access to multiple high-quality internet service providers and a variety of cabling types including fibre. The infrastructure measures will ensure connectivity sources are protected, redundant and prepared for connectivity in order to facilitate future Wired Gold.

Certification and should include the following attributes:

• At least 3 fibre / fixed wireless providers with the addition of multiple copper/coax options

• Fibre cabling that is easily accessible throughout the whole building

• Protected and secure dedicated telecom closet to minimize interruptions

• 2 points of entry for cabling with room for growth

• 2 diverse risers that traverse the building with room for growth

Ducts into the building from diverse routes will be installed complete with draw wires and adequately sealed for future use by a PTO.

Telecommunications/data containment will be via cable trays in the electrical risers. The minimum provision to be accommodated will be for the provision of fibre to each floor, based on 4 outlets/cables per desk position, assuming 1 desk per 9m².

The building’s roof plant area will be structurally capable of receiving dishes or transmitters to facilitate future satellite or microwave installations.

The site infrastructure will comply with the recommendations of BT network planners in that the development meets the provision criteria of a BT Strategic location (BT e-Location).

All ducts will be fitted with draw wires.

Lightning protection

Lightning protection will be provided to the building in accordance with BS EN 62305 and BS6651: 1999 – Code of Practice for protection of structures against lightning.

19. Lifts

The lifts strategy for the building will be determined in accordance with the requirements of EN 81 regulations. The lifts will serve all ground and all office floors and comply with EN81-1 EN81-70, EN81-20 (as applicable), EN81-70, EN81-28 and all current legislation, including all disabled regulations. In particular, an emergency two-way communication system and connection facility to a 24-hour duty remote monitoring station and car emergency lighting will be provided in accordance with European Directive EN 81 and current UK legislation.

The vertical transportation will be provided by 3x13-person elevators each travelling at a speed of 1.6m/s as detailed in the lift traffic analysis.

Waiting time: 25 seconds or less.

Handling capacity: more that 15% population above ground floor in less than 65 seconds.

Each lift will be supplied complete with the following:

Clear entrance of 1100mm x 2100mm to suit wheelchair access.

Centre opening doors with matt stainless steel finish.

High quality finishes – floor finish to match

the main reception flooring, walls to be back painted/mirror glass with concealed fixings and American white oak handrails.

Concealed lighting to provide an illuminance of 200 lux at floor level.

Tactile lift controls.

Facility for a remote alarm repeater.

Fitted clips and a suitable protection quilt for each lift to enable its use as an occasional goods lift.

Safety-edge door-closing mechanism.

Telephone lines will be provided for remote alarm monitoring facilities.

One lift to be provided with extra height to be used as a goods lift.

The lifts will ground on fire alarm activation or as detailed within the fire strategy and agreed with Building Control. Lifts to have interface facilities.

The lifts will operate in a stand-by condition during off-peak periods. The power side of the lift controller and other operating equipment such as lift car lighting, user displays and ventilation fans switch off when the lift has been idle for a prescribed length of time.

The lift car will use energy-efficient lighting and display lighting i.e. an average lamp efficacy, across all fittings in the car, of >55 lamp lumens / circuit Watt and lighting switches off after the lift has been idle for a prescribed length of time.

The lifts will use a drive controller with variable-speed, variable-voltage, variable-frequency (VVVF) control of the drive motor.



The lifts will include the use of regenerative drives where it is demonstrated that the energy saving produced by the incorporation of the regenerative drives is greater than the additional standby energy used to support the drives. Where regenerative drives are not provided the manufacturer must provide calculations to show that the energy saving is not available.

The lift controls will be capable of interface/integration with:

Speed gates / turnstiles system

Building access control system

The lift manufacturer will provide energy consumption calculations in accordance with BS EN ISO 25747 Energy Performance of lifts – Part 2: Energy Calculation and Classification for Lifts for at least two types of system or for an arrangement of systems or a system strategy which is ‘fit for purpose’.

20. Car parking and associated access

Car parking will be provided in a prefabricated steel frame multi-storey car park with high quality pre-cast, pre-finished concrete floor units, comprising 194 car parking spaces, 9 wheelchair accessible car parking spaces and 8 motorcycle parking spaces. Provision will be made for the future installation of electric car charging points.

A designated route to bin stores, service parking and goods drop-off point will be provided via the extra-height ground floor of the car park structure.

A dedicated taxi drop-off bay will be provided in the highway adjacent to the building entrance, subject to Local Planning Authority approval.

21. Refuse area

The refuse and recycling area will be fitted with a pair of powder coated lockable steel louvred entrance doors fitted with internal insect mesh and door restrictors, in a steel frame.

Dedicated space will be provided within the refuse area to cater for the segregation and storage of operational recyclable waste volumes generated by the building.

22. Cycle storage

A combination of 48 secure covered bicycle racks and 14 external visitor bicycle spaces will be provided in accordance with BREEAM and LPA requirements.

23. Landscaping

Subject to further detailed design and agreement with the LPA, a suitable landscaping scheme will be designed and procured for the building’s setting. There will be particular emphasis on providing a high quality interface with public realm space and the external surroundings.

Secure fencing and gating will be provided to the dedicated office externals and parking areas.

24. Operation and maintenance manuals

Operation and maintenance manuals will be provided for the building in both paper copy (two copies) and on e-manuals. Draft manuals will be provided at least four weeks prior to practical completion to allow comment by the employer’s representative, prior to final issue in accordance with the terms of the agreement to lease.

Final maintenance plans for mechanical, electrical, lift installations, window and façade cleaning strategy and landscaping will be provided at least four weeks prior to practical completion to the tenant. The cleaning strategy will be developed to reduce the variety and size of cleaning and access plant required.

Training on each element of the installed plant and equipment will be provided to nominated representatives of the tenant prior to practical completion to a mutually agreed programme.

25. Spares

An agreed suitable list of spares will be established and agreed as the design evolves and/or when an agreement to lease is entered into.

DELIVERING YOUR OFFICE



INDICATIVE TIMELINE

2016 2017 2018

Planning application for new building submitted

Demolition and site preparation works commenced by B&DBC

Detailed planning consent granted

Site preparation

works complete

Construction works commence

Practical completion

to Cat A

Q3 Q1 Q1Q3Q4 Q2 Q2Q4



THE ABSTRACT GROUP OF COMPANIES

Established in April 2000 by Mark Glatman, the Abstract Group of Companies specialises in commercial property investment, development and venture capital financing. The management team at Abstract brings together combined experience of over 7 million sq ft of business space development across the UK and Europe. The team is highly experienced at working directly with major property owners and corporate end users, handling all aspects of their property requirements.

www.abstractsecurities.com

CASE STUDIES

THE LEONARDO BUILDING

The third in the new Abstract series was The Leonardo Building.

The building is located within the Crawley Business Quarter on a 3.2 acre site in the heart of Manor Royal just South of Gatwick airport. The site lies outside the area designated by Gatwick Airport for a potential runway expansion.

The building achieved BREEAM Excellent 2011 and an EPC A Rating.

The 110,000 sq ft building was designed to achieve an occupancy as high as 1 person per 6 sq m and provides the most cost effective new business space in the South East of England.

The building was completed in December 2015 and is fully let to Virgin Atlantic Ltd. Tenant’s Category B fit out will complete in August 2016.

SOAPWORKS

Abstract joined forces with Nikal Ltd in a joint venture with The Carlyle Group to purchase the former Colgate-Palmolive site in Salford Quays, Manchester for a £70 million office-led regeneration project.

The 8.4 acre site, renamed Ivy Wharf, comprised existing offices, cleared production and warehouse space and approximately 800 car parking spaces.

The existing factory building within Ivy Wharf was renamed Soapworks and is being converted to deliver over 400,000 sq ft of new commercial space, designed and consented to include contemporary office, media, hotel and complementary retail and leisure space.

Soapworks is well-located within the Media City boundary, providing space that can appeal to both the creative industry and corporate occupiers. It is being delivered in three phases. Phases 1 and 2 are let, with the largest lettings being to TalkTalk (126,000 sq ft), The Home Office (56,000 sq ft) and MWH (25,000 sq ft).

RENAISSANCE CROYDON

Renaissance in Croydon was the first of a new series of speculative office buildings developed and equity financed by Abstract. It achieved Practical Completion in November 2013.

Abstract’s perception is that occupiers are now looking for well-located new buildings at highly competitive rents, offering the highest environmental specification and no compromise on Grade A quality but avoiding any signs of corporate excess. This is the philosophy that has been adopted by Abstract with Renaissance and other projects currently under development.

Prior to completion, the 100,000 sq ft building was sold as an investment to M&G Real Estate, underlining Abstract’s confidence in the Croydon market. The offices were fully let within 10 months of practical completion to the Pension Protection Fund, Mott MacDonald and Plexus Law.

ST VINCENT PLAZA

St Vincent Plaza in Glasgow was the second in a new series of speculative office buildings to be developed and equity financed by Abstract.

St Vincent Plaza was designed to provide top-quality, city-centre office accommodation at a highly competitive rent of £23.00 per sq ft. At an occupational density of up to 1 person per 6 sq m, the cost of operation per workstation is significantly lower than in competing Grade A office developments in Glasgow City Centre and any other major city in the UK. It provides very efficient and environmentally-friendly office accommodation in a Glasgow office market where the supply of new Grade A offices has significantly reduced.

This striking building provides 176,000 sq ft of Grade A office space over lower ground, ground and 10 upper floors. A prestigious double height reception, concierge-style services and virtually column free, flexible floor plates of 17,000 sq ft with fantastic views, make this an exceptional workplace.

Recent lettings have taken place to KPMG (39,711 sq ft), Whyte and Mackay (17,276 sq ft) and Registers of Scotland (17,924 sq ft).

ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK

Fornebuporten UK AS, a subsidiary of Norwegian investment company Aker ASA, has joined with Abstract to develop Aberdeen International Business Park.

The 40 acre site occupies the premier out of town office location, strategically situated opposite the entrance to Aberdeen International Airport and with direct access onto the new Airport Link Road (ALR).

Accessibility will be transformed with the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), scheduled to complete in Q4 2017 which will connect with the new ALR, scheduled to finish in Q4 2016.

The site is being developed as a fully master planned business park and will accommodate up to one million sq ft of proposed development within a beautifully landscaped energy efficient environment.

Phase 1, 335,000 sq ft of offices, was pre-let to Aker Solutions and occupied in February 2015.

- Prime location adjacent to Aberdeen International Airport- 40 acre high quality office business park- Phase 1: 335,000 sq ft let to Aker Solutions- Phase 2: High Specification Office buildings 50,000 - 530,000 sq ft- BREEAM Excellent / EPC B- Short term flexible space immediately available- 150 + bed 4 star Hotel with leisure facilities- Generous on-site car parking- Direct access from Dyce Drive and new Airport Link Road/Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

Further Phases of High Quality Bespoke Offices

Aker Building – Aberdeen International Business Park



PROFESSIONAL TEAM

DEVELOPERAbstract (Basingstoke) Ltd Queen’s House 34 Wellington Street Leeds LS1 2DE

Tony Nicholas T: 020 7747 8271 M: 07771 885993 E: [email protected]

EMPLOYER’S REPRESENTATIVETurner & Townsend LLP 33 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 6NL

Stewart Mackay T: 0141 221 5358 E: [email protected]

PRINCIPAL CONTRACTORBowmer & Kirkland Ltd High Edge Court, Heage, Belper Derbyshire DE56 2BW

Andy Lomas T: 01773 853131 E: [email protected]

ARCHITECTT P Bennett One America Street London SE1 0NE

Martin Bull T: 020 7902 5124 E: [email protected]

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERCundall LLP One Carter Lane London EC4V 5ER

Gary Rollinson T: 020 7438 1721 E: [email protected]

M&E CONTRACTORDerry Building Services Ltd The Old Hospital London Road, Newark Nottinghamshire NG24 1JP

Tom Rush T: 01636 614300 E: [email protected]

M&E CONSULTANTCundall LLP One Carter Lane London EC4V 5ER

Peter Stocks T: 020 7438 1731 E: [email protected]



CONTACT DETAILS

A DEVELOPMENT BY

ABSTRACTTony Nicholas [email protected] 020 7747 8271

Tom Mellows [email protected] 020 7409 8964

Guy Parkes [email protected] 0118 945 0119

Rob Pearson [email protected] 020 7299 3093

Jonathan Mannings [email protected] 0118 945 0118

These particulars do not form any part of a contract. Neither the developer, the agents nor any of their partners, directors or employees are authorised to give or make any warranty or representation on behalf of any party. Whilst the information on these particulars is given in good faith, intending purchasers or tenants must satisfy themselves independently as to the accuracy of all matters on which they intend to rely. All negotiations are subject to contract. Computer generated images/photography are for illustrative purposes only. August 2016.


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