TOMORROW is underway at MediaCityUK, Salford Quays.
The design of Tomorrow is experimental, quirky and a little bit different
The new £20m scheme will see 100,000 sq ft of new and 'experimental' office and studio space built on Broadway to meet the increasing demand for fast-growing creative and digital industries and to encourage start-ups to relocate to MediaCity - already home to the BBC, ITV and over 200 smaller media and tech companies.
The office space provided by the Peel Group - the Manchester-based property investment giant behind MediaCityUK - will be a 'studio/warehouse'-style blank canvas allowing occupiers to design their own individual creative space.
Four floors of the ten-storey structure will be given over to a 112-bed Premier Inn hotel.
Architects Chapman Taylor and construction firm Bowmer and Kirkland have teamed up for Tomorrow, with work estimated to finish by summer 2016.
The Managing Director of MediaCityUK, Stephen Wild, said:
“MediaCityUK has been a key trigger in the explosion of creative start-ups and national relocations so it’s essential that we give these businesses the right type of space and the flexibility to grow organically.
"The design of Tomorrow is experimental, quirky and a little bit different and what will be on offer at Tomorrow will be complementary to the state-of-the-art digital technology in broadcast and production, audio and virtual reality arena currently offered at the Landing and Dock10. Equally, MediaCityUK has become a thriving destination and our new hotel will be able to service the increasing number of people visiting the area”.
Earlier this year the Peel Group announced Legal & General Capital (LGC) as the new 50% shareholder in MediaCityUK.
To register interest in Tomorrow, please email: lynn.haime@mediacityuk.co.uk
