Developers behind Hull's @TheDock tech campus are creating a speculative net zero office building due for completion next summer.
Wykeland Group will deliver the 11,000 sqft building which will feature roof mounted solar panels and a green roof with flowering plants and a green wall. The property will be all electric, featuring heating, cooling and ventilation system that uses air source heat pumps and takes heat energy from extracted air and uses it to pre-heat incoming air.
Construction is due to begin next month having been delayed to accommodate this year’s Humber Street Sesh and Freedom Festival, which both take place in the Fruit Market area. The @TheDock development is already home to tech and digital businesses and it is hoped the new office will attract another 150 jobs.
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Spearheaded by the opening of the Centre for Digital Innovation tech hub in 2015, the complex has since grown with two fully occupied buildings home to the likes of Saab Technologies, payment provider Dojo and digital marketing agency Summit Media.
John Gouldthorp, asset manager at Wykeland, said: "@TheDock has become a thriving digital community, bringing together many leading tech businesses and innovative start-up and scale-up ventures. This latest investment in the final phase of the development is a further vote of confidence in @TheDock as a destination of choice for digital businesses. It will also mark another key moment in the regeneration of the Fruit Market.
"In recent years @TheDock has been transformed from derelict brownfield site into a prime location for digital innovation and excellence. This new building will complete that journey."
The first and second floors of the new building will each offer 5,500 sqft of office space. The building could be let to either a single business, or multiple tenants, with suites from 2,250 sqft to the full 11,000 sqft.
The ground floor will have 17 undercroft parking spaces, with electric vehicle charging points and a cycle storage area. Tenants will enter from @TheDock's central paved plaza.
Ben Cooper, divisional director at PPH, which is handling letting of the building, said: “We are excited to market opportunities at the final building within the @TheDock development. We expect demand for space to be very strong, due to the quality of the Grade A offices, the building’s sustainability credentials and the exceptional work Wykeland has done to make @TheDock a flagship destination for tech businesses."
The latest building is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), using previously allocated funding for @TheDock.
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