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News Release from: ISG Jackson | Subject: Ipswich Waterfront
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 July 2004
Jackson Construction £2m Warehouse
Refurbishment
Southern-based main contractor, Jackson Construction, has won a circa £2 million refurbishment contract, to create new business units from an existing warehouse on Ipswich Waterfront.
The project is being jointly funded by the East of England Development Association (EEDA), and Ipswich Borough Council to help local businesses that have outgrown their current premises, expand into dedicated new business units This new project forms part of the ongoing IP-City scheme to promote technological growth in and around Ipswich, as well as strengthen links with Cambridge and form a hi-tech trading corridor between the two conurbations
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 4 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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IP-City was formed in 2000 to encourage investment within the region and promote long term development.
Project champion, Simon Meecham, economic development manager for Ipswich Borough Council explained: "The IP-City Centre is the first of its kind in the UK - the centre is designed to free-up over-subscribed business incubation space, by encouraging those companies that have out-grown such accommodation, to move in to larger units at the IP-City Centre.
Thus allowing new entrepreneurs to go into the freed-up incubation space and enable fast growing companies, to set up a new base and further excel in a dynamic environment." Jackson Construction is set to convert the former distribution warehouse into offices by adding a new mezzanine floor and installing partition walling.
The company will also upgrade the existing mechanical and electrical (M and E) provision within the building and install new windows throughout.
The 30-week project is due to start on site in mid-August.
David Marlow, EEDA's chief executive, said: "Besides working hard to regenerate areas of Ipswich, such as the Waterfront, EEDA and local partners have looked at what needs to be done to provide accommodation for businesses and stimulate the economy.
The IP-City Centre will address these problems and add to the regeneration of the Waterfront by bringing another brownfield land site back into use.
We believe Ipswich is a great place to do business and we are really pleased to be investing in this project." Bernard Clarke, managing director of Jackson Construction, commented: "IP-City has brought investment and enhanced business opportunities to the East Anglian region through the creation of a Cambridge to Ipswich hi-tech corridor.
Regeneration projects to create new business premises are a tangible demonstration of the region's commitment to the scheme and Jackson Construction will play an integral role in IP-City's ongoing success.".
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