MEPC has celebrated the completion of its £40 million Nebula development at Milton Park.
The seven sustainable research and development workspaces totalling nearly 80,000 sq ft are thought to be a UK-first for an R&D scheme. The Barnwood-constructed project incorporates glue-laminated (glulam) structural timber beams in place of steel.
It targets BREEAM Excellent and EPC A energy efficiency standards and surplus wood from the site was donated to RAW Workshop, an Oxfordshire-based social enterprise.
The completion comes just after the park announced its new Local Development Order which speeds up future planning.
Philip Campbell, commercial director for MEPC Milton Park, said: “Nebula’s completion follows on the heels of the Government’s Oxford to Cambridge announcement and plans to create a “Silicon Corridor” of growth.
“Delivered through our streamlined ten-day planning LDO, Nebula has been driven by the project team’s collective ambition to create a new R&D development which seamlessly blends design and sustainability, creating an attractive work environment for future occupiers to innovate.
“Following this significant milestone, we’re looking forward to opening the doors and showing new and prospective occupiers around this flagship project for Milton Park.”
Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance said: “Modern, high-tech facilities are essential to taking full advantage of rapidly developing science and technology and in fulfilling our ambitions for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor to be an economic engine for the whole of the UK.
“Nebula’s new development of large-scale innovation space will support a range of growing industries, helping businesses to get off the ground and progress, and in turn supporting this Government’s number one mission of economic growth.”
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