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The Science Park is a very attractive location , and a great place for our staff to work . Granta Park has proven to be a first-class landlord and continues to improve facilities . Granta Park has also been very receptive to MedImmune ’ s specific development needs , ensuring we ’ ve been able to create facilities that suit our needs . Dr Jane Osbourn , Head of MedImmune UK
McClintock Building café with views of the cricket pitch
Park Facilities Granta Park strives to continually improve the environment in which its customers work , providing a range of facilities to make Granta Park more than just a workplace . Amenities on site include a conference centre , nursery , gym , restaurant and café .
The On-site Team Granta Park has an on-site management team available to provide support to occupiers as required . The Park team manages all aspects of the science park , including developments , asset management , facilities management and health and safety . The team works in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure that the park remains a vibrant , pleasurable place to spend the working day .
Responsible Management Granta Park ’ s green interior offers a uniquely natural landscape that is quintessentially English . The grounds include the River Granta , chalk grassland meadows , woodlands , a lake and the focal point of a traditional cricket pitch . The meadow is rich with wild flowers and insects in the summer and autumn , essential to visiting birds such as swallows and house martins , especially when they are breeding , as their young are fed on the insects from this natural habitat .
The lake is an essential aspect of drainage management on site , with a design which funnels the majority of run-off water through dykes to the lake , where it is stored and can be used for watering . The lake is also home to amphibians , dragonflies , and breeding wildfowl . Fresh water areas such as this are important as such habitats are in decline locally .
Over the last ten years thousands of new trees have been planted on the Granta Park site , including many lining the main avenues , in the parking groves and within the existing woodland area which runs along the park ’ s northern perimeter next to the River Granta .
Granta Park ’ s Construction Managers implement an ‘ environmentally aware culture ’ on all construction sites . This includes monitoring waste , water consumption , recycling and the control of CO2 levels caused by transport to and from the site . All construction waste is sorted and , where possible , recycled .
Excellence in Design Granta Park has a professional atmosphere which motivates staff and impresses clients . By adopting a consistent approach to building
design and landscaping , the quality of the working environment is particularly high . Latz and Co , one of the foremost landscape designers in Germany and Eric Parry Architects , the internationallyrenowned practice , developed the master plan for the park with the aim of preserving and enhancing the existing rural landscape and ensuring the site would be easily accessible .
Buildings at Granta Park are placed between the natural woodland surrounding the site , reinforced by additional planting and parking groves , and the parkland heart . The maturing landscaping managed by the landscape architect is spacious and naturalistic and includes a lake , meadow , twenty acres of mature woodland and a cricket pitch .
Availability The Flowers Building
The Flowers Building benefits from a prominent location at the entrance of Granta Park with views of the central landscaped area and cricket pitch . The building will be refurbished and available in 2017 and can accommodate office and laboratory use .
1st floor : 16,621 sq ft Ground floor , west wing : 7,631 sq ft Ground floor , south wing : 8,096 sq ft Total ( NIA ): 32,348 sq ft
The Riverside Development
Set within an area of mature woodland alongside the River Granta , with views of the village of Great Abington and its church , the Riverside Development offers flexible office and laboratory space on a multi-occupancy basis with short to medium-term leases . The development includes three buildings with each of three floors set around an open courtyard .
Granta Park East
This 45-acre site which includes 15 acres of landscaping will be able to accommodate up to 435,000 square feet of laboratory and office space with buildings ranging in size up to 85,000 square feet . The Granta Park team will work with companies planning to move on to the park to develop a building that will meet the needs of their business today and their plans for tomorrow .
For further information on the development taking place at Granta Park please take a look at our website www . grantapark . co . uk .
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