Shoppers will be able to enjoy free parking in council-operated town centre car parks to help boost support for local businesses in the run up to Christmas. Visitors using council-operated car parks in the town centre will be able to enjoy free parking on Saturday 5 December and between 4pm and 7pm on each Thursday […]
Read more »Basingstoke and Deane has been recognised as a great place to do business, being named as one of the top office locations outside London, and the fourth best in the South East. The league table of workplace winners, published in Property Week, puts the borough ahead of locations such as of Guildford, Wokingham and Winchester. […]
Read more »Strong demand and limited supply is driving plans for the development of new Grade A office space in Basingstoke. Last year, office lettings in the town totalled 260,000 sq ft with almost 50% of these on Basing View, the town’s 65-acre central business district. Significant deals included the 45,000 sq ft pre let to Eli […]
Read more »People are being asked for their views on plans to ensure the borough’s economy remains resilient for years to come. A consultation on the draft Economic Growth Strategy is now open for people to give their feedback. The strategy has been prepared by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council after working with local partners, businesses and […]
Read more »Mark Glatman’s Abstract Securities have announced that they have let ‘The Florence Building’ in Basingstoke, to Sovereign Housing Association, and subsequently sold the entire share capital of the Company which owns the asset, on behalf of its shareholders, to LGIM Real Assets (Legal & General). Legal and General has bought the building on behalf of […]
Read more »A major Basingstoke employer is set to get a new home after plans were approved by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Long-established international pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly and Company, will move its employees into a new 45,000 sq ft headquarters at Basing View after planning permission for the new development was granted last month. Supported […]
Read more »Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has forward funded a new office in Basing View for one of Basingstoke’s most long-established international occupiers, Eli Lilly and Company, through its pioneering ‘Invest to Grow Fund.’ This is the first project to be supported by the ‘Invest to Grow Fund’, which is aimed at stimulating commercial property and […]
Read more »The large integrated package of infrastructure needed for the Manydown housing development has been given a boost with the announcement of £10.3 million of Government funding. The announcement today (Thursday 1 February) by Housing Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Philip Hammond names Manydown as one of the 32 council-led projects across the South East to […]
Read more »A planning application from Village Hotels, the fast growing hotel group with 29 hotels in the UK, has been submitted to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for a 153-bedroom hotel in Basing View. The hotel will offer residents and businesses meeting and events facilities, an all-day restaurant, Starbucks, pub, business club and leisure facilities. If […]
Read more »The transformation of Basing View, Basingstoke’s central business district, has received a £7.5 million investment boost from the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership due to almost half of it having been designated as an Enterprise Zone in April last year. As part of the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s work to revitalise Basing View, the […]
Read more »A £300 million plan to transform Basingstoke Leisure Park has moved a step closer after details of how this ground-breaking development will be delivered were agreed. Leisure attractions would almost double under the proposals for the 60 acre park, near the town centre, owned by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. This exciting project would create […]
Read more »A GLOBAL pharmaceutical giant is set to relocate to a new grade A office building in Basing View after it secured a deal was struck between the firm and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC). During a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, 5 December, BDBC council members discussed the proposal for Eli Lilly to move […]
Read more »Basingstoke is crossing a world-leading digital frontier, unveiling the only 5G test bed in the UK available to start-up and smaller businesses. 5G technology is set to revolutionise the world, improving speed and reliability of digital connections and transforming things like energy management, the media, entertainment and health. Located at the Innovation Centre in Basing […]
Read more »The official launch of EZ³, Enterprise M3’s multi-site Enterprise Zone marks the start of an exciting new era for Basingstoke’s town’s central business district, Basing View. The newly-created Basing View Enterprise Zone links with two other major regeneration sites, Longcross Park near Chertsey, and Whitehill and Bordon’s Louisburg Barracks, to enjoy a host of advantages […]
Read more »BizSpace, a national flexibleworkspace provider has purchased Belvedere House in Basing View to transform into a destination business hub. This includes 20,000 sq ft of innovative co-working space to help entrepreneurs and startups get off the ground. The co-working space operated by Desk Lodge will bring a productive, fun, collaborative and inspiring work environment to […]
Read more »Basingstoke has beaten off competition from Reading and Bracknell to win the ‘Town of the Year’ at the Thames Valley Property Awards 2017. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council was named the winner at the awards on Thursday (11 May), after being judged to have made huge progress in giving the town an even brighter future. This includes […]
Read more »A major property deal has been negotiated that will see the AA make a multi-million pound commitment to keeping its headquarters in Basingstoke in the decades to come by moving into new offices on Basing View. The high profile company that has been synonymous with Basingstoke for over 40 years is set to leave Fanum […]
Read more »Enterprise Zone Status for Basing View makes it even more attractive and more cost-effective to locate in this unique central business district. From April 2017, approximately half of Basing View will be designated as an Enterprise Zone, providing 100% rates relief of up to £275,000 over a five-year period, for companies that locate there by […]
Read more »A £25m Invest to Grow Fund has been established by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council as a new approach to investment to support a wide range of commercial and regeneration property and infrastructure projects within the council’s area. The fund will provide debt or equity finance towards viable development projects. The fund’s primary focus is […]
Read more »Work to redevelop the former Scott House site as a new 60,535 sq ft office building is moving forward with enabling works following completion of the demolition. Once the work is complete, the site will be handed over to Abstract Securities’ contractors and construction is scheduled to begin in spring next year, with completion targeted […]
Read more »Basing View will be adding a 153-bedroomed business class hotel to its long list of amenities with the arrival of a new Village Hotel Club, to be located on site. It will also include a business and events HUB, a state-of-the-art health and fitness club, bar and restaurant, plus a Starbucks Coffee Shop. Already the […]
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