Thursday, June 22, 2023
Major development deal announced for Dundee's creative media district
Details of a deal to build a second development at Dundee's creative media district Seabraes Yards have been revealed by site owners Scottish Enterprise Tayside.
Work will start this month on a four-storey, 28,000sq foot building which will be able to accommodate around 300 staff.
Scottish Enterprise Tayside has agreed the development deal for the one-acre site at the entrance to the project with Tayside Developments Ltd, part of the Foxdown Properties group.
The high-quality office building will be the first new-build development in Seabraes Yards, which is on a brownfield site in the heart of Dundee, and aimed at developing the digital media sector in Tayside. The development of the gateway site between the Sensation building and Vision@Seabraes, is being seen as a key part of the project.
The new building will have two wings either side of a central core and be constructed in line with the design masterplan for Seabraes Yards. It will be based on a structural steel frame, with high quality cladding materials including feature terracotta rain screen cladding. The accommodation within the building will be flexible and be able to house both small and large space users.
Marketing of the development to companies in the creative industries sector - one of six key sectors identified by Scottish Enterprise as vital to economic growth - will be carried out by Scottish Enterprise nationally and internationally and the developer has appointed Graham & Sibbald's Dundee office as letting agent.
Nick Day, competitive place director at Scottish Enterprise Tayside, said: "This is a significant deal in one of Tayside's most high-profile and important investment projects. More than 2,000 people are employed in the thriving creative media sector in Dundee and this will drive further growth.
"The building will house a number of creative industry companies and complement Vision@Seabraes by attracting new talent and further investment to the area as well as supporting indigenous companies."
Rod Brown, director of Foxdown Properties Ltd, said: "The building is due to be completed next Spring by the main design and build contractor Cameron Harris in association with James Barr Architecture, and is a positive step in the future redevelopment of Seabraes Yards. We anticipate several companies, some of them local, will take advantage of the high quality accommodation which will be provided within the building."
Occupying a 20-acre site on the main western approach to the city, Seabraes Yards was formerly known as Dundee Digital Media Park. The ambitious venture is the result of close collaboration between SE Tayside, the European Union and private and public sector organisations and is projected to result in £50million being injected into the area over the next 10 years.
Work will start this month on a four-storey, 28,000sq foot building which will be able to accommodate around 300 staff.
Scottish Enterprise Tayside has agreed the development deal for the one-acre site at the entrance to the project with Tayside Developments Ltd, part of the Foxdown Properties group.
The high-quality office building will be the first new-build development in Seabraes Yards, which is on a brownfield site in the heart of Dundee, and aimed at developing the digital media sector in Tayside. The development of the gateway site between the Sensation building and Vision@Seabraes, is being seen as a key part of the project.
The new building will have two wings either side of a central core and be constructed in line with the design masterplan for Seabraes Yards. It will be based on a structural steel frame, with high quality cladding materials including feature terracotta rain screen cladding. The accommodation within the building will be flexible and be able to house both small and large space users.
Marketing of the development to companies in the creative industries sector - one of six key sectors identified by Scottish Enterprise as vital to economic growth - will be carried out by Scottish Enterprise nationally and internationally and the developer has appointed Graham & Sibbald's Dundee office as letting agent.
Nick Day, competitive place director at Scottish Enterprise Tayside, said: "This is a significant deal in one of Tayside's most high-profile and important investment projects. More than 2,000 people are employed in the thriving creative media sector in Dundee and this will drive further growth.
"The building will house a number of creative industry companies and complement Vision@Seabraes by attracting new talent and further investment to the area as well as supporting indigenous companies."
Rod Brown, director of Foxdown Properties Ltd, said: "The building is due to be completed next Spring by the main design and build contractor Cameron Harris in association with James Barr Architecture, and is a positive step in the future redevelopment of Seabraes Yards. We anticipate several companies, some of them local, will take advantage of the high quality accommodation which will be provided within the building."
Occupying a 20-acre site on the main western approach to the city, Seabraes Yards was formerly known as Dundee Digital Media Park. The ambitious venture is the result of close collaboration between SE Tayside, the European Union and private and public sector organisations and is projected to result in £50million being injected into the area over the next 10 years.
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