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The Final Piece of the Puzzle for Liddell Place
On Friday 28 November we celebrated the opening of our brand new flexible and affordable workspace, part of the Liddell Place redevelopment in the heart of West Hampstead.
Cllr Nasrine Djemai, Cabinet Member for New Homes and Community Investment and Cllr Sabrina Francis, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Young People and Culture joined the Leader of the Council, local councillors, and partners to unveil the new workspaces, which are the first of its kind built under Camden’s Community Investment Programme (CIP).
In the couple of months the workspace has been open for, there are already 11 companies employing a total of 44 people on the site – with up to 500 new job opportunities set to be created alongside various apprenticeship and skills training opportunities. Spanning 3,780aqm, 20% of desks in the building are affordable workspaces to be let at 50% of the market desk cost to help boost local start-ups. The workspace will be operated by International Workplace Group (IWG), the world’s leading workspace operator.
These workspaces mark the completion of the wider redevelopment of the area by developers Gracie Group, who transformed a former industrial estate into more than 100 new homes, improved public open spaces and walking routes, as well as the expansion of the award-winning local school, Kingsgate Primary.
As part of this development, 102 private and 4 affordable homes were built on the former estate space. The development also included some landscaping work and improvement of access for residents to the Maygrove Peace Park and Kingsgate Primary. The completion of this redevelopment highlights the many different benefits that the Community Investment Programme can bring to our communities. Watch the highlights from the opening event.
At the opening, Councillor Sabrina Francis, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Young People and Culture took the opportunity to sign the Federation of Small Businesses Local Leadership Pledge to commit to delivering a resilient and inclusive local businesses environment in Camden.
