The University of Cambridge is seeking a hotel developer to be part of the North West Cambridge Development.
Rare opportunity
Roger Taylor, Project Director of the North West Cambridge Development said: “As a world-leading university that welcomes people to the city from around the globe, this development is a rare opportunity for the creation of a hotel that will serve both the University and local economy. The University, as principal developer, will be providing infrastructure and a site for the successful hotel developer to acquire in the heart of the new local centre on the North West Cambridge Development, which will be an attractive place for future residents to live and work.”
Outline planning consent for the 150-hectare mixed-use site was granted in February 2013 which includes residential and research buildings as well as important community facilities. The hotel site will be located in the local centre, close to amenities including a supermarket, retail units, community centre and green, open space.
The University has been working with 11 architectural teams to create a strong sense of place of the highest design quality that aims to reflect the characteristics of being an urban extension to Cambridge. The development will be an exemplar of sustainable living with non-residential buildings meeting BREEAM Excellent standard across the site.
Site-wide infrastructure contracts have been let and Phase One completions are expected from 2016.
Expressions of interest should be directed to commercial agents, GVA. Please contact James Williamson on 020 7911 2109 or by email: James.williamson@gva.co.uk
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About the North West Cambridge Development
The North West Cambridge Development is the largest single capital project that the University of Cambridge has undertaken in its 800-year history. Outline planning permission was granted in February 2013 for the scheme, subject to approval of site-wide legal conditions and Reserved Matters Applications, on the 150-hectare site of University farmland situated in between Huntingdon Road, Madingley Road and the M11.
The masterplan includes 3,000 homes (50% ‘key-worker’ housing, available for qualifying University and Colleges employees), 2,000 post-graduate student spaces, 100,000 sqm of research space, a local centre and community facilities including a primary school, nursery, doctors’ surgery, supermarket and retail units, as well as all of the site-infrastructure and landscaping for the scheme. The development has been designed as an extension to the city, with an urban rather than suburban grain and will be of the highest design quality as well as being an exemplar of sustainable living.