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IT Company Proact UK Takes Space for Expanding Operation

Broadoak has today announced it has secured another new occupier for Maxim.

IT company Proact UK has acquired a 3,000 sq ft suite at the popular building and will move in immediately. The expanding firm has taken the suite on a short term lease with a view to moving into larger premises, extending to 4,700 sq ft, in Maxim 3 on a five year lease.

Proact, which has six offices in the UK, is Europe’s leading independent storage integrator and cloud services enabler. Operating since 1994, the business helps organisation across the globe reduce risk, reduce cost and deliver flexible, available and highly secure IT services.

Maxim 3 provides a flexible range of open and sub-divisible floors with office suites from 2,000 sq ft. Located at the heart of the Park, Maxim 3 also features a unique mix of retail and leisure facilities. The building is situated close to the main entrance and rests among beautiful ponds, promenades and a feature waterfall.

Darren Cornelius from Proact commented on the firm’s new move: “When choosing our new office, the right location and infrastructure were key decision making factors. Maxim Office Park has provided us with the accessible location we need, a modern and high quality facility with great on-site amenities for our staff and future growth flexibility, all of which are critical to our expanding business.”

Craig Ritchie of Broadoak Asset Management added: “We’ve had a steady flow of new tenant announcements recently with Proact the latest firm to join our impressive occupier line-up. It is testament to our highly accessible location and exceptionally efficient buildings which allow tenants the flexibility to expand operations if need be.”

Quorum Business Park, managed by Broadoak Asset Management, have welcomed Connect Physiotherapy as the first new tenants into the recently launched Lightbox Building.

Connect have taken the whole of the second floor, and their new premises will be their new headquarters, following its relocation from Cramlington, Northumberland. Connects will be bringing 130 staff.

Broadoak Director, Fergus Trim said, ‘We are thrilled to be welcoming Connect to Quorum and hope they will enjoy becoming integrated into life at the park.’

‘The Lightbox has been a considerable investment for Quorum. We recognised the North East market needed a greater flexibility with letting office space amongst the regions businesses for some time so it was the next obvious step for the park to embark of this type of venture.’ said Fergus Trim.

Connect’s Damian Stevenson said ‘Moving into the Lightbox is an exciting milestone for Connect and we are pleased to be the building’s first new tenants. We have been looking for new premises for some time and when we came across the space at Quorum it ticked all the boxes thanks to its excellent facilities and location’.

One of Scotland’s most-loved brands, Arran Aromatics, has today been confirmed as the latest occupier at Maxim Office Park, Eurocentral, a site managed by Broadoak Asset Management.

Established in 1989, Arran Aromatics produces luxury bath, body and home fragrance products that are all designed, formulated and produced on the Isle of Arran.

The company has acquired a suite extending to 2,077 sq ft within Maxim 3 on a five year lease and will be operational on-site from August 2015. It plans to use the suite as a central office, and will feature a design studio for the creation of new products and a display area for showcasing new product lines to buyers.

Maxim 3 provides a flexible range of open and sub-divisible floors with office suites from 2,000 sq ft. Located at the heart of the Park, Maxim 3 also features a unique mix of retail and leisure facilities. The building is situated close to the main entrance and rests among beautiful ponds, promenades and a feature waterfall. Arran make soaps and body creams infused with original fragrances inspired by the landscape and scents of the island they so loved.

With a focus on global expansion, Arran Aromatics was attracted by Maxim’s strategic central location with its easy access to motorway networks and international airports.

Andrew Russell, Brand Director for Arran Aromatics said: “It is great news we have secured this fantastic new office at Maxim. Our growing business required a modern, high quality space close to transport links that could be used as a central office but also where we could create a display area to promote our product to buyers; Maxim very much fits the bill.”

Craig Ritchie from Broadoak said: “It is great news that we can add Arran Aromatics, a well-known and much-loved brand, to our impressive tenant list. It is a further endorsement of the fantastic space we have on offer at the Park and I am sure the company will find it a fitting home.”

Deal represents significant inward investment for Scotland’s cell therapy industry.

Broadoak Asset Management has announced the important letting of ground floor space within Maxim 1 to TC BioPharm Ltd (TCB). The biotechnology company has initially leased 5,000 sq ft on a ten year lease following its announcement of a strategic collaboration with MEDINET, a Tokyo-listed immune-cell therapy company, to develop a novel treatment for various types of cancer.

Using its new Scottish base of Maxim Office Park, TCB will exclusively licence MEDINET’s innovative, proven cell therapy product to progress clinical development of the new treatment in the UK and Europe.

TCB will establish a brand new clean room, lab and administration facility which will become a Scottish hub for immuno-cell therapy research to benefit cancer patients in the UK and Europe.

Dr Michael Leek, chief executive of TCB, said: “We are one important step forward to our goal of treating cancer patients with novel cell therapy and I couldn’t be more satisfied with our new location at Maxim Office Park. We have been working closely with the Maxim team to identify the best property for our needs and I’m confident the modern space will benefit our new facility and also provide us with room to grow as our company flourishes.”

TCB’s move to Maxim Office Park represents significant inward investment for Scotland’s cell therapy industry, placing the country at the forefront of the innovative therapeutic sector. The new project was announced by the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond and the company has been awarded a significant amount of assistance from the Scottish Government in the form of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA), strategic input from Scottish Enterprise’s High Growth Start-Up Unit and funding of academic collaborations by Glasgow City Council.

Craig Ritchie of Broadoak said: “It’s fantastic that Maxim is able to provide TCB with exactly the right facility for its scientific research needs. With flexible open plan units and a highly modern design, the space at Maxim lends itself particularly well to laboratories, as already evidenced by SEPA who took occupation of the 58,600 sq ft Maxim 6 building last year, allowing it to incorporate a first class laboratory facility alongside its office functions.

“TCB’s partnership with MEDINET will represent a great advancement in the clinical development of its novel cancer treatment and it is an honour for the company to have chosen Maxim Office Park as its Scottish base.”

Broadoak Asset Management announces a prominent letting within Maxim Office Park near Glasgow to the Digital Health and Care Institute (DHI), which is moving its operations to the park from its current base in Edinburgh.

DHI is taking 5,000 sq ft within the building and will be operational on-site from June.

Established by NHS24, the University of Edinburgh and the Glasgow School of Art, the DHI encourages innovation and collaboration in digital health to better prepare Scotland’s health services for the challenges of an ageing population. With the support of major funding from the Scottish Government, it explores new technological opportunities to promote better health and deliver a higher level of care.

With a focus on Scotland as a whole, the DHI was attracted by Maxim’s strategic location between Glasgow and Edinburgh, in the heart of the country and on the edge of the M8, with easy access to international airports. The close proximity to the motorway also provides excellent links to hospitals and academic institutions across the country.

Justene Ewing, CEO of the DHI, said: “In order to expand the DHI and promote the convergence of the technological and digital arena with healthcare in Scotland, we were seeking a flexible and modern property that boasted a great location as well as high quality office space and the opportunity for future growth. Maxim Office Park ticks all of these boxes for us and I am confident we have made a great choice in where to base our key activity hub.”

Craig Ritchie from Broadoak said: “We have a wide variety of businesses based at the Park, from insurance brokers and boiler manufacturers to a biotechnology firm and a large scale public sector operation. It is testament to our excellent location and exceptionally flexible buildings that such a huge range of different companies choose to base themselves at Maxim.

“The space that we offer ranges from 2,000 sq ft small suites right up to an entire 187,200 sq ft building, so there really is an option to suit all needs.