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Manufacturing/Industrial

Large manufacturing/industrial premises are available to the East of Cambridge, close to the Marshall site. Opportunities for large scale industrial premises lie within the surrounding Local Authority Areas, such as South Cambridgeshire, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland and Huntingdonshire.

Please check the Vacant Premises page, found on the Business section of the website for up to date vacancies in Council properties.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £6 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Warehousing/Distribution

Warehousing and Distribution premises currently range from 1200 to 30,000 sq ft and are located on the fringes of Cambridge`s administrative area. Notable venues include:

Newmarket Rd (including the Cambridge Technopark), Barnwell Rd, Mercers Row, Ditton Walk in East Cambridge, close to the A14
Cromwell Rd - just off Coldhams lane in the East of Cambridge, between the Beehive Centre and Cambridge Airport.
Kings Court (off Kings Hedges Rd) and Cowley Rd in the North of Cambridge. Close to the Guided bus way it provides quick links to the railway station and commuter resident locations such as St Ives, Huntingdon and the surrounding Villages and is in close proximity to the Cambridge Science Park.
Clifton Industrial Estate in the Cherry Hinton Ward of Cambridge (South East)

To check for more available premises please visit the Vacant Premises page, found on the Business section of the Cambridge City Council website:

Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Headquarters/Regional Offices

Notable new opportunities will arise from the Cambridge North-Eastern Fringe Development, which is planned as an employment-led development, including office space and light industrial units accompanied by a potential new railway station and public transport interchange for the guided bus way. The Station area redevelopment will also be looking to provide new office space.

For more information on these developments visit the City Council Growth Areas web pages, contact us via email: growth@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone: 01223 457000

Annual Rent Range: Up to £25 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Back Offices/Call Centres/Administration Centres

Privately rented & for sale office premises can be searched for on the City Council Vacant Premises Search, found on the Business section of their website. Property floor space totals over 84,000 sq ft for some of the larger premises.

Notable new opportunities will arise from the Cambridge North-Eastern Fringe Development, which is planned as an employment-led development, including office space and light industrial units accompanied by a potential new railway station and public transport interchange for the guided bus way. The Station area redevelopment will also be looking to provide new office space.

For more information on these developments visit the City Council Growth Areas web pages, contact us via email: growth@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone: 01223 457000

Annual Rent Range: Up to £25 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Serviced Office Accommodation

Cambridge boasts a wide variety of Serviced Office Accommodation, spread across the local authority area, with a wide choice of unit sizes. The most notable of these is the internationally renowned St John`s Innovation Centre based in the Cowley Rd area of Cambridge, sporting close links to the A14.

The City Council Premises Team also manage and lease out serviced business accommodation:

Orwell House - Based near the Cambridge science park and close to the A14
Gwydir Enterprise Centre - Based in the Mill Rd area, and close to the city centre.
Dales Brewery - Based in the Mill Rd area, Cambridge`s main independent retailing location and, close to the city centre.
Barnwell House - Close to Cambridge Airport to the east of Cambridge.

Visit the City Council web pages for more information on specific properties or contact the premises team directly via email: property.services@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone: 01223 457447.

Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Light Industrial

The City Council manages and leases-out a portfolio of 74 light industrial premises, ranging in size from 400 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft and are located throughout Cambridge City as follows:

Barnwell Business Park - Close to Cambridge Airport to the east of Cambridge.
Ronald Rolph Court - Close to The Marshall site & Cambridge Airport to the east of Cambridge.
Jedburgh Court - North of the city, close to Cambridge Regional College
Robert Davies Court - Close to Cambridge Science Park

Notable new opportunities will arise from the Cambridge North-Eastern Fringe Development, which is planned as an employment-led development, including office space and light industrial units. For more information on this development visit the City Council Growth Areas web pages. Contact us via email: growth@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone: 01223 457000

Annual Rent Range: Up to £6 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Business Parks

Notable Business Parks offering accommodation ranging from small start-up units to larger move-on accommodation include:

St John`s Innovation Centre based on Cowley Rd - an early stage knowledge-based incubator.
Across the road is the Cambridge Science Park (established by Trinity College in 1970), currently housing start-ups, spinouts and multinational subsidiaries. The area of the business premises range from laboratory and office buildings of 1,000 sq ft to 50,000 sq ft.
The Broers building, situated in the University`s West Cambridge site. With adjoining University Entrepreneurship Centre.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus (Addenbrookes) is in the development stage and will be providing new biomedical research premises on completion.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £25 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Research & Development, Innovation, Science Parks

Cambridge is world-renowned for the work that is undertaken in Research & Development, Innovation and the Hi-tech/Biotech Sector. Ample accommodation is provided for businesses, ranging from small start-up units to larger move-on accommodation. Notable sites include:

St John`s Innovation Centre based on Cowley Rd - an early stage knowledge-based incubator.
Across the road is the Cambridge Science Park (established by Trinity College in 1970), currently housing start-ups, spinouts and multinational subsidiaries. The area of the business premises range from laboratory and office buildings of 1,00 sq ft to 50,000 sq ft.
The Broers building, situated in the University`s West Cambridge site. With adjoining University Entrepreneurship Centre.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus (Addenbrookes) is in the development stage and will be providing new biomedical research premises on completion.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £25 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Land/Greenfield Sites

Greenfield sites do not become available very often in the Cambridge City Local Authority area although there is more opportunity close by in the adjoining Local Authority of South Cambridgeshire. However, information on the current land available can be found on the City Council`s vacant premises searc h.

Further future developments and opportunities can be found by consulting the Council`s Local Development Framework which runs until 2016 and by consulting a member of the planning policy team via email: or telephone: 01223 457200.

Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Retail

The City Council manages and leases-out a small portfolio of out-of-town retail premises - which are mainly for A1 use only. For more information visit the Business Properties page. City Council run premises are let for five-year periods in accordance with their retail properties lease.

Cambridge has 3 major shopping centres, where available property units can be leased:

Cambridge has over 93,000sqm of retail space in the historic core and over 54,000sqm of retail space located 5 minutes walk from the centre. Out of town outlets include the Beehive Centre and Cambridge Retail Park with several major stand-alone stores culminating 38,695 sq m of floor space.

Other privately rented & for sale retail units can be searched for on the City Council Vacant Premises Search, found on the Business section of their website.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £25 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: £Uniform Business Rate Multiplier 45.8-46.2p

Flexibility of Leases

Please talk to the agent to discuss the flexibility of leases, or the City Council Premises team if you are looking at Council owned property via email property.services@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 457447.