A few images of the recently approved Catalyst Bicester Phase 4 development.
It’s green light and ‘go’ for Catalyst Bicester Phase 4 – a further 128,000 sq ft of high-quality employment space in three distinctive and highly sustainable buildings at Albion Land’s Oxfordshire technology park. Planning permission was granted by a unanimous decision of Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Thursday 16 January). Simon Parsons, Director of Albion Land said: “This is a great result for Bicester, for Oxfordshire and for all of us focused on growing the high-skills engineering and technology industry in the region. These bespoke new buildings will provide outstanding workspace for companies who want to join the Catalyst Bicester success story and benefit from everything Albion Land is doing to enhance the Bicester technology ecosystem. We’re delighted with the planning permission and keen to get going so that we can bring these buildings forward to meet the strong levels of occupier demand.” The three new buildings represent Phase 4 of the masterplan for Catalyst where 8 buildings are already complete and let to advanced manufacturing, R&D and design companies including Evolito, Tesla and Yasa. Catalyst also benefits from having Holiday Inn Express and David Lloyd Leisure within the development and providing attractive amenities for employees. Phase 4 represents a further investment at Catalyst of more than £55 million and could generate in the order of a further 500 jobs depending on the ultimate users that occupy the space. Construction of Catalyst Bicester started in 2021 and Phases 1 and 2 are fully built out and let with Unit 8 (38,710 sq ft), the final building in Phase 2, only completed in the autumn and already leased to an international advanced-engineering and design business. Phase 3 at Catalyst will be developed in 2025 to provide a further 110,000 sq ft in 5 buildings then, Phase 4 will follow on unless occupier requirements require that the programme is accelerated. Demand is, in part, being driven by the growth of Oxfordshire’s innovation and technology sector and equally by the quality of Catalyst Bicester’s location and amenities and its position within Oxfordshire’s tech and engineering ecosystem. The three buildings that make up Phase 4 will occupy the site fronting the A41 and opposite the Holiday Inn Express. Quod (planning Emma Lancaster) and Cornish Architects advised Albion Land on the Phase 4 planning application. For leasing information and to get involved in the success story at Catalyst Bicester, please contact: Tom Barton at CBRE James Haestier at Colliers #Oxfordshire #innovation #technology #Bicester