Brand New Office Space in the Heart of Ashford, Kent

BRAND NEW OFFICE SPACE IN THE HEART OF ASHFORD, KENT

1 DOVER PLACE, ASHFORD, KENT, TN23 1FB

4 Welcome To Connect 38 6 Office Space 8 The Location 10 Connectivity 12 Technical Specification 16 Floor Plans and Schedule of Areas 22 Key Features Welcome to Connect Thirty Eight Connect Thirty Eight is a brand new 80,000 sq.ft office and retail building, conveniently located directly opposite Ashford International Railway Station where trains now take just 38 minutes to reach London St Pancras. Contemporary Office Space

Ashford is going through an Taking inspiration from the existing brick warehouses in the area, the first extraordinary and exciting phase of the Ashford Commercial change. It is the only town in Quarter is a landmark building that will the United Kingdom with create modern office and retail space such direct international rail in an exciting new quarter for Ashford.

connectivity and high-speed The result is six floors of exceptional train links to London. and adaptable open plan offices, offering a contemporary working environment for dynamic and ambitious businesses.

6 Ashford Designer Outlet Phase 2

Elwick Place - New Leisure Quarter The Locality

NEIGHBOURING DEVELOPMENTS Other significant new developments are planned nearby, and this is an area that is constantly evolving, including a new Everyman cinema and leisure offer at Elwick Place and the creation of Ashford College.

FOOD & FASHION You’ll find an established high street with eclectic independents and well-known brands. In addition, The Ashford Designer Outlet has consent for a £180m second phase that will add 100,000sq.ft of new space providing 40 new stores and 6 restaurants and cafes.

7 to Canterbury J9 / M20 to London

A20 A20 M20 M20

CanterburyCanterbury Road Road A28 A28

MaidstoneMaidstone Rd Rd

M20 M20

County Square Shopping Centre Mace LnMase Ln Ashford Hadlow Station Road Elwick RdElwickCollege Rd

A2042

Dover Place Ashford VictoriaVictoria Rd Rd AshfordTrain Station International Train Station

A2042 A2042 BeaverBeaver Ln Ln

NewtownNewtown Rd Rd

AshfordAshford DesignerDesigner Kingsnorth Rd Kingsnorth Rd OutletOutlet

A2042 A2042 A2070 A2070

The Location

A2070 A2070

M20 M20

AshfordAshford HospitalHospital

J10a

1 DOVER PLACE ASHFORD to Folkestone, KENT Dover TN23 1FB

9 47min 1hr 5min RamsgateRamsgate

DartfordDartford & & GravesendGravesend 35min CanterburyCanterbury

St. PancrasSt. Pancras Int. Int. EbbsfleetEbbsfleet Int. Int. AshfordAshford Int. Int. LondonLondon Ashford 19min

38min MaidstoneMaidstone23min

GatwickGatwick59min

TunbridgeTunbridge Wells Wells59min

Connectivity

Ashford’s excellent transport links have played a major part in the town’s success.

By high speed train Ashford is just 38 minutes from London and less than two hours from Paris by Eurostar, with easy access to the rest of Europe by road and rail.

10 DoverDover 34min

FolkestoneFolkestone 25min BrussellsBrussels / 1hr 37min 1hr 37min

Lille /Lille 56min 56min

Paris Paris/ 1hr 52min 1hr 52min EurotunnelEurotunnel

20min Lyon /Lyon 4hr 49min 4hr 49min

Lydd Int.Lydd Int. 25min

AvignonAvignon / 5hr 3min 5hr 3min

PLEASE NOTE: All times calculated approximately from Ashford, Kent.

It’s central location on the M20 is just over an hour away with international and regional corridor, provides fast access Heathrow only a further 30 markets. It’s London without for businesses needing to get minutes around the M25. the cost, the congestion, or around Kent, the UK or across Closer by is London Ashford the hassle. For the best the English Channel. Airport at Lydd, which is connections, there’s no better undergoing a multi-million place to be. London’s two main airports pound redevelopment. are within easy reach. Gatwick Ashford is in pole position for businesses looking to tap into

11 Technical Specification

THE BUILDING Floor Finishes Floor Finishes THE OFFICE • Concrete • Welded sheet vinyl flooring to WC’s and shower areas

• Raised access computer flooring • Tiling to ground floor entrance foyer Sub Structure Internal walls and partitions office • Entrance mat-wells • Piled foundations • Painted plastered walls

• Reinforced concrete ground beams External Works • Public realm with block paving parking and road between the Ceiling Finishes • Ground bearing ground floor slab, with insulation and Ceiling Finishes reinforced screed rear of the building and the proposed new public realm square • MF ceiling system to ground floor entrance foyer - details of • Suspended grid ceiling system within the office suites with in • Either in-situ cast concrete frame or steel frame structure • Planters / tree pits lighting and detailing to be provided soon laid grid LED lighting system • Entrance barrier to the dedicated parking spaces with fob control Frame Sanitaryware • Marked out parking bays for staff in the main car park Floor Finishes • Upper floors reinforced in situ cast concrete floors • Wall mounted WC, vitreous china pan with concealed cisterns, • Raised access computer flooring provided within office areas • Water, Electric and Telecoms connection to the utilities in the push plate dual flush • Either in-situ cast concrete frame or steel frame structure streets outside • Brickwork external façade hung from structure • Wash hand basin mounted within vanity unit, including • Electric distribution cables to each floor with main distribution monobloc mixer taps (sensor) Mechanical Installation board • Mirrors • Air handling units per quarter of floor Roof • Telecoms to distribution cupboards on each floor • Soap dispensers • VRV/VRF heating and cooling delivered via ceiling terminals • Reinforced concrete roof • Hand drier • Inverted bonded roofing felt system with insulation on top • Doc M pack for disabled WC’s with all necessary drop down Electrical Installation • Fascia’s and soffits to 5th floor aluminium polyester powder COMMON PARTS handrails and alarm • Electrical installation to include under computer floor power coated • Toilet cubicles distribution (distribution boxes do not form part of this offer) • Roof access from the plantroom External walls • Man-safe system (plant room level only) • 12.5mm plasterboard applied to external wall to office area Mechanical Installation

• 13-person lift system installed, travelling at 1.6 metres External Walls Internal doors and screens per second between floors • Brickwork external façade hung from structure • Entrance doors to each office suite will be a pair of veneered • Aluminium cladding panels between glazing on 5th floor solid core fire doors with vison panel, including softwood Electrical Installation • SFS metal stud frame behind insulated brick façade painted frame, stainless steel ironmongery, and matching • External lighting installation to perimeter of the building architraves etc. To include single insurance approved mortice lock and shoot bolts to the slave leaf • CCTV installation to the main entrance reception and landing Windows and External Doors on each floor • Doors to toilets on each level will be a single veneered solid • Aluminium non openable windows in grey core fire door, including softwood painted frame, stainless • Builder’s work in connection with core services • Aluminium entrance screen to main reception and entrance to steel ironmongery and matching architraves • Testing and commissioning of services retail space • Doors to escape stairs will be a single veneered solid core fire • Preparation as built drawings • Powder coated aluminium cover panels between storey height door with vision panel, hung in a softwood painted frame, windows stainless steel ironmongery, and matching architraves • Riser cupboard doors will be single or where necessary pair of Internal Walls and Partitions veneered solid core fire doors, hung in a softwood painted • Concrete columns left fair faced ready for direct decoration. frame, stainless steel ironmongery with a suite lock for the • Steel columns treated with intumescent fire-rated paint. All management company, and matching architraves steel columns encased in plasterboard

12 Floor Finishes Floor Finishes THE OFFICE • Concrete • Welded sheet vinyl flooring to WC’s and shower areas

Ground Floor

10,816sq.ft / 1,004sq.m (NIA)

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16 First Floor

12,002 sq ft of office space still available Station Road

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17 Second Floor

7,299 sq ft of office space still available

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18 Third Floor

11,977 sq ft of office space still available Station Road

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19 Fourth Floor

11,988sq.ft / 1,114sq.m (NIA)

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20 Fifth Floor

7,335sq.ft / 681sq.m (NIA)

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21 Key Features

Sustainability & Security Protective Facades Flexible Space

The Ashford Commercial Quarter has been The overall insulation value of the facade is The entire building has been designed for designed to a high sustainability standard significantly better than the current optimum flexibility, with lighting and and has been rated as Good by BREEAM, Building Regulations demand, achieved by services arranged to allow the easy the world’s leading design and assessment using high performance glazing on all sub-division of space. method for sustainable buildings. The windows throughout the building. result of this is a serious approach to the reduction of energy usage, hence lower Car Parking carbon emissions and running costs. The building does this in three ways: firstly by Intelligent Lighting minimising embodied energy in its Brilliantly located car parking situated just structure, secondly by being equipped with This is one of the most important a 30 second walk from the building and a full range of energy-saving measures contributors to lowered energy demand. Ashford International Train Station. Spaces such as modern insulation and low-energy The Ashford Commercial Quarter deploys are allocated on a 1:350 sq.ft basis. LED lighting, and thirdly by being well a high quality, technically advanced placed for public transport, and cycle lighting system. friendly.

Landscaping Transport The landscaping strategy involves a mix of hard and soft landscaping that will provide The building is within 100m of Ashford a well-designed public realm befitting a International Station, connecting you to the landmark building. City via St. Pancras International in 38 minutes, and to Europe via the Eurostar. A dozen bus routes pass the building, with 5 bus stops nearby. Office Space

Those who cycle will find excellent This is exceptional office space. Ceilings facilities - an important employee are 3m high, data and power services are incentive. There is a secure cycle store, contained beneath a full raised floor, views and a number of cycle paths throughout out (360 degree panorama in the case of the town and the surrounding area. the top floor) are first rate. As impressive are the floor areas themselves, divisible in The Commercial Quarter is accessible by a number of different ways depending on car via both Junctions 9 and 10 of the M20 the needs of the occupiers. allowing easy access to the rest of the county, London and beyond.

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Contact: Stephen Richmond T: 01322 285588 M: 07771 900682 E: [email protected]

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is taken for any error, omission or mis-statement in these particulars which do not constitute an offer or contract. No representation or warranty whatever is made or given either during negotiations or in particular by the vendors, lessors or agents, All figures are exclusive of rates, service charge, VAT and other outgoings. All floor areas are approximate.