163,000 sq ft HQ development adjacent to Parkway station. WORK CONNECTED.

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M4 J19 The Approach Bristol Motorway 1 MOD Abbeywood (Procurement HQ)

Bristol Parkway station A / B Roads 2 Bristol Business Park Boeing / Motability / Thales / QinetiQ / Babcock Park & Ride Rail Network 3 University of the West of England MetroBus route 4 AVIVA 8 9 5 Experian

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Welcome to Situated adjacent to Bristol Parkway railway station, minutes from one of the UK’s most exciting cities, The Approach, Bristol. with fast connections to London and beyond, A prime HQ development The Approach will excite businesses ambitious that will deliver state of the to grow or relocate. art office space with superb The Approach will combine sophisticated, sustainable design, on a highly secure site, with all the attractions transport connections. of a location listed by The Sunday Times as the UK’s best city to live in. The space will be perfect for an organisation keen to join the ranks of top aerospace, finance, IT, defence and business service companies already making the most of the lifestyle and talent on their doorstep. 7

1 THE LOCATION THE BUILDING THE CONNECTIONS MetroBus Adjacent to Bristol 21st century design Faster, more frequent The new Bristol Metrobus Parkway station & build rail services is now open and offers a Bristol Parkway offers Whilst minimising impacts Electrification of the Great rapid service connecting significant local, regional of the building’s design Western line has recently key destinations including and national services and construction on the been completed and the , the connecting with key environment, the health quickest journey times 1 million sq ft Regional destinations such as and wellbeing of the from Bristol Parkway to Shopping Centre, Bristol London, Cardiff, Swansea, future occupants of London Paddington are City Centre and South Birmingham and further The Approach has been now 79 minutes. New Bristol. The service afield to Manchester at the forefront of the rolling stock has been provides one bus and Edinburgh. design brief. introduced and by the end every 6 minutes of 2019 there will be up to during peak times. Bristol – a great Fully secure site 5 trains per hour. place to live The site can be Motorway access The Sunday Times physically secured Crossrail/ Heathrow link The Approach is named Bristol as Britain’s around the entire Crossrail is due to open strategically located to best city to live in, and in perimeter making at the end of 2019 and provide easy access to 2015 it was named the The Approach the will be easily reached three key motorways, European Green Capital. perfect location for from Bristol Parkway via the M4, M5 and M32 WHY CONSIDER any organisation for Reading. The proposed via the recently completed A talented workforce whom security is a Heathrow Link will Hambrook link road. THE APPROACH on your doorstep primary concern. connect the airport Four universities in Bristol to Reading in just Bristol Airport and nearby Bath, plus Large column 35 minutes. Bristol Airport is a mere Exeter and Cardiff, will free floorplates 45 minutes drive from offer any future occupier Column free floorplates The local commute The Approach. It provides of The Approach access from 16,902 – 36,966 sq ft Staff commuting to The easy access to 12 UK to a highly qualified will provide total flexibility Approach will benefit from cities including Belfast, graduate pool, not to for space planning to suit Parkway station’s fantastic Glasgow and Edinburgh mention over 1 million any occupier’s needs. links to Bristol’s suburban and a further 106 cities people in the wider rail network. The station within Europe and the Bristol area. Power and data resilient is also a major hub for rest of the world. Significant data, power the local bus network. Sources: and mobile (4G) capacity www.travelwest.info / TPA offers reliable connectivity, with extensive options for enhancement, diversification and security to any potential occupier.

2 3 THE APPROACH WILL CONNECT BUSINESSES WITH FUTURE THE WORLD IN A WAY FEW OFFICE SPACES CAN RIVAL. FOCUSED Following electrification, the journey time to London CONNECTIONS is just 79 minutes by train. Three motorways link you with the rest of the UK and flights from nearby Bristol Airport connect to 118 destinations in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. But transport links are just the beginning of the story. The Approach will put you and your team in touch with history, culture, shopping and all the charms of West Country living. And from a business perspective, the region’s economic strength and talent pool means you will be locating in the midst of highly successful companies who are already enjoying the benefits of genuine work and lifestyle balance. High speed fibre optics, improved data, power and connectivity offer businesses within the Parkway area extensive options when it comes to security and diversification.

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5 5 38 79 MINUTES TRAINS TO MINUTES MINUTES WALK TO LONDON TO CARDIFF TO LONDON BRISTOL EVERY HOUR PADDINGTON PARKWAY STATION

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The Approach is only a 500m walk to Bristol Parkway LOCAL RAIL NETWORK BY AIR station which provides frequent and direct services to Bristol Parkway station has fantastic links to Bristol’s Bristol Airport connects The Approach nationally and key destinations. Following electrification bigger, better suburban railway network which will offer commuters internationally, flying to 118 destinations of which 12 are trains have been introduced and journey times are a frequent service to The Approach. in the UK, 98 in Europe and 8 in the rest of the world. down to 79 minutes to london Paddington. By the end Bristol Airport is approximately 45 minutes from of 2019 there will be 5 trains an hour to the capital. CROSSRAIL & HEATHROW LINK The Approach by car. Crossrail is due to open at the end of 2019 and will London 79 minutes be easily reached from Bristol Parkway via Reading. Birmingham 72 minutes Heathrow Link proposals are in place to build Cardiff 38 minutes a tunnel to link the to Heathrow Terminal 5. Exeter 78 minutes Bath Spa 28 minutes Reading 60 minutes Manchester 2hrs 51 minutes

Sources: www.networkrail.co.uk/westernraillinktoheathrow // Trainline

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BRISTOL METROBUS M32 BY ROAD The new MetroBus provides a frequent, high quality Within a few minutes drive are the M4, M5, and M32, passenger transport service connecting the key connecting you to the national motorway network. employment hubs in the north of the city with key residential areas in the north and south of the city as London 118 miles 2hrs 14 mins well as the city centre. Manchester 168 miles 2hrs 54 min The new route also links into the wider MetroBus network with the South Bristol Link and Birmingham 98 miles 1hr 43 mins to Temple Meads routes. At peak times services are CITY CENTRE Cardiff 44 miles 56 mins every 6 minutes and off-peak every 12 minutes. BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS Exeter 83 miles 1hr 33 mins LOCAL BUSES LONG ASHTON PARK & RIDE Bath 17.8 miles 33 mins Parkway station is a hub for local buses offering 15 services, providing commuters with easy and PARK source: googlemaps // image credit: Highways England; Creative Commons frequent connections to The Approach. SOUTH BRISTOL LINK

9 TOWARDS A CLOSER WORK:LIFE BALANCE

10 Bristol has twice been voted the best city in There are four Universities within Bristol and nearby the UK to live, so it’s easy to see why people Bath. Bristol has two Universities, The University of the choose to make their home here. West of England (UWE) and Bristol University which, combined, produce around 10,000 graduates weighted In fact, with over 1 million people living in the Greater towards the sciences, engineering and finance Bristol area it is the UK’s 8th largest city. And with house disciplines. UWE with its 27,000 students is only 15 prices on average 53% less than London and 18% minutes’ walk from The Approach while the University less than Reading it is no surprise that it is the fastest of Bristol has Faculty Research Departments that are growing city in the UK outside of London. world-class. Bristol is home to a multitude of museums, cinemas Bath is home to two further institutions, The University and galleries and boasts a vibrant waterfront culture. of Bath and Bath Spa University that together produce There is easy access to two excellent shopping centres, around 3,500 graduates per year. Nearly one third of Cribbs Causeway and Cabot Circus, plus a whole host these are from the Sciences, Finance, Business of welcoming bars, restaurants and cafés – all easily & Admin disciplines. Bath Spa is ranked as one of the accessible via the city’s outstanding transport links. top 5 creative universities in the Which! University Student Survey and nearly 90% of the research submitted by the University of Bath is graded as world leading or internationally excellent.

Sources: JLL, University of Bristol, Which! University Student Survey 2016, University of Bath

11 As well as a wealth of major UK companies setting up As you’d expect for a city attracting international THE FIRST STOP their HQ in the area, Bristol has a dynamic economy investment in ICT, the digital infrastructure has been FOR BUSINESS of its own. subject to considerable development. Bristol is now one of the UKs four ‘Gigabit Cities’ with a pure fibre network. Grant Thornton rank the city as one of England’s top five growth centres, while a recent report found the You can expect plenty of support too. The city is city is creating 10 times as many businesses per head committed to creating an infrastructure that works than the rest of the UK. for businesses that wish to relocate to the area. The number of start-ups in the city mean there is an entrepreneurial energy to tap into and a wealth of suppliers for bigger businesses to draw upon.

12 13 CELEBRATED SUSTAINABILITY & SECURITY THE SPACE For businesses that place importance on sustainability, Consent has been granted for 163,000 sq ft of HQ office the design will sit well with Bristol’s award as Europe’s space. The Approach will stand in its own carefully Green City of the Year 2015. landscaped and secure environment and will provide a highly sustainable, secure and flexible working Unsurprisingly in an area that’s home to the MOD and environment across five floors. other defence industries, a key USP of The Approach will be the fact that it is a secure site. The large column free floorplates offer a slab to slab height of 5.5 metres and have been designed to suit a range of M&E solutions. There will be 525 car parking spaces, of which 21 are for disabled use, provided in the secure basement, at ground level and in the two storey decked car park. There will also be 250 cycle parking spaces of which 174 in the secure basement, and 20 shower cubicles.

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Ground Floor 37,440 sq ft / 3,478 sq m

First Floor 34,555 sq ft / 3,210 sq m

Second Floor 36,966 sq ft / 3,434 sq m

Third Floor 36,966 sq ft / 3,434 sq m

Fourth Floor 16,902 sq ft / 1,570 sq m

Total 162,829 sq ft / 15,127 sq m

Car Park Spaces 525 TYPICAL UPPER FLOOR Cycle Spaces 250 36,966 sq ft / 3,434 sq m Workstations 482 as shown

16 GROUND FLOOR SITE PLAN 37,440 sq ft / 3,478 sq m

17 Designed by TurnbullRipley 0117 930 5746 0117 9305746 [email protected] IAN WILLS 020 82832534 [email protected] JAMES FINNIS www.jll.co.uk/property Agent theapproachbristol.com

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