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MC2up to 73,000 sq ft of Grade A Offices To Let
www.wrop.co.uk
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White Rose Shopping Centre
White Rose Office Park
White Rose Office Park is now firmly established as one of Leeds’ foremost office locations. As home to some of the most well-known and global names the park has evolved into a true 24/7 business destination.
Situated next door to one of the top regional shopping malls in the UK, the facilities at White Rose Office Park make a compelling case for any business looking to expand or indeed relocate.
The Park
HSBC
O2
MC2
The HubISS
HMRC
HER MAJESTY’SGOVERNMENT
Depuy
Building 3
WSP
HSBC & O2
BACKGATE
MAINENTRANCE
PHMRCP
MC2 AP
MC2 BP
CAR PARK BP
WSP & HMGP
O2 & DEPUYP
MULTI STOREY 1P MULTI STOREY 2P
AIR CONDITIONING - At present this is a combination of VAV and
Multi Zone systems.
- Once refurbished could be, 4 pipe fan coils or a VRV system or similar.
LIGHTING - Would be refurbished to LG7/SG3.
FLOOR SPACE- Current occupation approx 800 persons. New
cooling system could accommodate a density of 1:6 sqm, subject to system & cost.
SECURITY- On site 24hr security.
- CCTV.
- Car park barrier controls.
- At present office entry is by way of card swipe automatic revolving door.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS- Full diversity exists by way of 2 separate BT cable
networks and Cable & Wireless.
- Bandwidth up to 20mb.
- BT - cable and/or fibre.
- Vodafone (Cable & Wireless) fibre.
COMPUTER ROOMS- 2 computer rooms exist within the space both have
raised floors and dedicated A/C.
- At present both have full Halon fire protection systems.
- Existing cabinets and cabling are in the present tenants ownership.
FIRE COVER- The office is fitted with a fire detection system.
FULL ACCESS RAISED FLOOR- min 150mm.
CEILING- New ceiling to be installed, tenants requirements
can be incorporated.
- Floor to ceiling height 3m with minimum 1m void.
Specification
The existing building WROP1 of 73,800 sqft will be refurbished to a Grade A specification and a very good BREEAM rating, with a level B EPC rating and a car parking ratio of 1:250 sqft net.
Ground / Mezzanine Floor Plan
• 73,800 sq ft on one level
• Potential to add a 5000 sq ft mezzanine
• Option to extend the existing floor plate by 22,000 sq ft
Track Record & Delivery
Here at White Rose Office Park we understand the needs of a call centre tenant. It is easier to operate from a large flat floor plate with a mezzanine watch tower area. We can offer an unrivalled level of car parking accommodating both your staff and visitors as well as direct public transport routes and an established green travel plan which are free to all our tenants. Communications, connectivity and power are all crucial to your daily life and can be supplied at the Park in abundance. Your accommodation is key to your businesses working environment and we will create a building that is both green, cost effective to run and comfortable for your many staff.
Munroe K engaged with an existing occupier to plan and implement the seamless delivery of workplace accommodation for nearly 3000 employees here at White Rose Office Park. The tenant currently occupied a large proportion of their building, albeit they were split into several different Suites around the building. Upon further Suites becoming vacant it became possible to consolidate their demise and for them to expand into the remainder of ground and first floors of the front wing of the Arlington Business Centre building.
Whilst operation on site is 24 hour for this tenant, the least busy times of the day (evenings and weekends) were used for staff relocations between phases. During these times Munroe K’s main contractor worked closely with their infrastructure and IT fit-out team to carefully decommission and commission IT services. Barriers were carefully constructed between live office and construction site areas and any unavoidably noisy site operations were similarly managed to the least busy times of the day or week.
The on-site security at White Rose Office Park worked closely with the main contractor controlling access for construction operatives and assisted also with temporary arrangements as required by them to keep their employees freely and safely moving around the site during the various phases of construction. The success of the overall refurbishment project can be gauged by the quality of workspace that the tenant happily enjoys today.
Taking over this vacant space allowed sufficient churn to take place on site to enable them to remain fully operational 24/7 throughout the entire construction process. As the works progressed towards completion they were then able to increase the total number of employees on site due both to the additional space taken and as a result of spatial efficiencies delivered by the re-organisation and refurbishment works.
Their project team masterminded the strategy for departmental adjacencies and space planning standards required for their operatives. After being co-ordinated with their branding department these conceptual studies were then handed to the Munroe K team to work up in detail and then implement on site. The tenant worked closely with Munroe K during all phases of this contract which saw twelve sets of Suites refurbished and reconfigured to create the accommodation that can be seen on site today. Core and breakout facilities were relocated and upgraded in line with their occupation densities together with the provision of all of the training and meeting rooms.
A ‘BREEAM 2011 Very Good’ target rating is required for the refurbishment, setting a best practice level for sustainability with low energy design at the centre of the proposals.
A BREEAM pre-assessment has been carried out demonstrating how a ‘BREEAM 2011’ rating against ‘BREEAM 2008’ Offices can be achieved.
Further review with the design team and client would be required during feasibility stage to aim to meet a score of around 61%.
GENERAL APPROACHUpgrading the existing thermal envelope is critical to increasing the efficiency of the building and to address air tightness where a large proportion of heat and cool air can be wasted.
Our proposals indicate the replacement of the external façade with additional insulation added to the roof. U values are proposed as being in line with new build construction, of around 40% improvement on the minimum requirement for building regulations.
Our approach to low energy design addresses a number of aspects;
• Incorporating and review potential passive measures to reduce energy use in both new and existing building elements
• Review of existing services to maximise efficiency where possible
• Incorporate low and zero carbon technologies to further reduce energy use
ENERGY EFFICIENCY THERMAL FABRIC
Breeam
A minimum daylight factor of 2% will be targeted for both elements to improve the quality of the internal spaces and reduce reliance on artificial lighting.
A number of north facing rooflights will bring even daylight throughout the building and particularly to the centre of the building. Combined with louvers these will enable a natural ventilation strategy to be used in non-heating months, creating a stack effect to draw air through the building.
Glazing has been increased to the perimeter of the building with high level curtain walling to increase daylight penetration into the building. Automated louvers will form part of the glazing system to enable ventilation and night cooling to operate securely.
The proposed ventilation system is mixed mode, using a combination of both natural ventilation and mechanical ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation will assist in providing fresh air and increase air volume. This will also provide the most efficient system in winter when heat recovery can be utilised.
Although the existing building will retain a ceiling void to contain ventilation ductwork, the new build element can incorporate a raised access floor to utilise displacement ventilation, a more energy efficient method of ventilating a building.
DAYLIGHTING & VENTILATION
Breeam
Breeam
A review of the existing services will be required to establish which elements will require replacement or upgrading to provide maximum energy efficiency. As a minimum, lighting should be upgraded to include low energy fittings with daylight and movement sensors as appropriate.
Life cycle analysis can provide a useful tool to inform which energy saving measures are most effective in the long term.
Cooling will be minimised through the use of passive strategies, such as utilising thermal mass and night cooling. This will be possible in the new extension where an in situ exposed concrete frame and soffit is proposed. Chilled beams can also be used to provide active cooling when required.
Vertical solar shading will be used to minimise solar gains to the south east and south west elevations. Further modelling will be used to maximise its effect without having an adverse impact on daylighting levels. Deciduous trees can also assist, providing shade to low level sun in warmer months, yet allowing daylight and solar warmth to penetrate the building in winter months.
A review of potential technologies will be carried out as the project progresses to reduce carbon emissions and energy use, taking benefits such as the Governments Feed in Tariff and Renewable Heat Incentive into consideration. Photovoltaic panels and ground source heat pumps appear to be the most appropriate technologies for the site.
Photovoltaic panels are positioned at an optimum angle to the SE side of the rooflights to generate electricity. Ground source heat pumps could also be incorporated into the new build element to both heat and cool the building. These two elements could provide a figure of around 10 -15% carbon reduction.
COOLING SERVICE STRATEGY
LOW AND ZERO CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
Although the site is very tight with limited landscaping opportunities ecology should be addressed in order to assist in meeting a BREEAM Excellent target and to enhance the site.
To meet BREEAM requirements an Ecologist will be required to carry out a Phase 1 Habitat survey to establish the ecological status of the site and to recommend appropriate measures for enhancing biodiversity, despite the likely verdict that the site is of low ecological value.
A green roof with a range of appropriate plant species including sedum, herbaceous, succulent and moss species can provide a significant increase in ecological value and encourage biodiversity. The roof will also assist with rainwater attenuation and assist in reducing the heat island effect, particularly relevant in a large area of car parking and flat roofs.
Other trees and soft landscaping can also contribute to ecological value as well as providing shade and softening the immediate area to the building.
Permeable paving will be incorporated to improve rainwater attenuation with the aim to meeting an additional credit in BREEAM to reduce rainwater runoff. In addition rainwater harvesting could be considered although with low water use sanitaryware and a green roof it is likely to have limited value compared to other sustainable measures.
LANDSCAPING
Breeam
Is a dedicated on-site building housing a 200 seat restaurant, coffee shop, magazine & newspaper sales, conference facility, meeting rooms and Games Zone. There is a patio area for alfresco dining and a petanque pitch.
The Hub
We have a number of picnic benches dotted around the park and on sunny days hire out picnic blankets free of charge, so tenants enjoy their lunch or a meeting in the sunshine.
Picnic Areas
We have over 200 deck chairs placed around the Park on sunny days, they are free of charge and a great way to enjoy your lunch, hold a meeting or just top up your tan.
Deck ChairsISS Facilities Management run our on-site restaurant and offer in-house catering for events, meetings and conferences.
Restaurant & On-site Catering
Amenities
The Park has a 12 x 15 metre French Boules pitch. Tenants can enjoy a leisurely game over lunch or hold tournaments to really pump up their team building.
PetanqueComing soon everything we offer as a landlord and more will be available as an APP and a downloadable handbook will be online too.
App & Handbook
Amenities
An on-site area in the Hub with pool tables and games machines all available to our tenants.
Games Zone
Coming soon to the Park is a state of the art 80 child facility for tenant’s children aged from 6 months to pre-school. Including a holiday club for older children.
Day Care Facility
WROP has free Wi-Fi spots located in the Hub, restaurant, conference facility and meeting rooms.
Free WiFi
White Rose Office Park has a 120 seater conference facility available to tenants and visitors with free Wi-Fi and car parking. Catering and facility management are available too.
Confrence Facility
Coming soon is a brand new state of the art 7,000 sq ft. gym available to everyone at the park and visitors.
GymThe Park is home to a giant chess board and pieces are available free of charge to tenants who fancy a strategic breakout spell.
Giant ChessWhite Rose Office Park boasts 27 acres of landscaped gardens and an onsite dedicated maintenance team.
Gardens
Amenities
Next door we have a 110 store retail Shopping Centre in addition to a whole floor dedicated to restaurants and food outlets.
White Rose Shopping Centre
White Rose Shopping Centre
White Rose Office Park
Amenities
We have 9 meeting rooms available to hire by the hour or the day. From 2 people up to large groups. For day to day meetings, team building or conference days all can be catered for on-site.
Meeting Rooms
Amenities
The park has its very own 9 hole putting green, a great way to chill out on a stressful day.
Putting Green
In 2006 White Rose Office Park sponsored the Leeds Chelsea Garden. The garden was reconstructed in its entirety at the Park for all its residents and visitors to enjoy.
Award Winning Chelsea Garden
We have lots of it and the spaces are allocated to each business.
Parking
Our in house managed 24 hour 7 days a week, 365 days a year security is unrivalled. Managing over 400 visitors a day and our tenant’s daily needs makes this the safest place to work.
Security
Amenities
Is a free intranet site available to everyone at the Park including visitors. Our internal communications site is updated hourly to include travel updates, park news, transport information, discounts, local business directory, competitions and much, much more.
WROPnet
Lifestyle
We have linked up with local pharmacies and offer a range of healthy work life balance packages to our tenants. Regular events include; Cholesterol testing, flu jabs, stop smoking, exercise classes, running and cycling club and much more.
Health & Well-beingAs well as our regular fun runs, we have a dedicated number of runners at the park who have plotted out various jogging routes for all ranges of fitness. Our free travel package also allows you to find someone to walk or run into work with.
Running ClubThis is the most successful service we have launched. The unique park loyalty card is available to everyone at the park and gets discounts with local businesses, retailers and WROP Park suppliers.
WROP Loyalty Card
Distributed internally to all our tenants, this quarterly magazine is crammed packed with news, competitions, park stories and fashion.
WROPlife Magazine
All our buildings are built to a grade A specification and can be bespoke or adapted to our tenants needs.
Design & Build
On-site are vegetable and herb gardens, The herb gardens are managed by ISS and the fresh produce goes straight into our food. The vegetable gardens are managed by our tenants.
Veg & Herb Gardens
Lifestyle
White Rose Office Park has linked up with the region’s Universities and local schools to offer a direct link to Yorkshire’s talented graduates and young work face.
Apprenticeship Schemes
Lifestyle
Regular updates to our dedicated Facebook & Twitter sites keep tenants up to date with menus, traffic and daily news at the park.
Social MediaConstant investments into energy saving methods, converting lighting to LED power and day to day running of the park and a promise to a total recycling commitment.
Green
We promise a 95% recycling commitment. All of the park’s waste is carefully managed by our dedicated in house management team.
Recycling
White Rose Office Park likes to put something back into the community and supports many charities, including ARISE, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, many cancer charities, children’s charities, animal charities, the elderly and the homeless.
Charity
Lifestyle
5 minutes’ walk from the Park is Cottingley train station, a well-lit and safe little station supplying a regular train service into Leeds, Wakefield, Manchester and Huddersfield.
Train Service2 minutes’ walk up a dedicated path is a regional bus station that supplies 14 daily buses to areas in Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford and Huddersfield.
Bus Stop
Next door we have a 110 store retail Shopping Centre in addition to a whole floor dedicated to restaurants and food outlets.
White Rose Shopping Centre
Location
Getting to the Park couldn’t be easier. With direct access to the M621, M62 and M1 motorways.
Motorway
Location
Travel advice and free travel updates are available to all our occupants and their visitors.
Travel Club
Transport
Are a free service to all our tenants. We have teamed up with Halfords to offer a 9 point check to make sure their vehicles are safe and roadworthy. Windscreen wash and coolant top ups are free too!
Winter Car Check
WROP have a City Car based on-site. Any member of the club can use the car for a small hourly free. Great for our green travel fans who have meetings off site.
City Car ClubWe have invested in the regions car share scheme. Free of charge to all our tenants. Allowing commuters to hook up and share the drive to and from work. Free Personal Travel Packages are available to all or tenants to help them find the safest and easiest way into work.
Lift Share Scheme & PTP
The Park has 2 electric car charging points.
Electric Car Charging Points
Transport
As part of the Bike Club service we offer our tenants a free bike check to make sure all bikes are roadworthy and safe to drive for the forthcoming season.
Bike DoctorIs a free day tutorial we offer to all our tenants to teach them how to drive safely in winter conditions.
Driving On Snow
We have 66 dry motorbike parking bays on-site as well as 120 covered bike racks.
Undercover Motorbike & Bike Parking
Transport
5 minutes’ walk from the Park is Cottingley train station, a well-lit and safe little station supplying a regular train service into Leeds, Wakefield, Manchester and Huddersfield.
Train Service
2 minutes’ walk up a dedicated path is a regional bus station that supplies 14 daily buses to areas in Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford and Huddersfield.
Bus Stop
We organise regular meetings, provide a pump and water station, undercover bike racks and a bike buddy travel package free of charge to all out tenants. This alliance has been so successful we have had to double the number of bike racks on site from 60 to 120. Each building has a shower and drying facilities available.
Bike Club
Transport
What Our Tenants Say
ON WINTER CAR CHECKS…“Just a note to say how pleased I was with the service from Halfords today and to WROP for arranging this. Everything ran like clockwork, the Halfords staff were friendly and gave good advice. A free bottle of screen wash and a free ice-scraper were unexpected bonuses. Great service and thanks.”
John, 02
ON WINTER CAR CHECKS…“I found it extremely useful, it gave me insight into what I should watch for in the winter months. I also got a free windscreen scraper and the lovely guy topped up my coolant. Definitely worth the visit.”
Kirsty, 02
ON BIKE DOCTOR…“I love the bike doctor service, although I use my bike a lot I’m not brilliant on spotting any potential issues until they’ve actually broken! I use the bike doctor every time he visits the site, it’s a great way to have an educated eye cast over my mountain bike to spot anything I’ve missed… which there usually is!”
Steve, HSBC
ON FLU JABS…“Thank you for having us today. It was a really good session. We got a lot of feedback that the staff were glad we were there as it was very convenient for them to get vaccinated.”
Lin, Sainsbury’s Pharmacist
ON BIKE DOCTOR…“The bike doctor is another superb feature of working at WROP. I only have to look at my wife’s shocked face when I tell her all the things that happen on site. At her work they have nothing like this. Keep it up.”
Jason, HSBC
ON CHOLESTEROL TESTING…“I found the cholesterol service really useful and a good motivator to get me thinking about my health, eating the right things and exercising.”
Caroline, 02
ON SKID TESTING…“The skid training was really useful - I definitely learnt something new! I was convinced you should steer into a skid but according to the police that’s completely wrong! Maybe now I will manage better next time in the snow. I appreciate you putting these free events on and also took part in the cholesterol testing.”
Sarah, HMRC
ON WINTER CAR CHECKS…“I thought it was a really nice gesture, I normally check my car myself but it was assuring that all was well with my car. I think it’s a great idea, especially if you’re not mechanically minded. Job well done!”
Tariq, 02
ON WINTER CAR CHECKS…“This service is excellent, it allows my car to get a once over to make sure I’m prepared for the colder months. The fact that it is on site so I can do this in my own time quickly is extremely convenient. It is a free service which is great and the whole system of arranging an appointment worked really well for me. To sum up I think these services are really, really useful for knowing my car is prepared to get me to work during the winter months and very convenient taking place on site. Thank you!”
Christopher, 02
ON WINTER CAR CHECKS…“I enjoyed the winter car check with the nice friendly man, who took me through everything he did with ease. Fortunately, all I needed was a new windscreen wiper and a top up of windscreen wash. Job well done in five minutes!”
Fiona, WSP
ON BIKE DOCTOR…“I found the bike doctor to be a great service. The gentleman was very knowledgeable and willing to give some great advice. I had a few things to do on my bike and he was really informative on how to carry out the work. I would definitely recommend it to all who cycle in.”
Rob, 02
ON BIKE DOCTOR…“I have used a few things recently on site which was provided by WROP and I think it’s a great service. The events you hold are very relevant as in bike doctor and flu jabs. With the bike doctor it was very useful for me and helped me to find out that my bike needed a lot of repair. The person doing this was very helpful and advised me on which sort of bike to buy next. Thank you for organising these great events.”
Shaun, 02
ON CHOLESTEROL TESTING…“It is a great free service to have, it helps you to understand how your Cholesterol levels are and it gives you information that otherwise you wouldn’t know without going to your G.P. It’s quick, easy and really informative.”
Mohammed, 02
ON CHOLESTEROL TESTING…“I love the cholesterol service and would continue to use it in the future if it is offered, which I hope it will be! The staff that do the tests are lovely and friendly. It’s great that I can have this done at work, it saves me so much time, otherwise I have to go to the doctors and wait a few weeks before getting the result. I can’t praise this highly enough.”
Jackie, 02
How To Find Us
White Rose Office Park, Millshaw Park Lane, Leeds, LS11 0BG
M62
M62
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M621
A58(M)
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A61
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A64
A65A647
A6110
A6110
A65
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A653
A63
From Manchester to Liverpool
From Londonand the south
From Hull
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M1
LEEDS CITYCENTRE
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- Immediate motorway access – just minutes from M62, M621 & M1
- Outstanding shopping facilities next door at White Rose Shopping Centre
- Excellent public transport links including a regional bus station next door
- Excellent rail links – London 2 hours away
- Easy access to 2 international airports, Leeds/Bradford airport only 20 minutes away
- 1.5 miles from Leeds City Centre
SAT NAV: LS11 0BG
www.wrop.co.uk
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