The Gresham building, accessed from The Yard, is a low-rise, 5 storey office building that offers an impressive floor-to-ceiling height unique for a new building of this scale. The external façade is finished in brick detail echoing the tones of the listed Victorian buildings adjacent. The set-back arrangement of the buildings softens the façade into the existing streetscape and provides yet more elevated terraces for occupiers.
Internally the Gresham building provides everything expected from a Grade A office in a floor-plate size that is readily sub-divisible and offering a more intimate yet spacious modern office. The anticipation is that the Gresham building will facilitate “right-sized” office space for the growing indigenous Belfast businesses or smaller international companies that are keen to co-locate with larger corporates in the North building.
Design Features
- Floor plates available up to 847 sq m (9,122 sq ft)
- Flexible floor plate capable of sub-division from 401 sq m (4,319 sq ft)
- Raised Access Floor with 150mm clear zone
- Planning Grid 1.5m x 1.5m
- MVHR with VRF Cooling providing flexibility for CAT B fitout
- Design based on 1:8 m2 occupancy
- 44 bicycle spaces
- 6 showers
- 48 lockers
Ceiling Heights
- Slab to slab 3,850mm
- Floor to Ceiling - 2,850 (Underside of Beam) 2,800 w Ceiling
Lift Provision
- 2 lifts including 1 goods lift
- Travel and waiting times to British Council for Offices best practice
IT Provision
- Wired Scored Platinum
Sustainability
- BREEAM Excellent
Design Methodology
- BIM Level 2
Schedule of Accommodation / sq ft
Floor NIA | Offices | Retail | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Ground Floor | 0 | 4,747 | 4,747 |
1st Floor | 9,122 | 0 | 9,122 |
2nd Floor | 9,122 | 0 | 9,122 |
3rd Floor | 7,249 | 0 | 7,249 |
4th Floor | 7,249 | 0 | 7,249 |
Total | 32,742 | 4,747 | 37,489 |