Catalyst - Building 8, Wendlebury Road, Bicester, OX25 2BX

Description
Phase 2 Catalyst provided four detached technology buildings totalling 120,000 sq ft and is well advanced. Three buildings have been pre-let and only Building 8 totalling 38,710 sq ft is available to let and will be ready for occupation circa July 2024.

Phase 1 is complete and comprises 4 technology buildings at the entrance to the park plus the David Lloyd Health and Fitness club. Phase 2 is at an advanced stage; Buildings 5 and 6 are complete and already let, Buildings 7 and 8 are under construction with Building 7 pre-let. Phase 3 Catalyst will commence in 2024 to provide a further 110,000 sq ft in up to four buildings but could be developed to accommodate a single bespoke occupier requirement. Ultimately, Catalyst will provide over 300,000 sq ft of technology accommodation in a sustainable business community designed for advanced manufacturing, high performance engineering and technology industries. Buildings 1–3 were pre-let to Evolito, a ground-breaking electric aviation business with Building 4 let to YASA, an electric motor R&D company owned by Mercedes Benz. Phase 2 is substantially let to Tesla and an unnamed EV design and manufacturing company.

Location
Catalyst is located within the vibrant Oxford - Cambridge Arc, the UK’s knowledge economy engine. Its central location within the corridor is why businesses are looking to expand or locate to this vibrant town. It is situated off the A41, just 2 miles from J.9 M40 and within 20 minutes drive of Oxford. Bicester has excellent rail connections to London, Oxford, Reading and shortly a direct service to Cambridge will be complete. Bicester’s rate of growth is unrivalled in the region with the town’s population set to exceed 50,000 within the next 10 years and new technology based occupiers such as Yasa, Evolito and Siemens selecting the town.