NOW Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG

Description
NOW has undergone a comprehensive refurbishment which focuses on wellness and sustainability, creating an exciting prime office environment that brings the best of the town centre amenity and workplace trends to Thames Valley Park.

NOW (62,806 sq ft) offers new amenities including a concierge reception and event management, outdoor terraces, indoor and outdoor gym and café restaurant.

The building is located just off Junction 10 of the M4, perfectly situated for access to Heathrow airport within 30 minutes and Reading train station is just two miles away.

Location
Thames Valley Park is a high-tech business park totalling 1.8 million sq ft and is home to a number of key global businesses including Oracle, Sanofi, Hewlett Packard, Jelf, Computacentre, Forcepoint and Open Text. This prime business campus is prominently positioned on Thames Valley Park, adjacent to the River Thames and on the eastern edge of Reading in the affluent surrounding area of Berkshire. Thames Valley Park is 1.6 miles East of Reading town centre and accessed via the A3290/A329(M) that connects to Junction 10 of the M4 Motorway. The Campus has excellent road and rail connectivity and a new Park & Ride service, running from the entrance of the Park to Reading town centre and train station.

Reading train station is the second busiest interchange in the UK outside of London and offers fast connections, with rail travel to London’s Paddington station in 24 minutes. Connections are set to improve with the completion of the Elizabeth Line in 2021, which will access Central London directly.

Reading is the commercial business capital of the Thames Valley and the largest town in the south east outside of Central London. The town has easy access to the M4 motorway, which provides connections to the rest of the UK and Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe and the world’s third busiest airport with over 475,000 flights a year.

Reading is home to a thriving business community and has an affluent, educated and skilled local workforce. Reading University is ranked in the top 1% of Universities in the world with c. 19,000 students from over 150 different countries.

Terms
Upon application

Specifications
Air conditioning
• 4 pipe fan coil system
• Fresh Air – 12 L/s + 10% per person

Lifts
• 3 x 13 person passenger lifts
• Designed to BCO

Lighting
• Recessed 600 x 600 LED light fittings
• 350 LUX for screen based tasks
• PIR & Daylight sensors

Occupational Density
• 1:8m2

Wellness
• 7 showers
• 128 lockers
• Towel storage
• 4 Bottle filling stations
• RESET Air Quality monitoring

Cycling
• Secure bike storage area
• 79 cycle racks
• 7 electric cycle racks
• 5 e-scooter spaces & charging points
• Cycle maintenance area
• End of journey facilities designed by 5 at Heart

Café & Amenities
• Café totalling 1,369 sq ft
• Outdoor Cinema
• Outdoor working zone

Parking
• 266 car parking spaces
• 10 Electric charging points

Accessibility
• Fully DDA compliant

Smart Building
• Here + Now Building APP provided by Cureoscity

ESG
• BREEAM Outstanding
• FitWel 3*
• Net Zero Carbon
• RESET Air Accreditation
• EPC B
• Heart Beat Cycling Accreditation
• Wiredscore Platinum

Floor to Ceiling:
• 2.8 m

Community
• Dedicated Lifestyle Manager
• Fleet Room containing leisure equipment

Connectivity
• Diversified fibre connection
• Fibre provided by Telcom - open protocol, 200+ providers available
• Dedicated fibre connection to each floor
• Wi-Fi in all common areas