Client: PSA Peugeot Citroën - UK headquarters
One of our client’s core occupational objectives was to relocate staff based within its outdated office accommodation to a new 110,000 sq ft headquarters office and a new 60,000 sq ft training and technical centre on its 83 acre redundant car plant site.
With the site committed to be sold to Astral Developments (since acquired by ProLogis), there were numerous tenure and development options available to Peugeot. Our agency team in Birmingham stepped in to evaluate and advise on these options.
Solution
Our first task was to undertake a full audit of Peugeot’s existing and future occupational floor space needs. This included an assessment of office floor space density, integrating storage, recreational and car display areas into the new design, and ensuring that the move was broadly self financing. This process included a ‘proximity’ study to place the various client teams in complementary positions within the building.
As part of the sale process, we arranged to retain short-term occupation of part of the site and negotiated terms with the developer to take the new property on lease (on completion), subject to allowances for fitting out each property, which dovetailed the exit from the old space with the entry to the new space.
The results
The headquarters has now been completed which has:
- provided high quality accommodation in an elevated position on site within an improved environment, suitable for long term occupation
- improved the aesthetic appeal of Peugeot’s headquarters, whilst providing a light, air conditioned working environment for staff
- improved floor space efficiency optimising floor space requirement
- reduced the costs in use of the accommodation
- established a new training facility, which is pedestrian linked to the headquarters
This case study should be read in conjunction with the PSA Peugeot Citroën – Stoke Works case study, which describes our long-term involvement in advising the company on the regeneration and sale of its 83 acre redundant car plant.
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