London’s oldest film studio in Twickenham is in line for a £15m revamp, including a new state-of-the-art TV studio, as the pandemic-inspired content boom continues to drive a surge in property investment on production sites.
Twickenham Studios will get a new entrance building, sound production space, and a cinema as part of the works, which aim to give the historic site a lease of new life.
Development manager the Creative District Improvement Company hopes to capitalise on the soaring demand for filming locations, as consumers burn through TV shows and films during lockdown.
In a statement, managing partners Piers Read and Jeremy Rainbird said: “From script to screen, the expansion means we can welcome even more productions, filmmakers of all levels, who will call the new campus home.”
General Projects is developer on the project and the British Airways Pension Fund is backing the investment.
Cara Sheppard, the newly appointed managing director of Twickenham Studios, added: “We are investing heavily into securing the best industry talent, as well as the latest technologies, that combined will ensure the next chapter for Twickenham Studios is even more successful than the last.”
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