Property investor David Pearl has teamed up with two media specialists to create a creative industries hub close to the 2012 Olympic broadcast centre.
Pearl is working with TV producer David Brady, best known for his work with chefs James Martin and Anthony Worrall Thompson, and audio engineer Dan Gable, to target media tenants, journalists and events businesses looking for space close to the 1m sq ft International Broadcast Centre in Hackney Wick, east London.
The trio plans to redevelop
A series of adjacent derelict sites are also being targeted.
Equipment hire company Alias Smith & Singh has already agreed to take 4,000 sq ft at the redevelopment, and similarly sized deals have been agreed with independent production company Transparent Television and media training group The Bridge Training.
The partners are also in talks to let space to a well-known animation and sound production company, a gastro pub and a private members’ club.
The roof of the warehouse, which fronts the Olympic Park, will be hired out for filming and events.
Brady, who is chair of the LDA-funded Skillset 2012 Media Legacy Programme, said that media companies were increasingly moving from their traditional home of Soho to cheaper space in east
Brady said: “We can offer space from £8 to £15 per sq ft, compared to
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