A NEW BUSINESS ECO-SYSTEM
A partnership with The Trampery, a highly acclaimed London-based social enterprise, will bring workspaces, studios, podcast rooms and event space to Kingston – and so much more.
With a strong social and environmental conscience, The Trampery is committed to delivering accelerator programmes for entrepreneurs, including start-ups and scale-ups.
Establishing a new creative cluster for Kingston within the 1893 building will provide the town with a whole new business destination. It will generate local employment opportunities and create a need for products, services and resources which will further benefit the Kingston business community.
The event space, proposed within the Court Room and Council Chamber, will be used for meetings, lectures and events and will be available to community organisations and charities at an affordable rate it’s use as a film location will be retained.
When the opportunity to work on Surrey County Hall presented itself, it really seemed like the perfect location to develop the Trampery’s first facility in West London.
Charles Armstrong,
Founder and CEO – The Trampery
The fact that Kingston is the first destination outside Central London to capture the imagination of the team at The Trampery represents a vote of confidence in the town’s future.
Studios/Co-working for 600 people.
Flexible creative workspace units.
Contribution to the local economy.
A regular programme
of events.
Built with music producers, sound designers in mind.
Serving the community and businesses.
In the second community plan, Kingston Borough set out its vision that the Royal Borough will continue to be one of the very best places to live and work, a place where people are happy, healthy and enjoy a good quality of life in a clean safe and tolerant environment where business is prosperous.
County Hall Kingston has a part to play in the realisation of this vision, helping maintain the town’s position as a successful Metropolitan Centre, improving the vitality and viability of the district.
INCREASING FOOTFALL AND LOCAL SPENDING
Fully occupied, County Hall Kingston will house a community of around 680 residents with a total household expenditure estimated in the region of £8 million per year. Also, with a capacity of approximately 600, it is estimated that the 1893 County Hall Building will contribute £14 million to the local economy. Situated on the edge of the town centre, these new residential and business communities will increase trade for local retail outlets by day and for Kingston’s night-time culture including hospitality and leisure industries.
SECURING INVESTMENT AND INCOME
The development of County Hall will secure in the region of £160 million of direct capital investment and the creation of up to 540 construction jobs over the period of the project.