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2 December 2024

Bristol’s landmark Welcome Building one of only two in Bristol to secure SmartScore Gold rating

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Welcome Building®, the new 207,000 sq ft workspace in Bristol, has achieved a SmartScore Gold Rating, one of only two in Bristol to do so. Delivered in a joint venture between EPISO 5, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, and Trammell Crow Company (TCC), the project meets the highest credentials in connectivity and technology, supporting outstanding functionality and an exceptional occupier experience.

With only 11 SmartScore Gold buildings in the UK, the certification makes Welcome Building® not only one of the best-in-class smart buildings in the city but also in the country. This enhances user experience and delivers cost efficiencies, resilience and high standards of sustainability. Occupiers will also benefit from a Building App, which implements the Equiem platform, a WiredScore Accredited Solution that offers modularity to meet specific occupier needs. Building users will be able to seamlessly enter and navigate their way around the building as well as make in app purchases and book services, workspaces or events space.

Welcome Building® is also only one of nine to have achieved WiredScore Platinum, which adds to its credentials, offering strong digital connectivity and the ability to adapt to future-ready technologies.

Toby Pentecost, Senior Vice President and head of UK offices at TCC commented: “Today’s workplaces need to be smarter, and we are setting the bar for Bristol. Earning both SmartScore Gold and WiredScore Platinum certification sets the Welcome Building® apart in the city’s leasing market. It makes our workspace more resilient with enhanced connectivity and smart features that improve the experience and wellbeing of occupants and visitors and enables the building to operate more sustainably now and in the future. Today’s occupiers are more discerning and demand more from their premises. We are responding to their ESG standards and requirements and delivering what they need.”

Tom Vaughan-Fowler, Regional Director UK & Middle East, said:
“Achieving both SmartScore Gold and WiredScore Platinum is testament to the digital-first strategy our clients have put in place. By putting technology at its heart, they have created a space at the Welcome Building® which is adaptable and responsive to the requirements of its users.”

Welcome Building®, designed by Darling Associates is a landmark development providing high-quality, ESG focused workspace in an exceptional location with great amenities and connectivity. The floorplates are the largest available in the city and range from 22,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft, all reconfigurable to suit different requirements and the changing patterns of working life.

A key focus has been creating an inclusive, collaborative community in a vibrant hub that draws both the occupiers from around the building and the local business community. A distinctive element of the building is a unique ‘street’ on the ground floor, a huge lobby area with an open café bar, breakout seating areas, touch-down workspace, events space and artwork by Dorcas Casey.

The building has already attracted world class occupiers including international law firm DAC Beachcroft. One of the largest legal sector employers in the South West with over 800 lawyers and staff working in the region, it will be moving its Bristol colleagues to 44,196 sq ft across levels six and seven at Welcome Building® next year.

In terms of sustainability, the building is all-electric, with PV cells on the roof and Net Zero Carbon in operation. It sets new standards for occupier wellbeing as the first Bristol office development to target Well Platinum Certification, alongside BREEAM Outstanding and Five at Heart Platinum, with consideration given to everything from biodiversity to the enhanced end of trip facilities for cyclists, runners, and in-house gym users. It is also connected to the Bristol Heat Network, from which it will extract all of its heat load. This naturally sourced and low carbon heat is procured from the zero-carbon water source heat pump at Castle Park energy centre resulting in no polluting combustion.

Knight Frank and Alder King are leasing agents for Welcome Building.

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8 March 2024

Interior design by Hassell unveiled for landmark Welcome Building in Bristol

Designs for the interior fit out of the ground floor ‘street’ at Welcome Building, a 207,000 sq ft new workspace for Bristol being delivered in a joint venture between EPISO 5, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, and Trammell Crow Company, have been unveiled. Designed by leading international design practice Hassell Studio, the proposals further reinforce the scheme’s focus on creating an inclusive, collaborative community within the building.

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Welcome Building has been designed by Darling Associates Architects and hosts the largest, flexible floorplates in Bristol, ranging from 22,000 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft. The first tenant has recently been announced as international law firm DAC Beachcroft, which will relocate over 800 lawyers and staff working in the region to 44,196 sq ft across levels 6 and 7 of the building.

As part of the street interiors scheme, the huge lobby fit out on the ground floor has been designed by Hassell, appointed for its reputation for combining strategic insight with creative design to unlock the social, cultural and economic value of a place.

Hassell’s design incorporates a unique street with space to host events, featuring an open café bar, a variety of breakout seating areas, a dedicated workspace touch down zone and biophilic design with trees and planters. It has been curated to activate the building, instilling a unique local identity and fostering a collaborative business community, ultimately making Welcome Building a destination within Bristol. The creation of pockets of spaces for meetings, conversation or retreat along with clear circulation paths deliver a human scale and legibility to the lobby. Furniture and joinery elements complement the building’s architecture, making use of local manufacturers, makers and craftsmen for certain components, while injecting colour and personality.

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The building is one of the most sustainable, modern and vibrant workspaces in Bristol. It is an all-electric workspace, including PV cells on the roof and targeting Net Zero Carbon in operation. It is also connected to the Bristol Heat Network, which uses a zero-carbon water source heat pump at Castle Park energy centre and from which it will extract all of its heat load. Welcome Building sets new standards for occupier wellbeing – the first Bristol office development to target Well Platinum Certification, alongside BREEAM Outstanding and Five at Heart Platinum, with consideration given to everything from biodiversity to the enhanced end of trip facilities for cyclists, runners, and in-house gym users.

Toby Pentecost, Senior Vice President and head of UK offices at Trammell Crow Company commented: “Activity on site is accelerating as we approach practical completion. The first images of the interiors bring this exceptional scheme to life, giving a real sense of the occupier and visitor experience. With Hassell Studio as our interior design partner, we have the benefit of international workplace knowledge coupled with placemaking expertise, which is perfect for a scheme that has community and collaboration at its heart. The letting of the building is also progressing with DAC Beechcroft having secured our top two floors.”

Matthew Blain, Partner at Hassell, commented: “Welcome Building provides a smart, sustainable and healthy working environment for its occupants and visitors. Drawing on our global expertise in both workplace and hospitality, we have transformed the large lobby area, bringing a human scale to the space and providing a variety of settings to create a vibrant hub that draws both the occupiers in the building and the local business community.”

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Trammell Crow Company

Trammell Crow Company (TCC) is a global commercial real estate developer and wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. Founded in 1948, TCC has developed or acquired nearly 2,900 buildings valued at $75 billion and over 655 million square feet. As of September 30, 2024, TCC had $19 billion of projects in process and $13.4 billion in its pipeline.

With 575 employees throughout the United States and Europe in 26 offices, the company serves users of and investors in office, industrial/logistics, healthcare, life science, data center and mixed-use projects, as well as multi-family residential through its operating subsidiary High Street Residential. For more information visit www.TrammellCrow.com.

Tristan Capital Partners

Tristan Capital Partners is a real estate investment manager, specialising in value-added investment strategies across all property types in the UK and Europe.

Tristan’s pan-European real estate funds include core+, opportunistic and debt strategies, with total assets under management of over €16 billion and a loyal client base of institutional and private investors.

The company was founded in 2009. Tristan’s headquarters are in London, and it has offices in Luxembourg, Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. Tristan is an affiliate of New York Life Investments. It is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and is MiFID compliant.

Please visit www.tristancap.com for more information.

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