The deal marks the ultimate stage of the broadcaster’s transfer from The Mailbox, the place 650 workers are at present primarily based, to its new artistic base within the coronary heart of the town’s rising media quarter.
Developer Stoford and BAM started reworking the derelict Tea Manufacturing facility right into a shell-and-core workplace scheme in early 2024, with completion due in December 2025.
Overbury will then take over for a nine-month fit-out working from December 2025 to the tip of September 2026.
The four-storey fit-out consists of one TV studio and gallery, eight radio studios, ten edit suites, a radio drama studio, lecture theatre, and a sequence of equipment and assembly rooms. It is going to additionally cowl full M&E works, raised entry flooring, acoustic finishes, and FF&E set up.
Designs had been led by BBC Office with J4 Initiatives as challenge supervisor, MGAC as price marketing consultant, AWW Architects and IDSR dealing with structure and interiors, CMB on MEP design, Arup as structural engineer, and Ion Acoustics overseeing sound efficiency.
