Welcome to the website about our plans for the Beehive Centre. The plans will deliver a new world-class, 1 million sq. ft. innovation park and an exciting retail and social hub, providing workspace for businesses, laboratories for research, curated public gardens and retail outlets for both occupiers and the local community.
Creating opportunities for Cambridge
Over 6,000 new jobs
Over 10,000 fewer cars per weekday on the local roads
£10 million in annual spending at neighbourhood businesses
A community and youth space
Enhanced walking and cycling infrastructure within the local area
The Beehive Greenway - providing a direct cycle and pedestrian route through the site
Skills and employment programmes
15 additional public buses per hour
A new south facing public park larger than St Matthew’s Piece
Skateboarding and skating space with Cam Skate
A large civic square creating functional space for events in the city
An uplift of 1,580 entry to mid-level skilled jobs relative to the existing site
Around 20 shops and leisure facilities
A minimum 100% biodiversity net gain and 275 new trees
New space for companies in the science and technology industry
A ‘Makers Lab’ with Cambridge Science Centre
4,200 on-site cycle parking spaces, alongside high-quality end-of-trip facilities
£8 million investment in public transport and walking and cycling
Revised Masterplan
Social Impact
Our ambition is that this scheme provides an example of how long-term investment can create a place that supports local people, businesses and visitors to the city.
