iCity Hosts Public Exhibitions On The Future Of The Olympic Park’s Press & Broadcast Centres

Starting this Friday, 15 March, iCity, the consortium which is the preferred bidder for the London 2012 Press and Broadcast Centres in Hackney Wick, is going to be hosting four days of exhibitions and seeking the views of local people on their plans to develop a ‘digital hub’ at the site in advance of their planning application to the London Legacy Development Corporation later this month.

Amongst their plans for the buildings, iCity intend to create a new campus for Hackney Community College which will deliver digital apprenticeships (a first for the UK) involving 350 local students each year. Hot London digital organisations TechHub and SPACE Studios will also be using part of the site to house and develop new digital start-ups. Elsewhere on the site Infinity SDC will be building a new 260,000 square feet data centre to compliment their existing London facilities, and BT Sport will be using the studios from August to broadcast their Premiership football offering.

iCity’s CEO Gavin Poole said:

“iCITY has engaged with local community organisations from the start of the project, and we want to make sure our plans are firmly rooted in the needs and desires of local people. Thisconsultation will be an opportunity to learn more about how we plan to support the regeneration of East London, provide jobs, training and apprenticeship opportunities for local people, and above all create an exciting community space with new facilities that are accessible to all.”

The public exhibitions will take place at the following locations – as well as exhibiting the models and plans of the site, members of the iCity team will be on hand to answer any questions that visitors have:

• Friday 15 March, 10.30am – 8pm: Cre8 Lifestyle Centre, The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH
• Saturday 16 March, 10am – 4pm: Cre8 Lifestyle Centre, The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH
• Monday 18 March, 9am – 5pm: Hackney Services Centre, 1 Hillman Street, E8 1DY
• Tuesday19 March, 9am – 5pm: Hackney Services Centre , 1 Hillman Street,  E8 1DY

iCITY is a joint venture between Delancey, a specialist real estate investment and advisory company, and Infinity SDC, the UK’s leading data centre operator. Even if you can’t make one of the consultation events, you’ll find lots of information about iCity over at their dedicated website.