Glencar takes starring role in Ealing Studios redevelopment
Glencar is to redevelop the iconic Ealing Studios, W5, alongside Pella Real Estate Partners.
The works will see the installation of a new 14,000 sq ft stage, which will take 18 months to build, as well as new workshops, additional office space, a new entrance reception, security and site hub, which will serve as the new face of Ealing Studios.
The new white Ibstock Engobe brick building has been designed to honour the distinctive art deco aesthetic of the original 1930s Grade II listed stages that still exist at the studios.
Glencar is to redevelop the iconic Ealing Studios, W5, alongside Pella Real Estate Partners.
The works will see the installation of a new 14,000 sq ft stage, which will take 18 months to build, as well as new workshops, additional office space, a new entrance reception, security and site hub, which will serve as the new face of Ealing Studios.
The new white Ibstock Engobe brick building has been designed to honour the distinctive art deco aesthetic of the original 1930s Grade II listed stages that still exist at the studios.
The studios, which are some of the oldest in the world, have been making films since 1902, ranging from the iconic comedies of the 1940s and 1950s, including Kind Hearts and Coronets and Passport to Pimlico, to Bridget Jones’s Diary, St Trinian’s and The Theory of Everything.
The development will aim to make Ealing Studios the first net zero carbon stage in the UK and will be built to BREEAM Outstanding certification.
Roy Jones, managing director for London and South at Glencar, said: “We are naturally delighted to have been instructed to undertake the redevelopment of such an iconic and famous venue. The works will be transformational and will turn the venue into one of most advanced and sustainable studios in the industry.”
He added: “We are seeing exponential growth in the requirements coming through for new TV/film/streaming studio production space and with our extensive knowledge and understanding of that sector, Glencar is responding to that need.”
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