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Construction of Middlesbrough’s multimillion pound Digital City is underway

Construction has begun on the next stage of Middlesbrough’s DigitalCityBusiness (DCB) development, a key strand in the town’s economic regeneration plans and part of the wider Middlehaven area.

Boho Five, which is costing £4 million and is being jointly funded by the European Regional Development Fund Competitive Programme 2007-13 and the Homes and Communities Agency, is being delivered by Middlesbrough Council.

Esh Build, part of Esh Group, has been appointed to carry out the £3.2 million construction of Boho Five.

The six-storey building, which is being constructed from steel and concrete and has been carefully designed to minimise carbon footprint in both the build and operation phases.

Xsite architecture has been involved with the Boho Zone area from its inception in 2005 and has gone on to design both Boho One and Boho Two (Bohouse).

Xsite partner Tim Bailey, known for his visionary creative leadership, commented: “We are very pleased to be continuing our relationship with the Boho Zone with this latest building.

“It will be a high quality, innovative building reflecting the aspirations of the digital sector and designed in a way to foster increased interaction and collaboration between its occupiers.

“Specifically the building is to provide small, flexible ‘incubation’ space for start up businesses which will then grow and expand to occupy space in other publicly or privately owned buildings within the area, continuing with the positive redevelopment in this area.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .