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£10 million eco-office scheme at Doncaster Sheffield Airport to create 100 jobs

100 jobs are set to be created as Leeds-based property developer Prospect Property Group is given the go ahead for a £10 million eco-friendly office scheme at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster.

According to the South Yorkshire Times, the development will be part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

It will provide office accommodation for 134 staff in 41 ‘workpod’ office units of 1,450 sq ft and 1,600 sq ft, creating a total of almost 62,000 sq ft of new office space on a site adjacent to Robin Hood Airport.

Richard Burns, strategic director at Prospect Property Group, said: “We are really excited about this development, which breaks new ground in all sorts of ways.

“The green credentials of the workpods are second to none and we are raising the bar for office accommodation with the sustainability, flexibility and impressively low running costs of these office units.

Contractors are due to start work on the first phase of the scheme this month. Negotiations are already advanced to appoint agents and completion of phase I is expected in May 2015.

Bob Johnson, cabinet member for regeneration at Doncaster Council, said: “The scheme is indicative of the forward-looking and joined-up approach to regeneration that we are striving for in Doncaster, delivering new jobs and quality sustainable business space.

“Securing ERDF funding is an exhaustive process and one that marks out the credentials of Doncaster International Business Park as a long-term asset to the South Yorkshire economy.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .