Yoo Capital lodges plan for £1bn Camden Film Quarter

Backed by Yoo Capital, the plans features a studio campus boasting visual-effects, animation and post-production services. A pair of main movie colleges – the Nationwide Movie and Tv College and the London Display Academy – may even open new training hubs as a part of the scheme.

If planning is granted, round 1,370 building jobs will likely be created over the three-year construct.

Companion social housing developer Locations for Folks has additionally submitted its personal utility to ship 485 properties subsequent to the brand new studios.

PfP group managing director of developments Andrew Usher stated the Camden Movie Quarter could be a landmark mission and the subsequent step in its placemaking work.

Yoo Capital co-founder Lloyd Lee added that the purpose was to construct “a neighbourhood the place world-class studios, 50% reasonably priced properties and public areas sit aspect by aspect to encourage the subsequent era”.

Architect Broadway Malyan is main design work for the residential websites, with a short to create an bold new quarter that displays native character and delivers actual social worth.

Turner & Townsend has been appointed by Camden Council as shopper consultant for the regeneration. The agency will develop the council’s necessities for substitute services on the location and oversee mission administration, value monitoring and design assurance.