Profile of Business Area
The main business locations are:
Harlow North East
A major business area, this part of the town offers a mix of industrial and commercial units centred on and around Edinburgh Way. Edinburgh Way is a major employment cluster and is vital to the future of Harlow's economic growth.
There are several development opportunities here, with a range of former industrial sites in prominent locations ideal for redevelopment.
North of the railway line, there is a major concentration of units available for distribution, including the Templefields and River Way sub area.
The Harlow Enterprise Hub is located on Edinburgh Way, part of the Templefields business district. It offers 2,230 sq m of accommodation through 52 units configured in a range of sizes - between 18 sq m to 152 sq m - with larger open plan spaces on the top floor, offered on easy in/easy out terms. The rental charges are inclusive, the smallest (18 sq m) being £390pm and £3,406pm for the largest (152 sq m).
Harlow North
This area comprises the Burnt Mill Industrial Estate adjacent to Elizabeth Way and recently developed office accommodation next to Harlow Town Railway Station. Naturally, the area around the train station is a strategic location. Field House is situated here and is a prominent office building that has been newly refurbished and includes office suites from 326 sq m to 2,030 sq m. The leisure development proposals for Harlow North will significantly enhance the attractiveness of this area.
Harlow West
The Pinnacles Estate is one of two major business locations and contains a mix of newer office and industrial properties. It is home to the Harlow Business Park which houses the Greenways Business Centre.
Greenways comprises 60 offices, studios and workshops with a resident management team offering business support services and meeting rooms. The spaces range from 21 sq m to 123 sq m.
The other business centre in the Pinnacles area is Harlow Business Centre, formerly Harlow Seedbed Business Centre. It offers modern managed offices, commercial workshops, warehouses, light industrial space and storage units, with parking facilities and an on-site café.
The Centre has 55 business units of various sizes, between 22 sq m and 184 sq m, and ranging from offices to workshops. Open workspace is available, enabling the unit to be adapted to high spec multiple offices, manufacturing or storage areas. There is a full secretarial service including the use of fax, photocopying facilities and a meeting room.
The Pinnacles Industrial area is home to GlaxoSmithKline offices and also comprises the Ash Industrial Estate and the Roydonbury Industrial Estate.
Harlow Town Centre
The town centre of Harlow is a strategic employment location and has good access to services and amenities. There is a wealth of development and regeneration taking place in various parts of the town centre. Currently the main office centres are located at:
Terminus House
A 9 storey office building set above a large car park and offering office suites ranging from 40 sq m to 509 sq m. Packages are flexible and all inclusive and current tenants include Select, Essex County Council and HFC Bank.
Joseph Rank House
In the centre of Harlow, Joseph Rank House is being partly converted to residential but is a mixed use development consisting also of commercial units on the ground and lower ground floors.
Other office developments include Redstone House, Gatehouse and Westgate House.
Harlow South
The area comprises smaller business employment centres within Harlow. Staple Tye offers a mix of industrial and office accommodation and Latton Bush has the Latton Bush Centre offering easy in/easy out leases for young start up businesses. The Centre provides a number of offices and light industrial units as well as conference facilities and meeting rooms.
Harlow East
The major business location is at the London Road Campus and houses a number of electronics companies such as Nortel, Teva, Radio Tech and Arrow.