The Innovation Centre

Be part of a thriving state-of-the-art food production campus where enterprising businesses come together.

The Innovation Centre is a place where pioneering innovation, manufacturing and technology businesses in the food industry have the unique opportunity to be part of the thriving hub of SmartParc SEGRO Derby.

This is a place where businesses work together, sharing resources, services and expertise and benefit from being on a state-of-the-art campus built around the future of food. A future where farms and tables are closer than ever. Seamless supply chains wrapped around a hub where businesses work together, sharing resources, services and expertise. Processing, packing, logistics – all on one park, reducing emissions, energy use and operating costs. A future where a direct line to customers means fresher food, faster.

Food Forethought.

A hub for food industry research, training, career development, and home to SMEs looking to excel with help from industry experts and business collaboration

750 sq ft to 30,000 sq ft(100,000 sq ft in total)

Shared facilities and canteen

Product development rooms

Office space and meeting rooms to rent

 Central services for chilled and ambient units

Creating the future of food production

• Roof mounted PV panels to provide renewable energy to the energy sharing platform at the Innovation Centre.
• Rainwater harvesting
• District heating and cooling system delivering sophisticated temperature control to the Innovation Centre.
• Security and 24/7 CCTV
• Allowance for connection to effluent drainage
• Carbon reduced building materials used in construction
• Modern, efficient design to provide more a energy efficient building with lower utility usage
• Powerful partnership - a 2 million sq ft state-of-the-art food campus brought to you by SmartParc and SEGRO.

• BREEAM Excellent
• EPC A (targeting)
• LED lighting
• Power 1MVA with capacity for more if required
• 814kWh gas supply
• 3L/s water supply with opportunity to upgrade if required
• 15m eaves height

• Heavy floor loading with a maximum of 50 kN/m2
• CleanSafe 25 internal finish to single skin wall cladding
• 20% EV parking spaces as standard
• Allocated parking up to 50 spaces per unit (Units 9 & 10)
• Allocated parking spaces per unit, between 4-8 available depending on unit size (Units 1–8)

• 5 level access doors per unit, 1 of which is a level access loading door
• Secure park with fencing and security
• Mix of ambient and chilled units available with full electrical and mechanical fit out
• Units ready for fit out to your required specification