Operator at Elite House, Shaw Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5TZ

Description

The Council is looking to secure a long term operator of Elite House in order to facilitate the Council's refurbishment and upgrade the property to create a business hub in Runcorn. The purpose of this procurement is to seek an operator for Elite House. The Operator's duties shall include (but not be limited to): - Initial engagement with the Council in order to inform the specification for the architect and thereafter the works which the Council will commission from a works contractor to upgrade and refurbish the property; - Marketing the property; - Locating occupiers for the property; - Entering into tenancy agreements with third party occupiers; - Creating a co-working incubator space that supports business growth within the property; - Managing the property following practical completion of the works. The Council owns the freehold of Elite House, and has secured grant funding which it intends to spend in order to refurbish and upgrade the property. The Council will separately appoint an architect and a works contractor in order to complete the works to the property. Lot 1: The Council is looking to secure a long term operator of Elite House in order to facilitate the Council's refurbishment and upgrade the property to create a business hub in Runcorn. The purpose of this procurement is to seek an operator for Elite House. The Operator's duties shall include (but not be limited to): - Initial engagement with the Council in order to inform the specification for the architect and thereafter the works which the Council will commission from a works contractor to upgrade and refurbish the property; - Marketing the property; - Locating occupiers for the property; - Entering into tenancy agreements with third party occupiers; - Creating a co-working incubator space that supports business growth within the property; - Managing the property following practical completion of the works. The Council owns the freehold of Elite House, and has secured grant funding which it intends to spend in order to refurbish and upgrade the property. The Council will separately appoint an architect and a works contractor in order to complete the works to the property.