The current Assignment for the U3Ac Photo Forum is to photograph the Cambridge that tourists don’t see. I thought the Hope Street Yard would be a good candidate – lock up garages and workshops, ramshackle buildings and a treasure hunt of bricolage. I arrived there to find it all gone; now something much smarter thanks to a development was Camel Projects. See also preceding post.
Quotes below from the web site – https://www.hopestreetyard.co.uk/
‘Great location – a short walk from Cambridge’s central railway station, adjacent to the vibrant Mill Road and easily accessible to the Cambridge Science Park and Bio-medical Campus. Hope Street Yard has been transformed to highly sustainable and attractive modern work spaces. The buildings achieve a best-in-class EPC rating of A+ and provide 22 light and airy work areas ranging from 121 sq ft (11 sq m) to 1,137 sq ft (106 sq m) with a separate meeting room, gardens, water features and outside sitting areas.’
‘Camel is a property investment company which thinks a little differently about property. We only look to work with properties and sites that are a little bit unusual, that are cut from a different cloth. Camel breathes new life into sites, improving their space and reputation, and re-positioning them in the marketplace to attract the sharpest, most creative companies and individuals in Cambridge and beyond. We care about community, trust and offering something that’s above and beyond the rest of the market. These are a function of our culture, but the physical space we own, develop and manage will also express these values.’