Works starts on new office complex at former Three Maidenhead site

The former Three building in Maidenhead town centre is now undergoing a £40 million revamp into a multi-occupied workspace.

After a year-long wait, the ‘tired’ and ‘outdated’ office block building has begun work to transform the development into one of the greenest buildings in the Thames Valley region. 

The building block is the former home of phone company Three, which is now currently based in Green Park, Reading. 

Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIMRA) has begun construction work after entering a £40 million contract with construction engineering company ISG.

Previously known as Star House, the 129,000 sq ft office building will be known as Tempo building once the work is finished by spring next year. 

In their proposal, Legal & General state that the four-storey building will be transformed into 'one of the greenest, most sustainable and occupier-focused buildings in the Thames Valley'. 

The sustainable designs submitted by architect Suttonca show that the existing stonework will be kept at the front of the building to reduce the carbon emitted from the refurbishment. 

In addition to the refurbishment, other works are being set in motion to upgrade the building’s overall appearance.

This includes an extended reception, breakout rooms, a public cafe, a 5,000 sq ft roof terrace, three pavilions housing a club lounge, an audio-visual room for large meetings and a catering pavilion for events.

The development of the former Three building, including construction, occupation and management, is estimated to create up to 3,000 full time jobs.

The Tempo building will also have a basement car park that can also securely park around 130 cycles, 35 electric car charging spaces, a spin studio and treatment room.

To further their sustainability agenda, LGIMRA will install a total of 282 PV panels on the roof to reduce energy use by more than 23 percent and rely on electrically driven air source heat pumps for heating. 

LGIMRA’s head of development, Simon Wilkes, said: "Tempo, with its sustainable design, will provide the space and experience occupiers want. The implementation of low and zero carbon technologies will help reduce energy consumption and work towards a net zero future.”