COUNCIL chiefs have revealed the recently refurbished spaces in the Arches Worcester will be managed and let in 2022 by the team behind The Kiln.
The Kiln on Copenhagen Street offers office, meetings, hot desking and events space to small businesses and freelancers and the team will bring their experience to the Arches-Worcester regeneration.
A number of railway arches located between Foregate Street, the Hive and the riverside are being sympathetically refurbished into spaces for creative businesses.
Greg Smith, co-founder of the Kiln, said: “Since starting The Kiln, we’ve been dedicated to breaking down the walls around the creative community in Worcester, and this is the perfect opportunity to continue on that mission.”
Under the terms of the £3million Cultural Development Fund investment, the refurbished Arches must be let for creative and artistic purposes only.
“The Kiln team showed a clear passion and commitment to The Arches Worcester in their proposal and had a good understanding of our longer-term vision for the area,” said Shane Flynn, the chair of the Worcester Arches Project Board.
All four Arches spaces have a kitchenette, disabled toilet, and spaces for displays. Accessibility was designed in from the start with all front doors being automated and a level threshold at the entrance. The refurbishment has been carried out by Worcestershire-based construction firm, Speller Metcalfe.
The Kiln team will begin marketing the four available spaces at the Arches in the new year. Interested parties can register their interest at [email protected]
