Making Spaces for Culture
Cultural Infrastructure Limited works at the intersection of the property and cultural sectors, helping property owners, developers, local authorities and Business Improvement Districts create viable cultural offers that deliver measurable impact.
We develop, broker and manage projects bringing creative and cultural uses into buildings and places, from short-term meanwhile activations that test new creative ideas, through to the long-term integration of sustainable infrastructure for the cultural sector.
20 years of experience developing, managing and delivering cultural infrastructure
We are described as “game changing” by the Mayor of London because we are successfully securing the next generation of homes for London’s creative industries.
What We Do
We specialise in working at the intersection of the property and cultural sectors.
Culture is increasingly central to creating successful places, but delivering cultural space requires specialist knowledge.
We help clients develop realistic cultural ambitions and translate them into deliverable projects.
Our work is informed by unparalleled grassroots creative industry experience, comprehensive knowledge of cultural planning policy, and the practical experience of delivering successful projects that are recognised across the industry as examples of best practice.
WHY WE DO IT
The United Kingdom is a global cultural powerhouse, renowned for the quality, diversity and innovation of its arts sector. The creative industries are the fastest growing parts of the UK economy and account for 1 in every 6 UK jobs, employing more graduates than any other sector.
Yet the spaces needed to support these vital industries are increasingly scarce and, in some places, entirely absent from our cities.
New cultural planning policies, designed to address this shortage of space, are still relatively new. Poorly conceived cultural proposals can lead to protracted Section 106 negotiations, planning delays, or the delivery of spaces that are unsuitable for their intended cultural occupiers.
Successful cultural spaces require careful planning, appropriate terms, suitable operators and a clear understanding of the social impact they will achieve.
Our role is to bridge the knowledge gap between cultural ambition and practical delivery, ensuring cultural spaces are not only built, but become active, sustainable and valued parts of the places they serve.
a few of our clients
our services
Proving clarity on the delivery of affordable workspace planning obligations
Evaluation of the financial impact on a site package, defining terms such as expected rent and calculation of in-lieu payments
Guidance on location, access, floor plan, design and fit out to ensure spaces are properly integrated, whilst meeting the unique requirements of the creative industries
Matchmaking with cultural and creative organisations, securing expressions of interest from businesses eager to lease and activate demise
Understanding the social value generated, how these assets can be measured and quantified for ESG
Harnessing the backing of local residents and organisations who support planning applications that deliver for creative communities
Drawing on our working relationships to expedite negotiations with planning officers, the local authority and the Greater London Authority
Providing our case studies of the successful integration of spaces that deliver creative and cultural infrastructure
Negotiating Section 106 structuring terms that are viable for both the creative industries and developers
FEATURED WORK
Vinegar Yard, SE1
Broadworks, Liverpool Street
Ibex House, The City of London
Design District, Greenwich
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