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Quorum Business Park, or simply Quorum Park, is an office development located in North Tyneside, North East England.
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Quorum Business Park, or simply Quorum Park, is an office development located in North Tyneside, North East England.
Quorum was a part of the North Tyneside Enterprise Zone that existed from 1996 to 2006. The site originally housed Viasystems, a major semiconductor manufacturing plant. Following the closure of the plant, the current owners purchased the site and transformed it into a business park. Tritax provided funding for the development, with construction managed by Grantside, both serving as joint venture partners in the business park.
By 2010, Quorum sold 260,000 square feet of office space shared between six companies, most notably Tesco Bank and Balfour Beatty. [1] [2] British Engines relocated to Quorum their central core services teams in December 2013. [3] In August 2014, Cofely, a building and energy services company, moved into a 26,000 sqft office building. [4] In 2016, Greggs relocated its head office from Jesmond [5] to Quorum Park. [6] [7] In November 2019, Shelborne Asset Management acquired a significant portion of the park for £32 million. As part of the acquisition, the park underwent rebranding in 2020 to enhance its image.
In 2009, Quorum introduced a Q-card offering local discounts on food and leisure. [8] It operates sports clubs, which provide office workers with free access to football, tennis, or netball. Additionally, there is a PureGym, shops, Greggs bakery, cafe, and nursery.
Arriva North East operates several bus services leading to Quorum from Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, along with the dedicated Quorum Shuttle service 555 connecting workers to the Tyne and Wear Metro station at Four Lane Ends. Stagecoach North East also provides services 62 and 63 between Killingworth, Newcastle, and the western suburbs via the park.
Discounted travel is available for journeys between Four Lane Ends and Quorum for those holding a Q-card, a discount card issued to employees of companies based in the park.
The park encourages cycling among onsite staff, offering free cycle servicing and cycle hire.