Firms line up in race for space at Olympic media and broadcast centre

I revealed a list of companies in this week's Estates Gazette that are interested in taking space at the 1m sq ft Olympic media and broadcast centre.

None of the companies on the list, which has been compiled by the Olympic Park Legacy Company, want to take the entire £355m facility.

These requirements range from 1,000 to 100,000 sq ft and are from organisations that are keen to become tenants of the future leaseholders.

The OPLC is currently looking for bidders to take over the running of the media centre after the Games - the deadline for which is noon on 2 December.

The list below is crucial in giving those interested bidders an idea of which firms they might be able to approach about letting space in the future.

One of the largest potential occupiers is Loughborough University which wants 90,000 sq ft for a postgraduate sports research facility.

Loughborough is also proposing a tie up with University College London for a cell therapy technology and innovation centre totalling 86,000 sq ft, including business incubator space.

The full list of companies looking for space is as follows, with links to them where possible:

1) UK Public Media

2) Catalyst Consultancy

3) Greenwich leisure Limited

4) Loughborough University

5) RSA Trust

6) Shoreditch Trust

7) Trumans Beer

8) Bowman Clark

9) Coe Vintners

10) Fitpro Health and Fitness

11) Random Dance

12) Huntergather

13) Technology & Innovation Centre [UCL]

14) Holborn Studios photographic and film studios

15) Channel 5

16) Plug and Play

17) SPACE Studios

18) The Institute of Black Culture, Media and Sport

19) Not Just a Label

20) Ravensbourne College

21) Creative Crucible