Eureka Park, Ashford

Background

This project was based on a relationship with Trinity College, Cambridge, lasting over twenty years, in which Quadrant have promoted and developed a strategic site on the edge of Ashford town centre.

Over the period we have delivered 600,000 sq ft of office, leisure, and retail space. We have also successfully secured residential and mixed-use allocation in the 2019 Local Plan, along with outline planning consent for 375 dwellings and up to 34,869m² of Class E floorspace.

What We Did

In a joint venture with Trinity College Cambridge, Quadrant promoted a masterplan for the 150-acre site and secured planning consent in 2005 for 115,000 sqm of commercial space.

Asset Management Initiatives

Financed and developed 600,000 sq ft of office, leisure and retail space.
Secured numerous office lettings, including the NHS, Verifone, EDF and Smiths Group
Developed, pre-let and sold a retail local centre serving the business park
Secured land allocation for residential and mixed-use development in the 2019 Ashford Local Plan and subsequently obtained outline planning consent for 375 dwellings and up to 35,000 m² of Class E floorspace.

Ashford: Location
22: Acres
600,000: sq ft of office, leisure and retail
Trinity College, Cambridge: Strategic Partner
Current: Status

The Herald building at Eureka Park, showing its glazed frontage and external steel staircase

Curved glazed frontage of the Northdown offices at Eureka Park, seen along the approach road

The Herald building at Eureka Park lit from within at dusk, with its curved glazed frontage

Aerial view of the Northdown offices at Eureka Park, set against open countryside and housing

Northdown offices at Eureka Park under a clear blue sky, with the access road in the foreground

Front elevation of the Northdown offices at Eureka Park, with white brise-soleil louvres

Northdown offices at Eureka Park, showing the brick stair core and sweeping glazed canopy

Aerial view of the Eureka Park business park, with its retail terrace and office buildings

Illustrated view over a proposed housing scheme, with a lakeside path and birds in flight

Illustrated aerial view of a proposed housing scheme, with wetland and birds in the foreground

Illustrated masterplan of Eureka Park, Ashford, showing landscaped parkland, waterways and pedestrian paths

Project tags

Strategic Development
Development

Quadrant secures planning for 375 new homes in Ashford, Kent

31 March 2025

Trafalgar Wharf, Portsmouth

Meet the team

Meet the team who worked on the Eureka Park project

Kylie Phillpotts

Strategic Development

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Kylie has extensive experience in retail, office and mixed-use sectors, particularly in Central London and The City. She joined Quadrant in January 2025.

Kylie is a qualified Chartered Surveyor, having started her real estate career at DTZ before moving into portfolio management at Custodian Capital. She spent 10 years at M&G Real Estate, managing a diverse UK portfolio before specialising in Central London and City mixed-use and office assets.

Kylie leads Quadrant’s Strategic Development team, advising clients on asset positioning, development potential, value enhancement and long-term strategy to maximise performance and unlock opportunities.

Kylie Phillpotts's Projects

Eureka Park, Ashford Fawley Waterside Runway Park, Sheffield