The Sharp Project
Flexible hosting space in Manchester
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Type of project | Profit for purpose |
Owner | Manchester City Council |
Founder | Sue Woodward |
Established | 2011 ( 2011 ) |
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The Sharp Project is a Manchester space hosting flexible office, production and event space. It is based in a 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2 ) refurbished warehouse previously occupied by electronics company Sharp .
Manchester City Council purchased the former warehouse owned by the Sharp Corporation in 2006 for £6.1 million and decided to keep the Sharp name for the new development. [1] The development of the facility was headed by Sue Woodward, former Managing Director at the Granada Television franchise. [2]
Facilities
The £16.5 million profit-for-purpose development is owned by Manchester City Council . [ citation needed ] Completed in June 2011, it was funded by Manchester City Council, the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and the European Regional Development Fund . Manchester has the second-largest cluster of creative and media industries in Europe. [3]
Creative digital agency and social enterprise SharpFutures is located at The Sharp Project.
History
In February 2011, Tiger Aspect Productions selected The Sharp Project to film a comedy series, Mount Pleasant , for Sky One . [4]
In 2011, Lime Pictures and Objective Productions filmed Fresh Meat , a comedy for Channel 4 based on a group of students and their experiences at their first year at university. [5] In 2015 Objective Productions filmed the fourth and final series of Fresh Meat at The Sharp Project. [6]
References
- ↑ "New role for Sharp shooter Sue" . Manchester Evening News . 21 January 2010.
- ↑ "Interview: Sue Woodward" . insidermedia.com . February 2010 . Retrieved 25 September 2011 .
- ↑ "Talent Pool" . mediacity.co.uk . Retrieved 25 September 2011 .
- ↑ "Sky and Tiger Aspect choose The Sharp Project for new comedy series" . The Sharp Project . 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Lime Pictures to shoot new comedy at Sharp Project, series 2 and 3 were also filmed at The Sharp Project" . Manchester Evening News . 7 March 2011.
- ↑ "FINAL SERIES OF FRESH MEAT FILMING AT THE SHARP PROJECT" .