The Earl Grey Building

Published

13th March 2019

The name for one of Dundee’s newest buildings has been revealed by city council chiefs.

Overlooking the V&A Dundee, the city’s new railway station, RSS Discovery and boasting panoramic views over the River Tay, The Earl Grey Building offer six floors of office and retail/restaurant space.

Lynne Short convener of Dundee City Council’s city development committee said: “I realise that the architecture may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but The Earl Grey Building offers Grade A offices with loads of floor space to any prospective tenants.

“Occupiers have a blank canvas that gives them the opportunity to create an environment that works best for their business in a location that not only has some of the best views in the city but is also in the heart of the waterfront.

“Dundee also has a fantastic quality of life thanks in part to our tremendous location, but also because of the people who live and work here.”

The building has a feature reception hall on the ground floor, and as well as secure external parking for 29 cars, has 38 cycle spaces with associated changing/showering facilities.

Adjacent to Slessor Gardens, The Earl Grey Building was christened to mark the area’s connections with the former dock of the same name which was created in the early 1830s and formed part of the harbour complex to the west of the present Tay Road Bridge.

The five acre dock was filled in as part of an earlier redevelopment of the area in the second half of the 20th century.

It was also the name of a former waterfront hotel and dates back to Charles Grey, the UK prime minister between 1830 and 1834 who was a long-time leader and champion of various reform movements most famously the Reform Act 1832.  Grey was also in power when slavery was abolished in the British Empire.


Dundee City Council

Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.

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