Studio facility Indie-Zero has been granted planning permission for the expansion and redevelopment of its current site in south-east London to establish a full creative hub.  
 

The existing, 3-acre site in SE28 will be re-purposed to create a zero-emission, state-of-the-art film studio hub, with the 4000 sq ft Studio E already complete and available for dry hire.
 

The studio provides 56Db sound proofing, 20,000 kg grid at 27ft min height, 85ft x 45ft  clear studio space, drive-on access, green room, production offices, on-site art department and set construction services provided by helix3d.co.uk/ as well as 80 parking spaces.    
 

Financing for the now-completed phase one was structured by real estate capital advisory service LEXI Finance and the loan is part of a phased programme with an end-value studio complex valued at £40m.
 

Indie-Zero founder and CEO, Brian Dowling, said: “With the current  skills shortage and the need for sound stage studio space, Indie-Zero’s plans tackle both of these issues simultaneously.  Also, being in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are hard wired into the longest established Film Office in London and on the doorstep of some most recognisable film locations in the world.”

Brian Dowling (Founder & CEO, Indie-Zero Film Studios) and Chloe Fitzgerald (MD, Helix3D
 

Dowling is keen to stress his desire to nurture the next generation of creative filmmaking talent, particularly in under-represented communities in this part of London and to boost the local economy.  The studio is registered as a London Living Wage employer.
 

Dowling added: “I want Indie-Zero to be a globally significant but community-focused screen industries production hub providing future generations with a career kickstart. Our aim is to establish a world-class, one-stop shop here in SE28 which is now 20 minutes from Soho via the new Elizabeth Line, as well as other burgeoning creative hubs to the east of London.”
 

Screen-based businesses that have already signed up for space at Indie-Zero include film production and editing companies, a creative production agency and a film medical services outfit and the site can still accommodate another dozen companies prior to full expansion. 

Images: Exterior studio render; Brian Dowling (Founder & CEO, Indie-Zero Film Studios) and Chloe Fitzgerald (MD, Helix3D); Interior atrium studio render

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