Expressway

General Projects is an award-winning creative real estate investor, developer and operator. We are proud to have completed over 2 million square feet of modern, mixed-use, metropolitan hubs. Soulful places for people to create, to work, to play and to stay.

Opportunity isn't found. It's forged.
Business class for all
.Originally established as Waterfront Studios in 2003, our vision was to reinvent the 117,000 sq ft business centre as a best-in-class, flexible, desirable and – crucially – affordable workspace for SME talent. Expressway is a community of 122 business suites and 39 maker units. No two of these businesses are alike, but all are like minded.

Pioneers and fast movers in their own fields. It is a place where creative enterprises, SMEs, start-ups and existing Newham-based businesses are set to flourish.

Expressway is the first operation managed by General People, our services division. We are here to fast track our occupiers’ ambitions. We won’t be offering standard class, but business class for all.
Location
Royal Docks
Architect
Architecture 00
Size
120,000 sq ft
GDV
£26 million
JV Partner
BA Pension Fund | Blackrock
Leading
The way

The design has been considered and executed in close collaboration with young, creative workspace specialists, Architecture 00. Beautiful workspaces are requisite throughout. The central lobby hub is the perfect layout for hosting events and our healthy café run by local coffee roasters provides high-quality produce – affordably. Spaces have been provided for free to local young entrepreneurs to allow them to kickstart a new idea, with access to business support.

Our partnership with Open Desk has brought in locally fabricated furniture, which cuts down on waste while supporting the local economy.

And our Community Wealth Programme, created and delivered with Newham Council is incubating local entrepreneurs, mentoring local teenagers and providing apprenticeships to local graduates.