{"id":86686,"date":"2017-07-24T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=86686"},"modified":"2017-07-21T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:48:32","slug":"volta-labs-expands-in-downtown-halifax-to-cultivate-citys-innovation-district","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/volta-labs-expands-in-downtown-halifax-to-cultivate-citys-innovation-district","title":{"rendered":"Volta Labs Expands in Downtown Halifax to Cultivate City&#8217;s Innovation District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volta Labs is significantly expanding its office space as the organization looks to establish the surrounding area as Halifax&#8217;s &#8220;innovation district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently occupying 20,000 square feet of the nineteen-storey Maritime Centre downtown, Volta Labs has signed up to lease a 60,000 square foot chunk of the Barrington Street building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These new headquarters will allow Volta to be the growth catalyst for Halifax&#8217;s technology community, establishing a home base inside the city&#8217;s &#8216;Innovation District&#8217; and attracting new interest from entrepreneurs,&#8221; said Jesse Rodgers, CEO of Volta Labs.<\/p>\n<p>The new space, which will take over the ground, mezzanine and second floors, will form the cornerstone of the aforementioned district in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For many reasons, Halifax is a great place to build a technology-focused company and we are looking forward to providing more resources to these businesses,&#8221; added Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion, to be completed by early next year, will allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltaeffect.com\">Volta<\/a> to offer more space for resident startup companies, corporate innovation outposts, and network members. It will also offer a multi-purpose space, private meeting rooms, and coworking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud that the building has become an integral part of Halifax&#8217;s &#8216;Innovation District,&#8217; with Volta as a marquee tenant,&#8221; said Scott Antoniak, Chief Executive Officer of Slate Office REIT, which leased the space to Volta. &#8220;We recognize the importance of the Maritime Centre&#8217;s location, design, amenities and function and its role in bringing together collaborative endeavours and ideas in the technology space.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volta Labs is significantly expanding its office space as the organization looks to establish the surrounding area as Halifax&#8217;s &#8220;innovation district.&#8221; Currently occupying 20,000 square feet of the nineteen-storey Maritime Centre downtown, Volta Labs has signed up to lease a 60,000 square foot chunk of the Barrington Street building. &#8220;These new headquarters will allow Volta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-86686","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/86686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/86686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=86686"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=86686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}