Canberra Technology Park
Canberra Technology Park is located in Watson, a suburb of Canberra, ACT, Australia’s Capital city. The Business Park is set on 57,835.2 square metres and is a renovated two level high school (5,720 lettable area square metres). It houses approximately 32[1] businesses with approximately 200 staff working from the park.
History
Canberra Technology Park is the result of entrepreneur John De Margheriti’s vision to establish a home for Canberra Information Communication Technology (ICT) companies. The park was established in 2001, through collaboration with The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE), Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) and the Australian Capital Territory Government to encourage the grouping of ICT businesses. In particular those related to 3d computer animation, multimedia, programming, on-line training and applications and software development, so that tenants could interact and benefit from this co-location.