The operating model – Tenancy Plus

The Innovation Centre will offer commercial space and facilities for innovative companies interesting in aligning their operations with the HTPG vision of innovation through collaboration.

Market competitive rents will support commercial programs, with tenants able to become part of the Federation University’s proven ‘Tenancy Plus’ environment. Tenancy Plus is the model behind the success of the university’s three existing technology parks located in and around Ballarat.

All three host more than 2,200 private sector jobs across 62 small, medium and large organisations, and generate over $300 million in annual economic activity.

Tenancy Plus offers the optimal environment for commercial success by providing partners with:

• High quality infrastructure – first class facilities enable tenants to focus on their business operations.
• Student placement programs – special programs so businesses can host students in workplace training, providing a guaranteed pipeline of potential recruits familiar with their operations.
• Workforce development programs – helping our partners implement targeted workforce development.
• Student recruitment facilitation – helping our partners undertake recruitment through our dedicated skills and jobs training centre and benefit from our pipeline of current and recent graduates.
• Long term research projects – undertaking targeted research activities aligned to the requirements of our industry partners.

The Innovation Centre will provide the first opportunity for business in Gippsland to benefit from the competitive advantages afforded through the highly effective Tenancy Plus partnership model.