Building of Hawke's Bay's new multimillion-dollar food innovation hub will begin in September.
Called Foodeast, the hub will offer commercial and industrial spaces for lease, hot-desking and meeting and collaboration stations, built around a cafe.
There will also be an in-house team linking businesses to mentors and advisers to help enable them to commercialise new products.
A new commercial entity established this month signals the handover of the project from Hastings District Council and the Foodeast Establishment Board to a new company.
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