A ceremonial groundbreaking has kickstarted work on the £65 million HALO urban regeneration project in Kilmarnock.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, Lord Duncan, was on site on Monday to witness the launch of the project.
The developers claim the Enterprise & Innovation Centre will “foster the next generation of entrepreneurs, with strong focus on innovation, digital skills, and cyber security”.
Scotland’s first deep geothermal heating system with a 2km deep well is to be drilled next year to enable water to be heated by the surrounding rocks, pumped back up again and then into properties in Kilmarnock.