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MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTED PLANNING APPROVAL
eading Midlands Commercial Developer, Trebor Developments and funding partner, Kay Properties (Midlands) Limited, have been granted detailed planning consent for their 102,000 sq ft “Rapida” industrial development, located at Kingswood Lakeside, Cannock, close to Junction 7 of the M6 Toll and Junctions 11/12 of the M6.
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The building is being marketed for manufacturing or logistics uses and could be available for occupation in 2018. Bob Tattrie, Managing Partner for Trebor Development, on
behalf of Trebor and Kay Properties commented, “The new development at Cannock will provide quality, industrial, premises in an area with excellent motorway access. Over 700,000 sq ft of larger, industrial, premises are currently being developed in the immediate location. Our building, at 102,000 sq ft, will be the smallest of these, but we believe responds to occupiers needs for accommodation of that size. It can be available for occupation in 2018”.
Staffordshire County Council’s economic growth leader Mark Winnington said: “Kingswood Lakeside is one of our flagship business parks with major companies operating there. There has been a lot of activity and new development on site recently and the Trebor unit will be another welcome addition. We have worked with Trebor at another of our sites at Redhill in Stafford and look forward to seeing this development in Cannock completed and ready for business as soon as possible. This is further demonstration of investor confidence in Staffordshire.” Trebor Developments and Kay Properties are represented by joint agents JLL and Knight Frank, Birmingham offices.
TUDOR GRANGE
lans by leading healthcare investor and developer Octopus Healthcare, to restore the Grade II* listed Tudor Grange House and develop part of Solihull College & University Centre grounds into a care village, have been given local backing following a public consultation held at the college. Written comments left by visitors to the event were overwhelmingly supportive of Octopus Healthcare’s proposals for the sympathetic restoration of Tudor Grange House to prepare it for long-term use as the centre-point of a luxury care village within the house and grounds.
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Solihull College & University Centre is set to benefit through the provision of enhanced course curricula and hands on work experience. This will assist students working on a number of courses such as horticulture, nursing, business, marketing and sales, finance, events management and hospitality.
The Octopus Healthcare team - who continue to refine the plans through consultation with Solihull Council Officers and bodies such as Historic England - anticipate submitting a planning application before the end of the year.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2017
accommodation development in Shrewsbury to support a UK-wide campaign to encourage more people into careers in construction. Representatives from the Jobcentre
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Plus (JCP) together with Trevor Oakley of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), saw foundations work in progress at The Tannery on St Austin’s Street. They were invited by Morris Property
as the company showed its support for the ‘Build Your Future’ CITB and JCP campaign to raise awareness of careers in construction.
Morris Property is the main
contractor employed by site owner Shropshire Council to build two blocks, providing 54 rooms for students with ground floor retail and office space and a connecting two-storey infill between the two blocks to include a further 8 student bedrooms.
Block C at the development is due to
be completed in September 2018, at the former study centre and car park site, with the infill and Block B due in spring 2019.
COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE BUSINESS FESTIVAL
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he Coventry & Warwickshire Business Festival is an annual Festival that took place in 2017 from 20th November to 1st December 2017. It aimed to stimulate business growth in the area and bring the region together once a year to interact, engage, promote, support, learn and discuss business under one branded banner – the Coventry & Warwickshire Business Festival. The Festival is managed by Associate Events Limited and run in association with the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Coventry & Warwickshire Growth Hub and the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. . The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is inspiring Great British manufacturing globally by developing innovative manufacturing technologies and processes in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions. Founded in 2010, the MTC has some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world enabling it to provide a specialised environment for the development and demonstration of innovation to be used on an industrial scale. A leading proponent of Digitising Manufacturing and home
to the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing, the MTC has expertise across a range of technologies. The MTC works collaboratively with companies of all sizes from start-ups to global corporations in diverse industry sectors including aerospace, marine, defence, construction and food and drink. The MTC has more than 100 industrial members, who play an
active role in the steering of the technological path of the organisation. The membership scheme promotes long term relationships, however, the MTC works with any company seeking a manufacturing solution.
CONSTRUCTION CAREERS
eading contractor Morris Property hosted a site visit at its student
£80M SECURED B
usiness Secretary Greg Clarke made an important announcement in November about the future of battery technology in the UK – revealing that WMG had been successful in its bid with Coventry & Warwickshire LEP and Coventry City Council to secure £80m from the Faraday Challenge to establish a battery prototype manufacturing centre in the Coventry & Warwickshire area.
This is an important milestone for the area as it strengthens its credentials as a major centre of cutting-edge R&D and manufacturing. The Coventry & Warwickshire area is home to Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin Lagonda, Geely-owned London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC, formerly London Taxi Company) and BMW’s Hams Hall engine facility. Aerospace technology company Meggitt chose the same day to announce a major investment at Ansty Technology Park, near Coventry, creating a new £130m 440,000sq.ft hub.
That follows a strong 2017 for the commercial property sector, led by the automotive and advanced manufacturing sectors. LEVC opened its new 85,000sq.m HQ and manufacturing facility, the first purpose built EV factory in the UK.
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