Plans approved for final phase of business park on former golf club land

Plans have been approved for the final phase of a pioneering business park, which will create at least 60 jobs, on land that once formed part of a Bradford golf club.

Frank Marshall Estates is now building around 18,000 sq ft of workshop and office space in small units to create Nano Park as part of its existing Newhall Business Park.

Located next to the M606 off Rooley Lane and at the entrance to the ProLogis Park, the Bradford real estate firm bought the site in 2016. It has already developed and let eight larger units on the site.

Edward Marshall of Frank Marshall Estates said: “Our new Nano Park is the final phase of Newhall Business Park and is something new and exciting for us. We are planning to build small hybrid units, with warehousing space below and offices above.

“We believe that there is a real need for units of this size in Bradford. We are in the age of the entrepreneur with more and more small and start-up companies looking for self-contained space of their own. We are intending to provide flexible, affordable and attractive business premises to help companies of this type to grow and prosper.”

Marshall added that the first phase had been particularly successful, saying: “All eight units have been successfully let within a year. The success of Newhall Business Park has rewarded our faith in developing it speculatively.

“To fill the whole park within a year is just amazing. In our 40-year history, we have never experienced such a successful development in terms of the speed of letting.

“That makes us confident, but not complacent, that our new Nano Park will be a success.”

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