Former office building to be redeveloped into mixed-use scheme

Industrial and leisure offerings have been added to the redevelopment of a former office building in Beverley.

Offices at Waltham House will soon be converted into three industrial units, which will each offer around 2,800 sq ft of industrial space which can adapted.

The rest of the site comprises nearly 15,000 sq ft across two floors as well as parking spaces for about 80 cars.

Charles Parkinson, agency surveyor at property management firm Garness Jones, said the firm hopes to release details in the coming weeks of a deal to lease two floors in another part of the building to a business operating in the leisure sector.

He said: “Waltham House was purpose built in the 1980s by Kingstown Photocodes, which became well known as KTP. It’s a very solid building and was used for offices and warehousing, but it is now being redeveloped for a wider market and is attracting a lot of interest.

“Some of the offices are already occupied and we are in discussions with businesses working in the leisure sector, manufacturing kitchen worktops and online retail.”

KTP specialised in bar code technology and was sold to US-based Trenstar in 2001.

Tony Gartland was involved with Hull-based Neville Tucker, who fitted the building’s heating system. He remains a director of Neville Tucker Services, which became independent in 2011.

Gartland said: “I liked Waltham House from the first time I saw it and I bought it because it has always been a really prestigious site and we think it will appeal to a wide range of businesses.

“Over the years KTP added a second office building and then a warehouse with offices, and everything is in really good condition. There are small and large office suites with all sorts of configurations – even a conference room which could probably accommodate 100 people.

“One of the most striking features was the barcode design on the staircase. Another occupier painted it all grey so one of the first things we did was return it to barcode black and white. Now we’re embarking on the conversion of some of the offices to create three industrial units, and we’re talking to prospective tenants to make sure we meet their precise requirements.”

Parkinson added: “The location, the quality of the building and the flexibility of the layout and design all add up to a great opportunity for businesses in any sector, and that’s being reflected in the enquiries that we’ve received.

“We hope to confirm a deal very soon with a leisure operator who intends to occupy two floors and we are in discussions with businesses in other sectors who are interested because there is a shortage of good industrial space. Last year a global, household-name business took a short-term lease while it was working on a project in the area, and that gives an idea of the potential.”

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