Property round-up: Bruntwood completes Hepworth Point; Nolan Redshaw markets Bury HQ; and more
FAMILY-owned property company Bruntwood has completed the conversion of its 45,00 sq ft Hepworth Point office building in Leeds into a 10-storey, 131-bedroom Premier Inn.
The hotel will open in April and will create approximately 40 new jobs.
Hepworth Point, which is situated on Clay Pit Lane, at the northern edge of Leeds city centre, stands opposite the Leeds Arena development, which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2013.
Bruntwood director Craig Burrow said: “Bruntwood are delighted to have completed the conversion of Hepworth Point in Leeds and to welcome Premier Inn as a customer.
“We’re now looking for further opportunities within Leeds to expand our core offering, as our customers continue to respond positively to the Bruntwood way of doing business here.”
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NOLAN Redshaw has been appointed to market a headquarters office building at Waterfold Business Park in Bury, on behalf of Dixons Retail Group.
Waterfold Business Park is a 25 acre scheme incorporating offices, a Village hotel, fitness Centre and a public house.
The property comprises a three-storey, modern HQ building extending to 41,000 sq ft over two floors. The offices are within a secure site, with 24 hour security and controlled access.
Nolan Redshaw’s director Paul Nolan said: “We are delighted to bring this high profile HQ building to the market, on a leasehold basis and expect there to be high levels of interest. Located at Junction 2 of the M66, the secure site also benefits from excellent access to the M60 Manchester orbital.”
SEGRO has signed a trio of new lettings deals at Longwood Park and Europa Triangle within Trafford Park.
At Longwood Park, the 2,802 sq ft Unit 17 has been let to software packaging company Epro E Commerce and the 1,406 sq ft Unit 27c has been let to Cannon Electrical Contractors – both on three year leases.
Equipment manufacturer Bay-Lynx Manufacturing has also taken the 4,329 sq ft Unit 3 at Europa Triangle on a three-year lease.
Hazel Lambert, senior leasing surveyor at SEGRO said: “We are pleased to welcome these new customers to Trafford Park and particularly to our development at the newly refurbished Longwood Park.”
