600,000 sq ft Asda pre-let for Omega
A NEW £100m Asda logistics centre at Omega South near Warrington is expected to create hundreds of jobs.
Planning was granted for the 600,000 sq ft base by councillors at Warrington Council last week.
It marks the start of development on Omega South, the larger half of the 575-acre mixed-use scheme at junction 8 of the M62 which is a joint venture between Miller Developments and Royal Bank of Scotland-owned KUC Properties.
Asda will be taking warehouse and office space on a 28-acre plot. The joint applicant was Bericote, an industrial developer which builds distribution bases for the major supermarket groups.
Andrew Sutherland, joint managing director for Miller Developments, said: “This positive decision is extremely important for Omega South. Not only will it bring a new occupier and more jobs to Warrington but this first logistics development will also deliver a vital new £6m access road and roundabout.
“This will open up development opportunities within Omega South and, as has happened on Omega North, serve to accelerate occupier interest in the office and business plots already consented.”
On the eastern part of Omega South, planning consent is already in place for 1.5 million sq ft of office space which will be developed when there is market demand. In December Omega agreed a pre-let on a 200,000 sq ft warehouse on the northern part of the scheme for food distributor Brakes.
The Homes and Communities Agency, which owns the land, invested £32m in the new junction 8 of the M62 and associated carriage works in 2002 and has been working closely with Omega Warrington, the Warrington Council and the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnerships to unlock the scheme.
