Redsun to develop manufacturing facility
LIVERPOOL-based Redsun Developments is to develop a 170,000sq ft manufacturing facility at Senate Business Park in Bootle.
A deal is agreed with Domino UK who will occupy the building as its UK manufacturing headquarters.
Redsun has exchanged contracts with Sefton Council to acquire the 10-acre site following a competitive bidding process undertaken in 2015.
The site has remained undeveloped since it was reclaimed in 2006 by Sefton Council.
The scheme has been designed by Fletcher Rae architects with C4 Consulting acting as project managers and Muir Consulting providing engineering services.
A detailed planning application has been submitted to Sefton Council and procurement of the main contractor will be undertaken in the coming weeks.
Construction is expected to start in May of this year with the completed building ready for occupation by Domino early 2017.
The Domino Group has established a global reputation for the continual development and manufacture of coding and printing technologies.
Through a global network of 25 subsidiary offices and in excess of 200 distributors, it operates in more than120 countries employing over 2,300 people worldwide with manufacturing facilities situated in UK, China, Germany, India, Sweden and USA.
The Domino Group was acquired by Brother Industries in 2015. Brother Industries is a public company based in Nagoya Japan and is listed on the Japanese Stock Exchange.
Craig Booton, managing director, Redsun Developments said: “This is a fantastic start to 2016 for Redsun.
“This project is the result of a close collaboration with Sefton Council and Domino and we can’t wait to get started on-site to deliver a world class facility for a significant local employer.
We completed a number of successful developments at the end of 2015 and we’re looking to push on with this and other projects in 2016.”
Redsun currently has commercial developments on-site in Birkenhead and Liverpool and have planning applications submitted for two further schemes in Bromborough and Ellesmere Port.
Redsun’s previous projects have focused on the SME occupier sector and so this deal represents a move into the larger scale industrial market for the Liverpool-based developer.
