New unit at £70m business park complete

ESHTON has marked the completion of a 543,620sq ft unit at its £70m Burnley Bridge Business Park development in Lancashire.

Main contractor, Bowmer & Kirkland, handed over the warehouse unit with office accommodation to technology distribution business Exertis after a 56-week programme involving the installation of more than 42 km of tubular steel piling and construction of a steel frame requiring 1,900 tonnes of metal.

Exertis’ fit out contractors have taken possession of the building, along with the racking contractors to enable the technology distributor to move in.

David Singleton, director at Leeds-based Eshton, said: “This unit is big enough to contain five full-sized football pitches and its completion is a major milestone for Exertis, Burnley Bridge Business Park and for Burnley and the M65 corridor.

“The construction method has maximised the potential of the site to create a 24-bay warehouse along with three storey offices and external yard with immediate access to the motorway network via Junction 9 of the M65.

“The successful scheme adds to the mixed profile of accommodation and occupiers at the rapidly-expanding development which is also home to YESSS Electrical, Birchall Foodservice, Equinox Building Solutions and Townsend Music.”