£3m business park set for completion

The speculative £3m Ideal Business Park is set to open in Hull, with construction due to finish shortly.

Facilities management group Lightowler has spearheaded the development, and has now moved their headquarters on site.

Ideal contains six buildings on the one-acre business park offering a total of 27,500 sq ft, as well as warehousing, workshop or storage facilities.

Charles Lightowler, chief executive of the Lightowler Group, said the land was purchased from Ideal Standard to enable Lightowlers to further expand and to also offer opportunities for other businesses to grow.

“This project has been a speculative build but we have operated in the area for 150 years and we wanted to reinvest in the local infrastructure and create an excellent business hub for local companies. We believe the units will attract interest from a wide range of companies, particularly those who conduct a substantial volume of their business on the internet and need quality office space with warehouse facilities for stock and returns,” he said.

“There are plenty of industrial premises in Hull offering a large warehouse with a small office in the corner but we are providing top quality offices for companies who really value their staff and image.”

Ben Cooper, an associate agency surveyor with sole letting agents PPH Commercial, said: “It’s very unusual to get a project like this developed on a speculative basis and it’s even more unusual to have a business park that can offer such high quality office accommodation combined with workshop or storage space.”