Building Briefs: Knight Frank in at Quattro, Sanderson Weatherall award, and more
KNIGHT Frank is to market Quattro, the fourth and final phase of the West Moor Park development at Junction 4 of the M18 at Doncaster.
Quattro has been completed and is now ready for occupation.
The state-of-the-art property, which is a speculative joint venture between Shepherd Developments and Valad Property Group,
comprises a warehouse or production unit of about 163,000 sq ft, which includes 7,500 sq ft of offices. It is available to buy or to rent, at £50 per sq ft and £4.75 per sq ft respectively.
Richard Squire, project director of Shepherd Developments, said: “We are extremely excited about Quattro, which has already attracted a great deal of interest, especially from companies in the internet retail sector and the environmental industries sector.
One of its advantages is that we can sell freehold, when many other developers aren’t able to.”
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SANDERSON Weatherall has been named the most active commercial property agent in the north of England for deals done in the retail and leisure sectors.
The Estates Gazette award was judged on agent activity between October 2007 and November 2008, during which time Sanderson Weatherall completed more retail and leisure deals than any other agency in Yorkshire and north east England.
Peter Heron, director of retail at Sanderson Weatherall’s Leeds Office, said: “It’s always satisfying to receive an industry accolade, but to be named top regional agent for the retail and leisure sector is extremely rewarding as it demonstrates the quality and capability of our team to deliver a service that really does work.”
Amongst some of the key deals completed in Yorkshire during this period were the sales of the freehold of 64-67 Market Place, Thirsk for the Co-operative Group to Heron Frozen Foods, and the acquisition of unit 3, Foss Island Retail Park, York for Kutchenhaus.
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THERMOVAC Plastics, which specialises in the manufacturing and supply of vacuum formed and press moulded thermo-plastic sheeting, has recently acquired a new factory at Bretton Park Industrial Estate in Dewsbury.
The Dewsbury-based company has purchased Unit 402 at Bretton Park, which extends to approximately 15,000 sq ft.
The industrial agency team at GVA Grimley brokered the deal and acted on behalf of PPG Land and Clugston Developments which are developing the site in a joint venture partnership. Carter Towler also act for the developers.
Iain McPhail, principal surveyor at Leeds-based GVA Grimley, said: “We have been tracking Thermovac Plastics for a good number of years and were finally given the opportunity to agree a deal that suited all parties involved. We are absolutely delighted to welcome yet another locally based company to the business park.”
Mark Rudolph of PPG Land said: “We are very pleased to have secured Thermovac Plastics. They are a well known local firm and its great to help retain and create employment within Kirklees. We are now focussing our attention on the last two opportunities at the estate.”
Bretton Park is now nearly fully developed out, with more than 350,000 sq ft already occupied by companies such as TC Bathrooms, A&J Fabtech, JP Distribution, FastAlloys and Spafield Displays.
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PROSPECT Business Centres, the Leeds-based serviced office provider established in 1984, has let two more floors at its newly opened centre.
The new centre on south parade in Leeds has 20,000 sq ft of grade A space, of which 60% has been let.
PBC is a subsidiary of Monument Investment Holdings.
PBC is set to open two more centres in York and Sheffield.
