£8m car showroom plans submitted

Plans have been submitted by Lister Group and Wykeland Group to develop an £8m Porsche showroom on the edge of Hull.

The franchise will be the first Porsche Centre for family-owned Listers, which already operate other luxury car brands across Hull, Lincolnshire and the Midlands.

The scheme, being developed by Listers in partnership with Hull-based Wykeland, will see the creation of a 22-car, double-height showroom alongside 14 state-of-the-art workshop bays, meaning customers will no longer have to travel as far as Sheffield or Leeds to have their Porsche serviced.

The development will create 50 new jobs and is expected to be complete in late 2019.

Managing Director Geoff Lister said: “Porsche Centre Hull will be located on a two and a half acre site on the high-profile Bridgehead business park. This is an exciting development both for the city and our company and is part of Porsche’s strategic plan to expand its dealer network to take advantage of growing demand in the luxury car market.”

Dominic Gibbons, Managing Director of the Wykeland Group, developer of Bridgehead, said: “This is the latest in a series of significant investments by blue chip companies at Bridgehead and especially exciting as it will bring one of the world’s most prestigious motoring brands to East Yorkshire.”

Listers Porsche Director, Richard Kitteridge added: “I’ve lived in Hull for the last 15 years and am really excited to be bringing this iconic brand to the city. Everyone dreams of owning a Porsche and we’re looking forward to making those dreams a reality with both new and approved pre-owned models on display.”