Business Living easy for SMEs at park
THE SECOND phase of an office development for small businesses has been completed on time and within budget.
The office scheme, by Business Living, part of Evans Property Group, has been completed on a six-acre site at York Business Park in eight months by Leeds-based GMI Construction Group.
The scheme is aimed at owner occupiers and investors and comprises six two-storey units of between 2,600 sq ft and 5,100 sq ft, in a landscaped setting.
Completion of the scheme follows the first sale of a unit at the first phase, Novus, an adjoining £5m hi-tech office scheme comprising eight `hybrid’ units designed to meet the needs of science and technology enterprises where Lincoln-based contract cleaning business, Future Cleaning Services, relocated last month.
Business Living believes it is creating a new commercial property niche market by providing high specification offices which cater for the growing preference among small businesses for obtaining commercial property freehold.
Iain Robertson, Business Living’s managing director, said: “It is very rewarding to see York and North Yorkshire’s first ever Business Living scheme complete and ready for occupation.
“We have every confidence in York Business Living because of the city’s thriving SME community, the growing preference for freehold property and the fantastic location which offers easy access to York ring road, the A64 to Leeds and Harrogate, Clifton Moor Retail Park and York city centre where there are many amenities to support the growing sophistication of small enterprises.
“We are already receiving significant interest in spite of gloomy economic forecasts and hope to announce our first deal at phase two of the Business Living scheme shortly.”
Planning permission has been granted for a further two phases of Business Living at York Business Park.
The office agency team at property consultants King Sturge and chartered surveyors, Lawrence Hannah, York, have been appointed agents for the development.
