Building Briefs: JF Finnegan, GSSArchitecture, Carter Jonas; Armitage; Lambert Smith Hampton
JF Finnegan has secured a £2.25m contract to build the 27,300 sq ft second phase of Bishop Auckland Shopping Park retail scheme near Bishop Auckland, County Durham for LondonMetric Property and Argon Properties.
The works follow on from the successful completion in November 2012 of Phase1 of the scheme which created a brand new retail destination comprising 49,000 sq ft of quality retail accommodation already let to high profile tenants including Marks & Spencer, Boots, Next, Costa Coffee, Brantano, Poundland and Pets at Home.
Sheffield-based JF Finnegan will start work on the two new buildings, which will accommodate up to four new units totalling 27,300 sq ft, in August 2013 with a completion date of February 2014.
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HARROGATE-BASED GSSArchitecture has carried out a £10m restoration and refurbishment of historic buildings at Durham University’s Palace Green Library which are home to a new exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels.
The Gospels are on display in the library from July 1 to September 30 and the St. Cuthbert Gospel – Europe’s oldest surviving bound book – is exhibited alongside the Lindisfarne Gospels, together with other medieval treasures, at the Durham UNESCO World Heritage Site where it was originally discovered 900 years ago within the Saint’s coffin.
The British Library has strict environmental requirements for the display of its national treasures and meeting these targets was fundamental to the university’s bid to display the Gospels. To ensure stable and safe environmental conditions are maintained, innovative technology has been used in the refurbishment of the historic library buildings.
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SEVEN new businesses have moved into Harrogate’s Windsor House.
The largest of the new lettings through agents Carter Jonas – 965 sq ft – has been taken by solicitors Lansdowne & Co who have relocated to Harrogate from Leeds. In addition a 600 sq ft suite has been let to FW Solutions, an independent provider of education and training solutions.
The other five new tenants include: Nuvolo, Jameson Consulting, Pinpoint Designs, Select Services and Combined Academic Publishers.
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ARMITAGE Logistics has taken 160,000 sq ft at the Trax Park industrial estate near Doncaster.
The business has taken a sub-lease from logistics group Wincanton at a property owned by Caudwell Properties, which was set up by John Caudwell, founder of phone retailer Phones 4u.
Trax Park is about a mile north of junction 3 of the M18.
Wincanton was advised by Savills’ industrial team.
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THE Leeds office of national property consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), has been instructed to let 14 retail and catering units as part of the £8.6m redevelopment of Newcastle Central station.
Managed by East Coast, the station is undergoing a huge transformation that includes improvements to the retail and leisure offering, increased cycle storage facilities and better public and passenger facilities.
LSH is marketing 14 units ranging from 14 sq m to 90 sq m. Units one to seven have been earmarked forfood and drink provision, while units eight to 13 are suitable for retail use. Unit 14, the largest space, which is split between the ground and first floor, has been designed as a pub restaurant for which an operator is being sought.
