Expanding healthcare company to develop 30,000 sq ft facility on Ilkley scheme

Developer Oakapple Group has sold part of its mixed-use development in Ilkley to Springfield Health Care, which will build a 77-room facility as part of its ongoing expansion.

Springfield Health Care, which has its head office in Leeds, has acquired the land on Mayfield Road.

This latest project will see Springfield’s portfolio grow to 560 rooms across five locations, which also include Beverley, Harrogate, Leeds and York, by early 2018.

In addition to the 29,801 sq ft care home, Oakapple is developing around 30,000 sq ft of office space on the site.

Demand for the office accommodation is strong, the developer says, with a 9,000 sq ft pre-let to SmartSearch already in place.

Oakapple Group’s chairman Philip Taylor said: “We are delighted to have completed a sale of part of the site to Springfield Health Care and expect to make a further announcement on a second significant pre-letting of the offices shortly.”

Construction of both the offices and care home will start this spring.