Work has begun on a York business park on the site of a former store.
The 2.4 acre business park is being built on the site of the former B&M store at Clifton Moor.
Marrtree Investments is investing £4.5m in the scheme, which will create four business units ranging from 4,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft.
It will also feature a Starbucks drive-through café, and will generate dozens of new jobs for the city.
The development, which we first revealed in April 2021, is a new lease of life for the land vacated after the B&M store was destroyed by a huge blaze in October 2018
William Marshall, director of Harrogate-based Marrtree Investments, said: “We are really pleased to be bringing more of the high-quality modern business space, for which Marrtree has become well known, to York.
“Since the pandemic, well-thought-out, ergonomic workplaces, where people actively want to come to work each day, have become more important than ever and that’s what we aim to deliver with all our business parks and the kind of space that is in short supply for York employers.”
The new units are due for completion in the autumn and the developer says there has been considerable interest in the scheme.
“We are in conversation already with a number of organisations who are considering either relocating or setting up new operations in the Clifton Moor area of the city,” said Mr Marshall.
“It’s a great location, with excellent road links and with the £65m upgrade to the York outer ring road due to get underway in the next couple of years. There are also great facilities close by, including gyms, restaurants and the Vue cinema.”
Harrogate-based HACS construction group has been appointed as main contractor for the construction of the business park, with the Leeds offices of Colliers, and Cushman & Wakefield appointed as letting agents.
Marrtree has a portfolio of more than 20 business parks.
Phase II of the firm’s 70,000 sq ft development at Sowerby Gateway, the new 950-home scheme near Thirsk, was completed in October and is expected to create 40 new jobs for the area.
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