Pictured ( left to right ): Aycliffe Business Park Community ’ s business development manager Martin Walker , Steve Turnbull of Patrick Lonergan Recruitment , Sanderson Weatherall associate partner Mark Convery , Merchant Anglo director Geoff Hunton and ABPC chair Kerina Clark .
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Business leaders were told about “ strong interest ” for the latest industrial development set for completion on Aycliffe Business Park .
More than 70 delegates gathered for Aycliffe Business Park ’ s latest news and networking meeting , held at The Work Place .
Guests at the event heard from Geoff Hunton , the man largely credited with bringing Hitachi Rail to Newton Aycliffe . Mr Hunton is director of Merchant Anglo , the company which developed the site now known as Merchant Park , a 65-acre development which is home to Hitachi ’ s huge facility which brought train manufacturing back to its native North-East .
He told attendees about Station Place , phase two of Merchant Park , a £ 4.8m scheme set to provide 50,000 sq ft of new industrial space
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are seeing a rejuvenated demand for space , with the new units expected to be snapped up within three to six months .
“ We ’ re delighted both Station Place and Merchant Park are now moving forward ,” Mr Hunton told attendees at the meeting .
“ We did experience some delays due to leaving the EU and then the initial outbreak of the pandemic , but we ’ re past that now and we have to look to the future .
“ There are many diverse businesses here in Newton Aycliffe who are looking for new , high spec industrial and warehousing space .
“ We ’ re now seeing very strong interest for the space , so we ’ re very positive about this development and the future of Aycliffe Business Park .”
There are nine individual units , from 5,000 sq ft , at Station Place currently close to completion .
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well proven location for industrial space , and we ’ re seeing a huge level of demand for Station Place .
“ We have a number of parties currently expressing interest in the development on a pre-let basis and we would expect all nine industrial units to be let with a reasonable timescale of say three to six months upon practical completion of the scheme , based on the level of demand generated to date .”
Kerina Clark , chair of Aycliffe Business Park Community , added : “ We ’ re grateful to Geoff , Mark and the Merchant team for updating our delegates on Station Place , which is another fantastic addition to Aycliffe Business Park .
“ It ’ s not only reassuring to hear about the continued demand for industrial space here in Newton Aycliffe , it ’ s also great for the residents of our business park to hear such positive , first-hand updates from the Station Place developers .
“ The development firmly cements Aycliffe Business Park ’ s position as the biggest business park in the North-East .”
Businesses interested in units at Station Place can contact Mark Convery at Sanderson For more info , regular updates Weatherall and to register on 0191 for events 269 0103 : or email mark . convery @ sw . co . uk . More details about Station Place www . aycliffebusinesspark . are co . uk available � @ at AycliffeBizPark
www . stationplace . co . uk . See pages 28-29 to see more pictures from the news and networking event .
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