A joint venture between Chancerygate and Bridges Fund Management has acquired a 7.85-acre site in Adlington, Cheshire to speculatively develop 165,000ft² of Grade A industrial and warehousing space that could create up to 250 jobs. The partners intend to deliver 18 leasehold units ranging from 7,000ft² to 24,500ft² at the site. Once complete, it will have a gross development value of around €46.3m (£40m). The proposed development will be located off London Road, south of Poynton town centre, and will adjoin Adlington Business Park & Industrial Estate. It will also be situated immediately adjacent to the new Poynton Relief Road. Due to complete later this year, this will significantly improve connectivity from the site to Manchester Airport. The JV partners acquired the site from commercial property developer Quorum Property Group for an undisclosed sum.
Neighbouring occupiers to the proposed development include confectionary manufacturer Swizzels, tray sealing and packaging line specialist Proseal and transport company William Kirk.
Commenting on the acquisition, Chancerygate development director, Chris Brown, said: “We’re very pleased to have secured this strategic development opportunity in an off-market transaction with Quorum. The new Poynton Relief Road will be hugely beneficial to Avro Business Park. It will directly connect the development to the airport and the M56, providing excellent connectivity to the wider Cheshire and Manchester markets. We know there is strong demand for multi-unit industrial space from a wide array of occupiers across south Manchester and the wider region. Avro Business Park will help to satisfy and facilitate this demand while enabling up to 250 jobs for the local area. We look forward to submitting plans for the site to Cheshire East Council soon.”
Bridges partner, Guy Bowden, said: “Bridges and Chancerygate have shown on multiple occasions that there is strong demand from progressive local employers for high specification sustainable industrial developments – which ultimately helps to create jobs and support the growth of the local economy.”
