Shannon Commercial Properties (SCP) has embarked on its largest project to date with the development of a new €6 mln, purpose built facility for a leading global operator and employer in the Shannon Free Zone.
In the first major investment as part of a €21 mln first phase of a programme of new builds and upgrades of its property portfolio, Shannon Commercial Properties – Shannon Group’s property arm - is to triple the current space available to GE Measurement & Control by creating a 929 m² (100,000 ft²) facility at the Shannon Free Zone, extending the company’s existing 3,065 m² (33,000 ft²) facility at East Park in the Free Zone by 6,224 m² (67,000 ft²).
The US multi-national currently operates out of two separate facilities, with the newly built facility enabling it to consolidate both operations in one location and accommodate any future expansion plans.
The GE Measurement & Control operation in Shannon, which employs 177 people, manufactures environmental analysers for moisture, combustion, oxygen and thermal conductivity.
Full planning permission for the extension was granted by Clare County Council, on August 7th and, following a tender process, L and M Keating Ltd, Kilmihil, and Co Clare were awarded the contract to undertake the building works. Works have commenced and the project is scheduled for completion by June 2016.
The SCP appointed Lead Consultant for the project is Hassett Leyden Associates in Ennis Co Clare, with Cuddy QS Associates of Limerick appointed as Quantity Surveyors and Moloney Fox, Limerick as Mechanical and Electrical Consultants.
Source: Shannon Group
