Galliford Try, the £1.1 billion turnover construction group, has left a site which has been linked to the business for more than 100 years.
The construction giant has moved from a longstanding site at Wolvey, near Hinckley, to new offices at Grove Park, on the outskirts of Leicester.
The business has moved its building East Midlands and security and telecommunications business units to Gateway House, as well as teams from the investments business and group services, including fleet management and human resources.
A spokesman said: “The new workspace is energy efficient with internal green spaces and electric vehicle charge points, in line with the group’s sustainable growth strategy and move to an all-EV and hybrid fleet.”
Grove Park is next to Junction 21 of the M1 just south of Leicester and other tenants include Countryside Properties, RSM, BHW Solicitors, Sytner Motor Group, Topps Tiles, MyHomeMove and BHIB Insurance.
The previous Wolvey campus was the original headquarters of the Galliford business, one of the founding businesses of the Galliford Try Group, and had been a major base for the business since around the time of the First World War.
The new offices at Gateway House have been designed to retain that heritage, with the internal green space, and reclaimed elements of the old buildings.
Jon Marston, managing director for Galliford Try Building East Midlands, said: “We are excited to be starting a new era for the business in our energy efficient offices at Gateway House.
“This move aligns with the overall group strategy for reducing carbon from our operations, and gives us a modern workspace, fit for a business looking to the future.
“For those of us who have been with the business for a long time, it has been great that we have also been able to preserve a few memories of Wolvey, and the original Galliford business, within the new offices.”
The group operates as Galliford Try and Morrison Construction, and carries out building and infrastructure projects with clients in the public, private and regulated sectors across the UK.
