A 100,000sq ft warehouse has been completed at the Liberty Park in Widnes, which has been described as a "milestone" in the area's regeneration.
According to the developers, it's the only new-build unit over 50,000sq ft in the whole Halton and south Liverpool industrial and warehouse market, and marks the completion of the first phase of the park's development.
The project is being led by Liberty Property Trust and Stoford Developments, who have said the speculative warehouse will give the "potential to unlock highly valued, new jobs" for the area.
The property will provides 102,170 sq ft of warehousing with 5,920 sq ft of Grade A office space, a 64m service yard, 11 HGV parking spaces and 89 car park spaces.
Andrew Blevins, UK managing director of Liberty Property Trust, told BusinessLive: “This development will provide much-needed, high-quality accommodation, complete with extensive infrastructure works, and, once occupied, has the potential to unlock highly valued, new jobs for the Halton and south Liverpool area.
“Completing phase one is an important milestone in our plans for Liberty Park, Widnes. The area is attracting significant inward investment, so delivering high-quality warehouse accommodation such as this will help to bring in major manufacturing and logistics companies.”
Dan Gallagher, joint managing director of Stoford Developments, added that the completion of the infrastructure works means the remaining 17-acre site is now fully serviced.
“Liberty Park, Widnes benefits from an existing outline permission for B1, B2 and B8 uses, which is capable of delivering up to 360,000 sq ft of accommodation. This is the only fully serviced site of this size in the south Liverpool area and we are working closely with Halton Borough Council to maximise the site’s potential to deliver further investment into the region.”
Cllr Ron Hignett, Halton Borough Council’s executive board member for regeneration, said: “The Council is delighted that Liberty are investing in Halton and bringing forward a strategic site to the market. Speculative developments are still few and far between and it is great to see that Liberty have the confidence in Halton to build this first unit."
