A business park modelled on London’s Containerville has opened in Flintshire with plans to add office on top of shipping containers.
North Wales-based storage giant Lock Stock have welcomed their first customers at the Interlinq site in Sandycroft.
There are more than 50 storage units available on the 2.3-acre location with room for 250.
These will be augmented with eight upper-storey office units so that businesses can run their entire operation from there.
It is based on London’s Containerville, the site in the East End with over 40 business premises in three storeys of stacked storage units alongside Regent’s Canal.
The site, on Ffordd Pentre, just off Chester Road East, has planning permission for eight office spaces on the second floor of a two-storey construction with the upper-level units converted into 1280 square foot office spaces, fully insulated and fitted with air-source heating systems.
There’s the potential for additional power to be supplied by solar panels fitted to other units on the site to create comfortable, modern workspaces that are ideal for businesses with high-speed internet and storage space on hand.
Ken Skates, the Welsh Government Minister for the Economy and North Wales, said: “Lock Stock’s plans for the site could include offering small businesses and start-ups a proper office base as well as flexible storage options.
“The facilities could provide embryo businesses with a low cost introduction, helping them to grow and prosper, with a view to offering future employment opportunities.
“I look forward to seeing the site develop over the coming years.”
Lock Stock Operations Manager Stuart Bowker said: “We are already getting plenty of interest from the business community and have already taken on our first customer with more to follow.
“Businesses can easily operate from a storage unit, calling there to stock up in the morning before going out to jobs and that is one reason we plan our sites very carefully so that our customers can easily access their units 24/7.
“We respond to demand and where it is coming from and if it is from somewhere where we need more capacity then we look at extending our existing premises or opening new sites and happily that has been possible here."
