Archive: Aug 2017
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9.56 acre Poulton-le-Fylde site brought to market
The Strategic Land Group has announced a 9.6 acre site, just 1.5km from Poulton-le-Fylde town centre, just south of Brockholes Crescent, is being marketed for sale with outline planning permission for 108 homes, 30% of which will be affordable housing.
Armistead Barnett the agents acting on behalf of the land owner and The Strategic Land Group have set a guide price for the land in excess of £4 million.
Wyre Borough Council planning committee approved the application in June and there will be a contribution made schools and highway improvements as part development.
Paul Smith, managing director, the Strategic Land Group said: “The site provides an excellent opportunity to deliver much needed new homes in the Wyre area, in a location that the council accept is strategically important.
“Being able to market the site with planning permission means we are able to get the best deal for our client, the landowner, and give the purchaser of the site a head start on being able to bring the development forward quickly.
“Everyone is well aware there are nowhere near enough new homes being built. It is important councils plan to build the right number of homes to help support existing communities and to support economic growth.”
The Strategic Land Group has received planning advice from Euan Kellie Property Solutions and Turley on the project.
The Strategic Land Group works with land owners to secure planning permission and ultimately the sale of shovel-ready development sites across the country. The Strategic Land Group has extensive experience and a proven track record in working with land owners of the both brownfield and greenfield sites.
This news was published by Place North West.
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Paul Mills joins OBI Property
OBI Property has announced Paul Mills has joined its transactions and asset management team. Paul will work alongside Richard Lace, Andrew Cowell, Debbie Meredith, Joe Averill and Will Lewis.
Paul, who has a masters degree in real estate, property management and investment from the University of Salford, previously spent five years with WT Gunson in Manchester. He is an RICS Registered Valuer and worked in the professional services team providing landlord and tenant and valuation advice. At OBI, as well as working with existing and new clients, he will offer a new service stream for the business providing landlord and occupier clients with professional and asset management expertise.
Paul said: “I am delighted to join OBI Property. The firm has an established reputation as one of the leading, most innovative commercial advisors in Manchester. I am looking forward to working with the whole team as I look to develop my skills and experience in a very exciting property market.”
Richard Lace said: “It’s great to welcome Paul to OBI Property. We are always looking to build and strengthen the team and Paul’s diverse experience and knowledge in providing professional and lease advisory services means he brings a new skill set to the business.”
This news was published by Insider.
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Planning granted for PRS development Cornbrook Works, Trafford
Developer Bellward Properties received planning approval from Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council for its new 363 unit PRS (private rented sector) residential development Cornbrook Works, located at the end of Chester Road on the Manchester and Trafford border.
Designed by Tim Groom Architects, Cornbrook Works will revitalise the 2.53 acre site, creating a new focal point at a key location conveniently opposite the Cornbrook Metrolink Interchange.
The development, a mix of two and three bedroom townhouses; one, two and three bedroom apartments and family-duplex apartments is arranged around a new tree lined public avenue following the route of the original Corn Brook (now an underground culvert) with private green courtyards and extensive roof top gardens.
There will be two high-rise blocks of 19 and 16 storeys fronting onto Chester Road while the majority of the proposal is made up of the townhouses and linked duplexes that relate to the local context and conservation area while screening the on-site car parking, cycle provision and other amenities.
Mike McManus, Bellward Properties said: “We are delighted to have received Trafford’s approval to our proposed scheme. Our vision for the site has been two years in the making. I would like to thank our professional team for all of their hard work and effort on the scheme. We believe the development will serve to enhance the whole area.”
Tim Groom said: “Cornbrook has been a fantastic project for the Practice. It’s been a collaborative process and we have worked hard to design something that provides great places to live while bringing greenery and a huge amount of open space back to the site. We’ve created lots of opportunities for residents to meet and enjoy outdoor space as well as providing a good variety of homes that reactivate the existing streets. Back at the turn of the 20th century Cornbrook Works, a steel plant, was located at the centre of our site. We’ve drawn from this history in the materiality of the design with a simple and refined palette of brick and metal detailing.”
Euan Kellie Property Solutions (EKPS) provided planning advice.
Ellie Philcox of EKPS said: “The scheme will comprehensively regenerate a site that has long been earmarked for development on a key gateway site between Trafford and Manchester, and will make a significant contribution towards housing supply within the Borough. The scheme has been designed in such a way to improve pedestrian linkages to the Metrolink from the neighbouring existing residential areas and beyond.”
The full project team is:
Architect Tim Groom Architects
Planning Consultant Euan Kellie Property Solutions
Landscape Architect Layer Landscape Architecture
Transport SKTP
Structural Engineer Renaissance
M&E Futureserv
Ecology Penny Anderson Associates Ltd
Heritage Kathryn Sather & Associates
Rights of Light GIA
Crime Impact Statement Greater Manchester Police
Acoustic dBx
Air Quality Assessment Wardell Armstrong
Land Contamination LK Consult Limited
Viability Tim Claxton Property
Archaeology Kathryn Sather Associates Ltd
This news was published by The Business Desk and Insider.
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Puma pounces on expansion at Canada House, Chepstow Street, Manchester
OBI Property has announced sportswear giant Puma has agreed to increase its work space at Canada House, Chepstow Street, Manchester, M1 5FW by 3,500 sq ft. The company, which originally moved in to the building in 2007, will now occupy both the fifth and sixth floors – totalling 15,100 sq ft on a nine year lease.
Puma’s commitment to Canada House comes just a few weeks after work started on the £3 million transformation of the building by owners LJ Partnership.
George Haddo, LJ Partnership said: “I am thrilled Puma will be taking over the whole of the fifth and sixth floors in Canada House. We’ve discussed the refurbishment project with them at length and they are as excited about it as we are.”
Simon Venediger, finance director, Puma said: “We’ve enjoyed being in Canada House for the past seven years and we’re delighted about the work LJ Partnership and OBI Property are doing to transform the building. Once we’d seen the plans, we knew we wanted to stay and take the opportunity to expand our space.”
Andrew Cowell, transactions and asset management, OBI Property said: “To have a leading global sports brand such as Puma reaffirm its commitment and expansion in Canada House is fantastic news. Puma provides an amazing working environment for both its staff and clients and they are a great occupier to have within the building.
Puma occupies the fifth and sixth floors. Bannatyne’s gym and swimming pool operates from the basement and Historic England are amongst the existing tenants.
OBI Property is sole leasing agent on Canada House as well as providing project management for the transformation. Workspace are main contractors and Zerum provided planning advice.
The work at Canada House will complete in two phases, with a range of office suites to be completed by the end of the summer and the full project completed by the end of the year.
The building’s infrastructure is being upgraded while a new cycle park will be installed in the basement, with a café, meeting space and screening room added to the ground floor. The available office suites ranging from 250 sq ft to 9,200 sq ft on the first. second, third and fourth floors will be fully refurbished.
This news was published by The Business Desk.
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Ground and first floor extension planned for St James’s Tower
OBI Property has announced planning permission has been received from Manchester City Council to extend the ground and first floor of St James’s Tower, Charlotte Street, Manchester, M1 4DZ.
The ground and first floors will be extended to the back of the pavement line on Charlotte Street creating quality glazed retail/leisure units on the ground floor. The Grade A office space on the first floor will extended to provide a total net internal area of 14,941 sq ft.
Building owner British Airways Pension Fund has brought forward the expansion plans which retains the double height entrance to the reception on Charlotte Street outlining the position of the tower behind it and reflecting the historic street pattern through the site.
OBI Property is acting in an asset management capacity and is also projecting managing the construction works. Joe Weilding, building consultancy, OBI Property said: “We are pleased the new plans for St James’s Tower have been approved. The extension will provide a new street presence a building the size of St James’s Tower deserves, making a destination for new retail and leisure operators in the city centre and providing much needed Grade A office space over a large single floor plate.”
The expansion news follows JLT’s recent decision to commit to the building until 2031 in 26,000 sq ft across the 2nd and 3rd floors and an additional 17,750 sq ft of new office lettings completed over the past 12 months.
Diane Ellis, associate planner, Zerum said: “The extended ground and first floor of St James Tower will create a striking addition to Charlotte Street and pull the building forward to fully engage with the street, respecting the building’s context in the vibrant city centre.”
The extended ground and first floors will be constructed of full height high-quality curtain walling complimenting the existing building materials.
The project team comprises OBI Property, Zerum, AHR Architects, Clancy Consulting, Donald Insall Associates, REDS and Sandy Brown.
OBI Property and Savills are leasing agents on the building.
This news was published by Place North West.