A £90 million project, Merchant Park is a 65-acre development at Aycliffe Business Park
A £90 million project, Merchant Park is a 65-acre development at Aycliffe Business Park on J59 of the A1(M). Home to one of the largest inward investment manufacturing developments in recent years, the 30-acre Hitachi Rail Europe train manufacturing facility which opened in September 2015. The location was selected by Hitachi from an initial shortlist of 42 sites following a UK wide search.
Key Features
Size: 10.12 hectares
Proposed master plan output: Industrial units up to 350,000 square feet
Site owner/partner: Merchant Anglo
Site requirements: Occupiers
Merchant Park, Newton Aycliffe
A £90 million project, Merchant Park is a 65-acre development at Aycliffe Business Park on J59 of the A1(M). Home to one of the largest inward investment manufacturing developments in recent years, the 30-acre Hitachi Rail Europe train manufacturing facility which opened in September 2015. The location was selected by Hitachi from an initial shortlist of 42 sites following a UK wide search.
Merchant Park has development plots extending to 25-acres (10.12 hectares), which will accommodate new buildings up to 350,000 square feet.
Serviced plots are immediately available. Sustainable design and build solutions to meet occupier requirements for industrial, warehouse, office and other uses can be provided cost effectively and quickly. Bespoke buildings can be provided up to 11 metre eaves height, allowing up to 70% area savings on traditional warehouse buildings.
Plot 1 – A 12-acre site to accommodate units of 50,000 square feet to 350,000 square feet.
Available as bespoke pre-lets or freehold turnkey packages. Located within a landscaped plot overlooking a lake and Hitachi’s UK train factory.
Plot 2 – Known as Station Place is now complete, with ten new industrial starter units totalling 50,000 square feet, in individual sizes upwards of 3,500 square feet.
Plot 3 – A 13-acre fully serviced site to accommodate manufacturing units from 150,000 square feet to 315,000 square feet.
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