Plans unveiled for development set to create 700 jobs
Detailed plans for the first phase of a new £38 million development set to create 700 jobs has been unveiled.
Liberty Property Trust and Stoford Developments have unveiled the first phase of the industrial and logistics development Liberty Park, based in Lichfield.
Liberty Park was launched to an audience of 60 property professionals from the region’s industrial real estate market at the Tattu restaurant and bar in Birmingham City Centre last week.
Work has started on two speculative buildings at the 30-acre site, adjacent to the A38 in Lichfield, that will provide 115,000 sq ft and 48,000 sq ft of Grade A industrial/logistics accommodation.
The new units - L115 and L48 – will have 230 combined car parking spaces, and 17 lorry spaces.
Liberty Park is located next to Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station. Development partners, Liberty Property Trust and Stoford Developments expect to complete construction of the two units at Liberty Park, Lichfield in October 2019.
Andrew Blevins, managing director of Liberty Property Trust’s UK operation, said: “Liberty Park, Lichfield is an exciting opportunity providing quality industrial and logistics accommodation in a superior A38 location, which is already proving attractive to occupiers.”
Tony Nash, director of Stoford Developments, said: “We are delighted to see work start on this major employment project and are looking forward to completing another successful development."
Liberty Park has planning consent for around 441,000 sq ft, including units from 40,000 sq ft to 310,000 sq ft.
Major improvements have already been made to site access and infrastructure, including new car parking facilities and the replacement of a road bridge over the West Coast Main Line.
Liberty Park, Lichfield, has been backed by £4m funding through the Government’s Growth Deal and was the first such project to get underway in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
The funding is part of an £128million package of major Growth Deal projects being delivered across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire by the local enterprise partnership.
For more details, visit libertyparklichfield.com
