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Leading South Manchester commercial property developers OrbitDevelopments have announced a significant take up in the officemarket in the Macclesfield area following a stream of considerableactivity over the past 12-18 months.
Orbit Developments are the landlord and developer of thewell-known Tytherington Business Park located on the Silk Roadwhich was occupied by pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca who were in75,000 sq ft of office space. Following the economic downturn,Astra Zeneca consolidated moving to Alderley Park, leaving a voidat Orbit’s business park.
The landlord has since let close to 50,000 sq ft of office spacewithin their Macclesfield office portfolio both at TytheringtonBusiness Park and Lyme Green Business Park to both existingcustomers who have expanded and to new business. Customers rangefrom start-up businesses consisting of 1 – 4 people to businesseswith over 190 offices worldwide.
Recent existing customers who have expanded within Orbit’sMacclesfield portfolio include; top retail marketing agency -Momentum Instore who have relocated from Handforth Dean toTytherington Business Park and have taken 8,500 sq ft of officespace on a 10 year deal; the UK’s leading supplier of drainageservices – Metrorod who have taken an additional 14,000 sq ft andlongstanding customer Bodycote plc who have expanded head count andhave relocated staff to their Tytherington base making arequirement for an additional 3,200 sq ft of space.
New customers to the portfolio include; Uniscan Instruments whohave taken 3,000 sq ft of office space after relocating from themarket town of Buxton and Clothing Sites, who specialise in onlinepremium menswear, have taken 2,000 sq ft of office space makingPinewood Court located on the business park fully let.
Dr Graham Johnson, Managing Director of Uniscan Instrumentscommented: “After 27 years in our previous owned facility, our moveto Tytherington Business Parkwas quite a daunting prospect. From first contact through to movingin Orbit have been a pleasure to deal with, and made the task asstraightforward as we could possibly have hoped. We are nowenjoying our new premises and surroundings with the confidence thatthe Orbit team are there supporting us in the background, allowingus to get on with growing our business.”
Winterton House located on close by Lyme Green Business Park,have seen long standing customer Car Loans 4U – the UK’s No.1online car finance specialist, take an additional 3,500 sq ftwithin the building, making the it fully let. The online carfinance specialist has expanded their business on four occasionssince they first took occupation in 2006, bringing their totaloccupation up to 12,433 sq ft.
Tony Jones, Managing Director of Orbit Developments commented:”Take up within the Macclesfield market has really picked up overthe past 12-18 months. The market is a lot more buoyant and thishas seen not only new customers locate to our Macclesfieldproperties but existing customers expanding now that confidence isback and business has picked up. As supporters of variousinitiatives in the community such as Make it Macclesfield and TheBarnaby Festival, it’s great to see a buzz being injected back intothe town”.
He went onto say: “What’s more we are proud to have retained ourcustomers over the years accommodating their expansion requirementsand supporting their growth along the way providing hassle free,office moves and affordable lease agreements. Greenway Houselocated on Tytherington Business Park is the only remainingbuilding left available to let and we look forward to getting thebusiness park fully occupied over the coming months”.
