Joinery specialist Howdens is the first tenant at Allenby Commercial’s new Trade Yard business site in Barton.
Allenby has three more units at the same site, where it believes there could be the potential for up to 50 jobs, and is planning another at Immingham, which already has planing permission for six units.
Charlie Allenby, Business Development Director at Allenby Commercial, said: “We do a lot to support local communities and we gave one of the units at Barton for Cash for Kids to use as a seasonal headquarters for their Mission Christmas campaign.
“That project has come to an end and our focus now is on dealing with the interest which the development has generated, particularly following the arrival of Howdens as the first tenant.”
Howdens, which marks its 30th anniversary this year and now has more than 800 depots across the UK and Europe, has taken the largest unit of about 9,000 square feet at The Trade Yard at Falkland Way in Barton. The remaining four units offer 3,400 square feet each and are also capable of inter-connecting to offer up to 13,600 square feet of space.
A spokesperson for Howdens said: “We have been looking for the right location in Barton-Upon-Humber for a few years now and we are very pleased to be open at Falkland Way as part of our national expansion programme.”
The Trade Yard Immingham will offer units in Hall Park Road from 2,750 to 13,00 square feet and will again be aimed at the trade counter sector locally and nationally, continuing a strategy which was launched by the Hull-based developer in 2015 and which is in demand on both sides of the Humber.
Charlie added: “The Trade Yard sites at Beverley, Scunthorpe and Willerby are all full and the success of those gave us the confidence to develop the site in Barton and to move forward at Immingham.
“It is clear that the demand is there for The Trade Yard concept, tailored to meet the needs of the trade counter sector and which has attracted many national brands as well as some local businesses. Typically The Trade Yard tenants are creating as many as ten jobs with every move and our commitment is to continue investing to help them start trading and grow.”
Jordan Stokes, Surveyor at PPH Commercial Chartered Surveyors and Commercial Property Consultants, said: “The Trade Yard is the only speculative industrial development taking place at the moment and the shortage of availability is clearly a factor behind the increase in enquiries. It’s an opportunity for trade, warehouse and light industrial businesses to improve on the accommodation they have at the moment and it might also appeal to inward investors, as has happened at other Trade Yard locations.”
