Ask Real Estate (Ask) has acquired the final 7.8-acre development plot at Manchester Business Park from ARC for an undisclosed price.
The developer intends to deliver circa 114,000 sq ft of last-mile logistics space across nine units ranging from 6,700 sq ft to 21,646 sq ft.
The units have been designed to be net zero in operation and to achieve BREEAM Excellent and EPC A ratings.
Ask will undertake a public consultation on its plans this autumn and intends to submit a planning application for the development in Q4.
John Hughes, managing director of Ask, said: “Manchester Business Park is in a highly prominent location, within Manchester Airport’s strategic employment site and the thriving North West ecosystem of technology, manufacturing, distribution and digital businesses. This is a prime location for developing high quality logistics and industrial facilities which will have exemplary sustainability credentials and superb connectivity through the airport and adjacent motorway networks.
“The south Manchester market is under supplied, particularly in the small to mid-sized sector of the logistics market. These new facilities will deliver much-needed space to complement the tech and R&D spaces being developed at MIX MANCHESTER.”
