Priority Sites - Mixed-Use Letting - Widnes, Cheshire

Date: 13 Aug 2008

OMG plumbing and heating Ltd has become the first occupier to move into Priority Sites' new, high specification business accommodation at Widnes Waterfront.

The plumbing and heating specialist, which has been established for over 20 years, has relocated from Bold Trading Estate, Widnes to occupy 3000 sq ft of flexible premises, which will aid the company's continued expansion.

Ged O'Mahony, Managing Director of OMG, who provide services to regional and national organisations within the public and private sectors, explains; "Since 2005 our expansion programme has really stepped up. Following the purchase of a respected, Manchester-based air conditioning company, Atmospheric Products Limited, we quickly outgrew our previous premises at Bold Trading Estate.

"As an expanding SME, we had a lengthy search to find new premises that would meet our requirements for generous warehousing facilities along with spacious, well appointed offices, from which to run our operation and hold client meetings. The brand new hybrid accommodation at Turnstone Business Park has really hit the mark and allowed us to operate our headquarters and warehouse all under one roof. The modern space also provides the flexibility we need for continued growth and development."

The Business Park, which comprises a total of 60,000 sq ft of hybrid and office accommodation, is proving very popular with the local market, as Murray Carr, Area Developer Management for Priority Sites, explains; "Since the scheme was completed in March of this year, 3 units are already under offer to a variety of companies.

"We have worked very hard, in conjunction with Halton council, to provide new business accommodation that responds successfully to current market demand. Our hallmark recipe of hybrid accommodation, which dedicates a generous 50% of the space to high quality offices and the remainder to warehousing, is the kind of flexibility business owners in the area are looking for."

Colin Cawley from the Eileen Bilton Partnership, the joint appointed agents for the scheme, adds: "We have received an encouraging number of enquiries for both the office and hybrid accommodation at the Business Park. Companies are keen to take advantage of the affordable, self-contained new business space and its location on the Waterfront, which is firmly on track to become a thriving new commercial centre for Widnes. "

Murray Carr, Area Development Manager of Priority Sites and Ged O'Mahony, Managing Director of OMG