Published Friday 27 September 2024 at 15:07
Council leaders have welcomed news that work has started on the second phase of a £10m business park in Blackburn.
Phase one saw Roundhouse build 14 units on the Momentum site off Haslingden Road in Shadsworth – one of the Council’s major growth corridors.
Many have already sold, and work is now well underway on phase two.
When the site is completed, 68 new commercial units will provide 24,000 sq ft of commercial space on the 1.56-hectare site.
Managing director of Roundhouse Properties, Jeremy Lefton, said:
Following the election, we’ve already seen a marked increase in interest in the next phase as Shadsworth provides occupiers with excellent access to the motorway network complemented by well-established business parks and leisure outlets around the scheme.
The model we have developed has proved very attractive to SMEs, especially start-ups that need flexible space to grow their operations, which help boost the local economy.
Councillor Quesir Mahmood, Deputy Leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council and Executive Member for Growth and Development, added:
Blackburn with Darwen is well known for its strong entrepreneurial spirit, which makes schemes like this, with a focus on business start-ups and SMEs, incredibly important.
We always welcome investment in our borough and very much support it, and it’s fantastic to see the success of the first phase of this scheme, with almost all the units already sold.
The fact that they have so quickly progressed to the second phase is a great show of private investor confidence in our borough.
This scheme is in the perfect location too – a key growth corridor for us – with more than £30m of new investment planned in the transport links in that area, including the widening of Junction 5 of the M65 and improved active travel routes.
We look forward to seeing this Roundhouse scheme develop and the businesses there thrive.
The site, opposite Shadsworth Business Park, overlooks Guide Reservoir.
It’s accessed off Haslingden Road, close to Junction 5 of the M65, and includes provision for 193 parking spaces, motorcycle parking and cycle storage.
The Shadsworth site will be the fourth Momentum project and follows previous developments in Preston and Buckshaw Village, near Chorley.
Evolve Architectural Design drew up for the scheme and De Pol Associates acted as planning consultant. Danny Pinkus at Pinkus & Co. and Neil Weaver of Taylor Weaver have been appointed as joint agents for the scheme.