RWE Npower has taken office space on the Priority Sites development at Esther Court in Ashington, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as a base for the project management team in charge of the proposed Blyth Power Station.

The energy supplier has signed a five-year agreement to rent 992 sq ft of two-storey accommodation on the grade A office development at Wansbeck Business Park.

Property agent for the scheme, GVA Lamb and Edge, handled the letting on behalf of Priority Sites. 

Tom Bailey from GVA Lamb and Edge comments: “Wansbeck Business Park is a great location for companies, offering a pleasant working environment which is convenient for all of Northumberland’s employment and commercial centres served by the main A189 trunk road. Particularly if the power station gets the go-ahead it will prove to be a prime base for companies involved in the development.

“There is nowhere else across the region where businesses can rent such high quality office space at £10 per sq ft, a good £4-£5 less than space closer to Newcastle. Purchase prices are also favourable at £99 per sq ft.”

Esther Court is one of a number of developments in the North East by regeneration specialist Priority Sites, which is a joint venture company between the Royal Bank of Scotland and English Partnerships.

To date, Priority Sites has built over 100,000 sq ft of industrial and office space on the Wansbeck Business Park over six years. The developer, which has recently celebrated its three million sq ft of development nationally, is currently embarking on a further North East programme in the east and west of Newcastle including a new media centre at the Ouseburn Valley and high technology units at Walker Riverside in Newcastle.

Adam Richardson, Priority Sites’ development manager comments: “Priority Sites is committed to delivering a development programme across the North East, working with local authorities and regeneration bodies to rejuvenate derelict land and turn former areas of market failure into commercially viable locations.”

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