• Office scheme will help businesses keen to be green

England’s leading regeneration specialist, Priority Sites, has submitted plans for a speculative office scheme that is set to create up to 280 new jobs when the scheme reaches fruition and which will boast excellent ‘green’ credentials.

The £11 million Senate Business Park development, located on Bridle Road, Bootle, will comprise 80,000 sq ft of new, high quality office space. When completed, a range of small office suits will sit alongside a larger 27,000 sq ft building, located at the gateway to the park. The larger premises will be ideally positioned to form prestigious, headquarter office space.

The scheme, which will be located just one mile from the M57 and a quarter of a mile from Aintree, will incorporate 10% on site renewable energy through the use of ground source heat pumps. Together with other energy efficient design and build, Priority Sites hope to achieve an ‘excellent’ BREEAM* rating for the new office buildings, the highest environmental rating according to the industry assessment method.

John Boanas, development director for Priority Sites, comments; “We are highly committed to providing the business community with top quality, commercial space that will not only help the area to prosper but will also help businesses to make a very positive contribution to improving the environment.”

Priority Sites, who will work closely with InvestSefton and Sefton Council to realise the new scheme, are no strangers to Bootle. The developer has already started work on the nearby Priority Sites Business Park. The £14 million development is the national developer’s largest scheme yet, and will comprise 155,000 sq ft of quality industrial and hybrid accommodation. The scheme, which is due for completion next spring, marks a new generation in greener development for the company, incorporating several wind turbines which will provide 10% of the schemes energy supply.

Murray Carr, North West area development manager for Priority Sites, adds; “There is a strong demand for high quality commercial premises in the Bootle area. Over the years, we have worked very closely with investSefton and the council to help meet this demand. We are looking forward to bringing further commercial space to the Sefton market at Senate Business Park, to complement our existing offering in the area. “

In the past year, Priority Sites, which has just reached its 3 million sq ft of commercial development, has completed 150,000 sq ft of commercial floor space in the Merseyside area, creating 400 jobs. The company is currently active on 12 sites across Merseyside, including Brookfield Business Park, Fazakerley; Turnstone Business Park, Widnes Waterfront and Priority Sites Business Park, Bootle - bringing forward a total of 650,000 sq ft of commercial premises, which will create up to 1250 jobs when fully occupied.

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