Interest high in new Copley Valley space

The four new industrial units of 31,500 sq ft (2,878 sq m), 22,000 sq ft (2,044 sq m), 16,250 sq ft (1,510 sq m) and 9,000 sq ft (836 sq m) will provide much needed high quality new business space.

Calderdale Council is working with its partner, Genr8 Developments, to deliver the Sowerby Bridge Copley Valley regeneration scheme. Genr8 has appointed Elland-based Commercial Development Projects Limited to deliver the employment space element of the mixed use project.

Following a marketing campaign, demand for the proposed new units has been high and Commercial Development Projects and sole letting agents Walker Singleton report negotiations are at an advanced stage for the sale of the two largest industrial units to substantial local companies with healthy interest in the remainder of the space.

Construction of the new units is scheduled to start immediately after Easter 2016, and the first units will be completed and ready for occupation in late 2016.

Next year will also see the commencement of the residential element of the scheme with Genr8’s selected delivery partner Taylor Wimpey due to start building new homes from January 2016, with the first units scheduled to be completed in early summer.

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the Yorkshire and Humber region part-funded elements of the site’s new infrastructure including the recently completed new highway linking Hollas Lane with Holmes Road. To acknowledge this support a special plaque was unveiled on site.

Calderdale Council’s Cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, Coun Barry Collins, said: “The industrial units in this scheme bring exciting new opportunities to house Calderdale’s growing firms and attract new businesses.

“This will help to boost our economy by creating jobs for local people and attracting inward investment.”