Business Park Expansion Begins
Written by HFM News on 28th February 2019
Construction has begun on the major expansion of a business park in Market Harborough – which is expected to create more than 200 jobs.
Leicestershire County Council is spending £5.2m on the development, on land at Airfield Business Park, adjacent to the Harborough Innovation Centre off Leicester Road, which will offer a range of industrial units, warehouses and offices once complete.
The site
Council cabinet member Blake Pain spoke to Hfm’s Nick Shaw at a ground-breaking ceremony at the site:
Construction company J Tomlinson has been selected to build it, with the first phase of industrial units and warehouses – set to be up by November.
The Council made the investment from its capital programme, which is funded by proceeds of land and building sales, and government grants.
Jon Bennett, head of strategic property for the county council, Cllr Blake Pain and Darroch Baker, construction managing director at J Tomlinson
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