Crowing King's Norton

SEGRO’s King’s Norton Business Centre has proved that a well managed business park will pull in the tenants.

This year has seen a steady stream of new occupiers. Recent growth in business has prompted Sterling Technical Engineering to consolidate its three existing locations into one unit. Similarly, a growth of business has sent Mechatronic Solutions, a civil and structural engineering practice, into a larger unit at the park.

SEGRO’s Jane Leedham said: “We have invested in making the centre a pleasant and secure place to work and we’re confident that we provide the premium business space in south Birmingham.”

Astellas buys in Chertsey

Astellas Pharma Europe, which is currently based in Staines, has bought the 9,303 sq.metres building in Hillswood Business Park, Chertsey, from Electronic Arts. Advised by Knight Frank, (DTZ for Electronic Arts), Astellas paid £16 million for the Sir Norman Foster designed building, which is set in landscaped grounds of 7.54 acres and with an adjacent development site of 6.13 acres. Hillswood consists of three headquarter buildings, the other two let to Samsung and Regus. At the moment Astellas occupies three properties in Staines so it will refurbish Building 2000 at Hillswood before moving in mid 2012.

Milton Park's purple patch

MEPC’s Milton Park, one of the UK’s largest science and business estates, is having a purple patch with a host of new companies and its new status as an enterprise zone. In a one month period in the summer the innovation centre on the estate attracted eight new companies while three organisations relocated within the centre and a further three graduated to other premises. James Dipple of MEPC said: “Start up businesses are given support to succeed and expand to other offices on the estate.” The estate has become part of the Science Vale Gateway Enterprise Zone which is now within the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Zone. Ansys, an engineering software company, is one of the growing companies at Milton Park and it has now expanded its facility to 1,134 sq.m. (12,203 sq.ft.).

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