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Multi Million Pound Speculative Development at Birch Coppice

A huge distribution unit covering an area of almost seven football pitches under construction at Birch Coppice Business Park takes the built environment of phase one to over 1.8 million sq ft (167,220 m2) with only three development plots remaining available.

This latest investment of around £11.8 million is in two speculative built industrial schemes of 256,000 sq ft (23,782m2) and 55,000 sq ft (5,109 m2) of high quality specification at the 400 acre (161 ha) site which sits alongside junction 10 of the M42 motorway near Tamworth.

The larger of the two units has 20 dock levellers and four level access service doors; a service area with 78 ft (24m)  turning circle and  parking for up to 250 car and up to 27 HGV’’s. Office accommodation is 3,000  sq ft (278 m2) and 12,000 sq ft (1,114 m2) respectively. Specification of both units includes the facility of a drivers amenity block.

Earlier this year the former coal mining community of Dordon celebrated with the news that the business park resulting from the regeneration of Birch Coppice colliery site had created more jobs than were originally employed at the mine which closed in 1987. In the peak of coal production Birch Coppice employed a workforce of 1,000 of which 780 worked underground.

The Birch Coppice of today which shows little of its former brown field heritage is home to several leading logistics companies such UPS, and CVA (formerly TNT).

Roadways Container Logistics handles eight container freight trains per day through    Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) which opened for deep sea container traffic from Southampton and Thamesport docks last year.

Birmingham based property agents  Eagleton and Company is marketing the 55,000 sq ft unit at £6.25 per sq ft which is due for completion in October this year  and the 256,000 sq ft unit due for completion in March 2008 at  £5.75 per sq ft.

For more information contact:
Mike Eagleton, Eagleton and Company
0121 236 1636