WELCOME TO THE FURNESS BUSINESS PROPERTY MARKET
Furness has some really outstanding, cost effective business sites available for growing and expanding firms. Barrow, the largest town, is identified in NW of England Regional Planning Guidance as a centre earmarked for growth. The only other place in Cumbria to feature as a centre for growth is Carlisle.
See our newest Business park site at www.waterfrontbarrowbp.com. This is the "Britains Energy Coast" business park on The Waterfront Barrow in Furness
Industrial land in Furness is very competitively priced at £180 -240,000 per hectare (£100,000 per acre).Comparable maximum prices in the NW are:
- Bolton - £600,000
- Manchester - £690,000
- Trafford - £800,000
- Rochdale - £550,000
- Wigan - £450,000
- Blackburn - £570,000
- Lancaster - £675,000
- Preston - £750,000
- Birkenhead - £250,000
- Liverpool - £340,000
- Stockport - £600,000
- Warrington - £540,000
- Kendal - £625,000
- Carlisle - £450,000
(Source: Valuation Office (January 2009) Industrial Land, NW England Land Report)
Download a list of available sites and buildings in Furness: 2010 MODERN BUSINESS sites and PREMISES AVAILABILITY summary here [pdf]
What will it cost me to buy land for business development ?
Serviced business park land costs are £100,000 or less per acre whereever you look in Furness. The main site is The Waterfront Business Park http://www.waterfrontbarrowbp.com. Plots are ready for use now. By comparison land elsewhere in Cumbria is much more expensive.
What will it cost me to or rent workshop or factory premises ?
£4.50/ft² (£40.00/m²) for modern space. £2.75/ft² (£27.5/m²) for older larger units. The newest in Barrow are at Furness Business Park provided by Barrow Borough Council
What will it cost me to rent office premises ?
£8.00/ft² (£60.00/m²) to £12.60/ft² for new offices in town centres or on Business Parks. In Barrow Emlyn Hughes House is the main office block with floors available to lease.
Where are the best locations in Furness for expanding businesses?
Most businesses are located in Barrow and in Ulverston. The newest development sites in Barrow are:
Barrow's main business parks in at:
- Park Road West
- Park Road – Sandscale Park*
- Park Road – Sowerby Woods*
- Port of Barrow, owned by Associated British Ports PLC
- Rampside Energy Park, owned by Centrica Energy
Note: * sites in public sector ownership.
Ulverston's main business parks in at:
- Low Mill Business Park(Phase 2)*
- Canal Head and North Lonsdale Road
- Daltongate*
Note: * sites in public sector ownership.
A small number of sites and premises of 1,000ft² upwards are also available in Dalton, and the villages of South Cumbria.
Business rates in Barrow-in-Furness are currently £0.437 in the £1.
Waterside House Business Centre www.watersidebusinesspark.com is the newest managed enterprise and business centre.
Low Mill Business Park in Ulverston is the main site of new development along with Cross Lane.
In Dalton a new site is being developed at Crooklands.
Emlyn Hughes House (above right) is Barrow's newest prestige office complex. 3,500 sq ft of space is aavailable on each of two floors.
Pheonix Business Centre www.phoenixbusinesscentre.co.uk/ at Furness Business Park offers an alternative. For incoming or existing companies thinking of expanding and individuals starting up a business in Furness there is a choice of sidiscretionary financial assistance available because the locality is a special UK Assisted Area.
If you are searching for a home to live in too you can see what is available with local estate agents by going to www.barrow.furness.co.uk or you can look in Wednesday night's Northwest Evening Mail property supplement's pages.
Property Agents dealing with industrial and commercial sites and buildings:
Carigiet Cowen, Trish Winder,
Suite 2, Telford House, Riverside, Warwick Road, Carlisle CA1 2BT
Tel No: 01228 544733
Fax: 01228 520294
Website: www.carigietcowan.co.uk
Dunlop Heywood Lorenz Limited.
Unit 20, Lillyhall Business Centre, Jubilee Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4HA.
Tel No: 01900 870884.
Email: csp@dhlproperty.co.uk
Peill & Co
19 Castle Hill, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1YN
Tel No: 01524 841230.
Email: lancaster@peill.co.uk Poole Townsend.
65-75 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1RP.
Tel No: 01229 811811.
Email: mail@pooletownsend.co.uk
Website: http://www.peill.com/
Poole Townsend.
66 Market Street, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA15 8AA.
Tel No: 01229 467565.
Email: mail@pooletownsend.co.uk
Resource Marketing - Mr George Colquhoun
Resource Marketing, Double Tree Court. Cavendish Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AD.
Tel No: 01229 400203.
Robert Pinkus & Co. Marcus Walsh,
Riversway Business Village, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2YP.
Tel No: 01772 769000.
Email: marcus@pinkus.co.uk
Ross Estate Agents.
25 King Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7DZ.
Tel No: 01229 582889.
Email: ross2@callnetuk.com
Whittle Jones NW. Joyce Westwell,
Lynton House, Ackhurst Park, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1NY.
Tel No: 01257 238666.
Email:westwellj@lyntonhouse.com
