WELCOME TO THE FURNESS BUSINESS PROPERTY MARKET

Furness Enterprise provides businesses with a comprehensive service to help firms of all sizes find suitable sites and premises in SW Cumbria.Furness has some really outstanding, cost effective business sites available for growing and expanding firms.

Fully serviced land typically costs 75,000 to 100,000 per acre depending on location.

Download a list of available sites and buildings in Furness here

The prime location is The Waterfront Business Park- a 60 acre area.

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See  The Waterfront, Barrow in Furness at www.waterfrontbarrowbp.com. It is the gateway to "Britain's Energy Coast" Business Park.

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:

• The Waterfront Business Park* see the site, click here http://waterfrontbarrowbp.com.
• Furness Business Park* 

Barrow's other main business parks are 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 are at:

• Low Mill Business Park(Phase 2)*
• Canal Head
• North Lonsdale Road
• Daltongate*
  Note: * sites in public sector ownership.

A number of small sites and premises of 1,000ft2 upwards are also available in Dalton, and the villages of South Cumbria.  

We also operate and manage two business centres in Barrow, as follows;

Waterside House
Phoenix Business Centre

At Waterside House offices are hoccupied by tenants under licence arrangements the details of which can be supplied on request.

Office, Factory and workshop space is available for new companies and expanding businesses.

What will workshop or factory premises cost me to rent?

3.75 - 4.75/ft (40.00/m) for modern space.  2.75/ft (27.5/m) for older larger units. The newest industrial units in Barrow are located at Furness Business Park for lease by Barrow Borough Council.

What will office premises cost me to rent?

8.00/ft (60.00/m) to 12.60/ft 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 at 10/ft²

Managed Business Centres in Barrow in Furness

Waterside House Business Centre  www.watersidebusinesspark.com is the newest managed enterprise and business centre.

It offers up to 24 offices. we at Waterside House can ensure that your establishment here is fast, efficient and friendly.

It is complemented by Phoenix Business Centre 

Pheonix Business Centre  www.phoenixbusinesscentre.co.uk/   Barrow's Phoenix Business Centre, situated at Furness Business Park, offers companies serviced, furnished office space accessible 24 hours a day/365 days a year from as little as 315/month for a 2 person 143.16ft² office to 710/month for a 351.66ft² space.

 Phoenix Business Centre complements the Waterside House Business Centre at Bridge Approach, Barrow in Furness.

To find out more about available space at Phoenix Business Centre please call 01229 840240 and for Waterside House please call Liz Gawne on 01229 841340.

Trinity Enterprise Centre at Furness Business Park is the largest managed business centre in Furness.

This has only four units vacant of 440,502,508,503ft2 out of 54 units within the building.it has since 1993 been the area's most popular business centre.

For space call 01229 430777

Craven House Michaelson Road Barrow caters for office users needing 4,000ft2 upwards

College House off Duke Street, Barrow caters for a similar market .

Furness Gate has a lettable area of 13,200ft2 on three floors at the Furness Business Park and is owned by Northern Trust.There are eight offices varying in size from 660ft2 to 4630ft2

Victoria Halls offers smaller offices from Rawlinson Street Barrow

Dalton Gate  owned by Northern Trust offers attractive office space on the southern edge of Ulverston

Low Mill Business Park in Ulverston is the main site of new development along with Cross Lane.

In Dalton a new site has been fully let at 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.

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:

Corrie & Co, David Corrie  68-70 Duke Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 1RX  Tel: 01229 825333 Email: info@corrieandco.co.uk

Hyde Harrington, Paul Evans 4 New Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4AY Tel No: 015397 40500 Email: paulevans@hydeharrington.co.uk

Carigiet Cowen, Trish Winder, Suite 2, Telford House, Riverside, Warwick Road, Carlisle CA1 2BT  Tel No: 01228 544733 Fax: 01228 520294Website: 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  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

NPS NW Ltd South Lakeland, Peter Knapton Aynam Mills, Little Aynam, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7AH.
Tel No: 01539 797431 Email: Peter.Knapton@nps.co.uk

Comparable maximum land prices in the NW are:

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• 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 Agency (January 2010) Industrial Land, NW England Land Report)