Peel Ports brings Bridgewater to the market
Peel Ports Group is taking the next step to enhance port centric logistics at the UKs Ellesmere Port by appointing two local real estate agents to market the former Bridgewater paper mill site.
Jones Lang LaSalle and B8 Real Estate will market the 75 acre brownfield site, which is to be developed into a multimodal port hub – part of Peel Ports’ plans to capitalise on the UK’s major transport connections.
Richard Evans, industrial and logistics director, Jones Lang LaSalle, said: “The site has the potential to change the way that the UK’s occupiers think about logistics. We have the ability to deliver a 75 acre site, with excellent road, rail and water access linked back to Liverpool2. UK logistics is changing and this site will be at the forefront of that change.”
An existing operating berth on the Manchester Ship Canal connects the site directly to the Port of Liverpool via Peel Ports’ container shuttle service, and the rail network is easily accessed with an on-site branch line.
“The former Bridgewater paper mill site responds to the need for large building footprints and is linked back to the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool2 – the post-Panamax deep water terminal currently under construction in the River Mersey,” added Tom Davis, partner, B8 Real Estate. “The Liverpool2 terminal will double container capacity at the port when it opens for business in 2015.”
The new Port Bridgewater will allow for over 1,000,000 sq ft of multi modal storage space and will open up access to new worldwide markets.
This development is a large part of Peel Ports’ wider development plans for the Port of Liverpool and Manchester Ship Canal, which include a number of multimodal port hub developments.
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