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Yorkshire Catering Equipment, a long established specialist in supplying and installing commercial catering equipment have relocated onto Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate from Batley. Their new home being Units R1 & R2 comprise approx 18,000 sq. ft with HQ style offices.

Ian Greenwood, at Carter Towler in Leeds comments: “We are delighted to welcome Yorkshire Catering Equipment onto Gildersome Spur after many months of negotiations. YCE needed to upgrade from their existing premises in Batley and their new premises with their HQ style offices certainly provides an impressive client facing image.”

Designer and manufacturer of bespoke exhibition stands, Sharman Shaw has continued to grow as a business and have subsequently taken further warehouse accommodation at Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate. Sharman Shaw’s original premises provide approx 17,000 sq. ft of production, manufacturing and storage space with ancillary office accommodation. As a result of continued growth Sharman Shaw then expanded and took on an additional 10,000 sq. ft for further warehousing in 2008 and in 2012 they have grown yet again and moved into Unit A1, another 8,000 sq. ft.

Richard Walters, at Orchard Street Investments comments: “This transaction perfectly demonstrates our willingness to work with existing occupiers to enable them to grow as a business on this estate. Sharman Shaw continue to flourish as a business and we are delighted that they have grown into their third building on the estate.”

National Polish food wholesaler MSM Foods have relocated their business from Normanton into bigger premises at Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate. MSM foods have moved into Unit G3 which provides circa 10,000 sq. ft of warehousing accommodation.

Jacques Esterhuizen, at DTZ comments: “Once again Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate has proved to be a location of choice for occupiers in Leeds / West Yorkshire. The access that Gildersome Spur provides to the regional motorway network and the major conurbations was exactly the reason why MSM Foods chose Gildersome Spur for their Yorkshire depot”.

A full refurbishment of the 4 vacant properties at Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate have just been completed at a cost of over £300,000 by GL Hearn. The 4 units range in size from 8,000 sq. ft up to 21,000 sq. ft and total approximately 54,000 sq. ft.

The tenant leases for Units A1, H1/H2, M and G3 had come to an end and some of the units were deemed in a state of disrepair. GL Hearn was appointed to carry out a dilapidation evaluation and were subsequently instructed to undertake the repair and refurbishment works on site in order to prepare the units to be placed back onto the market by the start of 2012.

Gregg Iredale, Building Consultancy Director for GL Hearn, commented: “Before moving to GL Hearn, I managed Gildersome Spur Industrial Estate in a building consultancy capacity for six years and I am pleased to be able to continue this relationship as Building Consultancy Director for GL Hearn. The vacant units now offer 4 high quality warehouse / industrial buildings, which we are confident will stand out from the competition.”