£13m New Coventry Office Scheme Unveiled

Online, May 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Business leaders have been given a preview into a new office park in Coventry. Whitley Business Park is a £13 million scheme spanning 93 acres, adjacent to Jaguar's research and development centre, and situated just off the A45.

Around 30 businesses attended a Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at Whitley Business Park and learned how the site could become home to 2,000 new jobs.

Mark Watkins, of developer St Modwen, outlined its plans the scheme, which will eventually comprise 1.1 million sq ft of top quality Coventry office and industrial space, together with a new link to the A45/A46 junction. Work on the first phase - Lakeside - which features six buildings of between 2,979sq ft and 25,960 sq ft, is now completed with companies already moved into the development.

Watkins said: "Whitley Business Park has quickly established a reputation as a high calibre commercial property scheme, and we are proud to welcome the Chamber of Commerce along to outline the part the business park will play in Coventry's economic development and the city's future growth as a thriving destination for business."

Amrik Bhabra, chair of the Coventry branch of the Chamber, said that Whitley Business Park was key to the future commercial growth of the city.

"I think everyone was excited by what they heard and saw. Not many people had visited the site before and it was interesting to learn just how big the finished development will be and what a crucial role it can play in the city's future.

"The city needs developments like Whitley Business Park to help attract new companies as well as accommodating expanding companies who want to stay in the city."