The former site of the Rolls-Royce engine factory at Hillington Park is set to become a 'hub of industry again' as a major £14m redevelopment project begins construction.
It is claimed the 132,774 sq ft development, which sits on a site of over six acres, will help meet increasing demand from the industrial sector for modern commercial units.
It is the biggest speculative new build scheme on Scotland’s largest industrial estate in over 25 years and is part of Frasers Property UK’s continued investment in the estate.
Frasers Property UK purchased the majority of the estate in 2017.
Hillington Park, which is already home to over 500 organisations employing over 8,000 people, is two minutes from the M8 motorway, seven miles west of Glasgow’s city centre and three miles from Glasgow International Airport.
Regular bus services operate on the park and two mainline train stations provide direct links to Glasgow.
The new Hillington West 100 & 200 development will see 13 new units with large secure yards ranging from 5,093 sq ft to 25,467 sq ft completed and available to the market by the first quarter of 2022. Scottish construction company Muir Construction has been awarded the project.
The design specification and construction of the scheme is targeting a BREEAM Very Good’ sustainability accreditation. As well as remediating historic ground contamination, each unit will benefit from low-energy and water-efficient fittings, air source heat pumps for heating and cooling, and Electric Vehicle chargers.
The development will see up to 70 construction workers across all trades on site at any one time and over 200 jobs will be expected to be added to the Hillington Park workforce when the new development is fully occupied.
Grant Edmondson, commercial director at Hillington Park said: “The Hillington West 100 & 200 development is a substantial commitment to Hillington Park and the Glasgow industrial market by Frasers Property. It will deliver modern industrial accommodation built to high-quality sustainable specifications that occupiers are seeking.
“The site of the new development has a rich industrial heritage going back as far as 1939 when Rolls-Royce began manufacturing the Merlin aircraft engines for the likes of the Spitfire. Vacant for over 15 years, we are delighted now to be breathing new life into the estate and investing in a new industrial zone aimed at the modern manufacturing, last mile logistics, engineering and construction services sectors.
“We know the market lacks a supply of high quality, modern premises with large, secure yards. With Hillington Park’s central location in the heart of Scotland’s busiest commercial region, we anticipate strong demand. This is the first phase with scope to offer a further 360,000 sq ft of new industrial development in the new Hillington West zone over the next few years.”
Current occupiers at Hillington Park operate in a wide range of sectors including transport & last mile logistics, automotive, construction services, manufacturing, engineering, retail, technology and the public sector.
Edinburgh office market ‘robust’
DEMAND for office space has remained “robust” in Edinburgh despite people continuing to work at home, property agent Knight Frank has said.
Andrew Dobbie: Flexible working is no longer a ‘nice to have’ – it is now a ‘must have’
OPINION: If we rewind to pre-pandemic, the phrase ‘flexible working’ was mainly reserved for a lucky few on seldom occasion.
Sign up
You can now have the new enhanced bulletin with the top business news stories sent direct to your email inbox twice-daily, and Business Week for the weekly round-up on Sunday, by clicking below:
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here