Speculative industrial unit being brought forward by Potter Space

Potter Space, which owns and operates five business parks across the UK, has begun work on a speculative 17,445 sq ft industrial unit on its Ripon site.The building of Unit 53 was said to be in response to the increased demand for industrial units of this size, with its construction brought forward following the early pre-let of Unit 24, a 4,000 sq ft unit, completed in July and now occupied by Recycled Asphalt Products.The new unit will follow a similar build strategy and specification to Unit 52, Potter Space’s first carbon neutral building.Externally there will be facilities such as picnic areas, to mirror similar facilities around the business park.Jenna Strover, head of commercial delivery at Potter Space, will be working with the company’s construction manager, John Royle, to oversee the build which is due to be completed in spring 2022.Fox Lloyd Jones and Gent Visick have been appointed joint property agents for the unit.Working alongside the in-house team as consultants are; architect, mechanical and electrical engineer, WPL Consulting; designers and health and safety specialist, AAP; and structural engineer RWO.