Glencar to build regional hub for national courier

Construction company Glencar has been appointed to build a regional hub for a national delivery company at the 200-acre New Stanton Park development in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.The company has been recruited by new customer Verdant Regeneration to construct a 20,400 sq ft facility for DX Group.The hub and depot will provide additional regional capacity and improve efficiency by reducing stem mileage.Pete Goodman, managing director – UK Midlands, North and Ireland, said: “We are very happy to have been appointed by new customer Verdant Regeneration on what will be the first development to come out of the ground at this brand new strategically located development site which has been a long time in the planning.”This development has been designed with sustainability at the core which, when combined with large amounts of amenity and green space at New Stanton Park, will see fishing ponds, rural walkways and cycle tracks all enhanced to link the site and wider communities.”Glencar is fully committed to sustainable construction and a sustainable future. Our ESG approach has been deliberately designed to help us to create a positive impact on the world in which we operate, as well as a more innovative, resilient and successful business for the future.”We are committed to being a responsible business and to supporting customers in achieving their own sustainability targets and look forward to working closely with Verdant Regeneration and the broader project team.”The project being formally marketed as New Stanton Park has outline planning permission for the construction of 2.6 million sq ft of industrial/warehouse space. It has the potential to provide up to 4,000 jobs once fully developed.Paul Ibbetson, chief executive of DX Group, said: “The purchase of this site will enable us to create a major new regional hub and depot to service our group’s parcel freight activities.”The new hub and depot will provide significant additional regional capacity, improve efficiency by reducing stem mileage and is in line with our plans to make strategic property investments.”We also look forward to creating further job opportunities in the area. Construction, which will benefit from a raised dock and mechanisation, is expected to be completed during Q2 2024.”David Grier of Verdant Regeneration added: “Having acquired the site in 2020, we have worked hard across the team to quickly bring forward an outline planning application for a development of 2.6 million sq ft on what is one of the largest regeneration projects within the region.”New Stanton Park offers an excellent strategic location, blending an active rail connection with strong private and public transport connectivity, plentiful labour, large power supply and high volume water connection.”When combined, we are confident this will result in a highly successful development with the next chapter set to positively transform and improve the area, bringing forward large scale job creation in the process.”