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B&Q agree lease on new Bedford development
January 2012
B&Q have agreed a lease (subject to planning) for a new 56,810 sq ft DIY store, including a builders yard and garden centre, which will be built at Interchange Park, Bedford.
It is part of proposals submitted for planning by HPG Developments on 23rd December which will also include a car showroom, employment and starter units.
HPG will build the scheme on the 8.3 acre site near Bedford. The green field site is zoned for commercial development and was purchased by HPG from the Southill Estate last year. ...
Awards Success for Cambridge Developers
October 2011
HPG Developments has come runner up in two catagories of the Industrial Agents Society 2011 awards. The company was nominated for the Best Overall Scheme in the commercial property sector and for Developer of the Year.
The company entered its Raynham Road development in Bishop's Stortford for the Best Overall Scheme. The Raynham Road Estate, which has been owned by the Howard Group for the past 9 years, is undergoing a major redevelopment programme. HPG's scheme involved the design and construction of some 38,000 sq ft of new warehousing and office units. The Group speculatively built ...
Agents appointed for Interchange Park scheme
August 2011
Savills and Brown & Lee have been appointed to market HPG's development site at Interchange Park near Bedford.
The 9.5 acre site was acquired last year. Planning consent has been granted for 110,000 sq ft of employment buildings and a car showroom.
Richard Last of Brown & Lee commented; "We are delighted to be appointed as joint agents with Savills on this exciting new scheme. Bedford is now really on the map with the opening of the A421 dual carriageway, meaning that the town is only minutes from the M1 and the A1. As such, this strategic location is attracting good ...
Haverhill development gets approval
May 2011
HPG Developments, part of the Cambridge based Howard Group, has gained planning approval from St Edmundsbury Borough Council's development control committee for its Hamlet Green development in Haverhill.
The scheme is to be built on the former 6.5 acre Workspace Office Solutions site on Ehringshausen Way. The site was purchased by the Howard Group in 2008. Planning permission has been granted for 11 business start-up units, nine warehouses, three bulky goods retail units, a Wickes builders merchant and a drive-thru family restaurant.
Councillor Anne Gower, who represents Haverhill ...
New Raynham Road Units Launched
May 2011
Local and London commercial agents attended the launch of new commercial units by HPG Developments at the Raynham Road Industrial Estate in Bishop's Stortford on May 10th.
The Raynham Road Estate, owned by the Howard Group for the past 9 years, is undergoing a major redevelopment programme. The Cambridge based property group, leading commercial property developers and investors in East Anglia, has completed construction of some 38,000 sq ft of new warehousing and office units.
The Group speculatively built the scheme and has been rewarded by the fact that over 50% of space for the ...
HPG Developments acquires Interchange site
January 2011
HPG Developments, the development arm of the Howard Group in Cambridge, has acquired an 8.3 acre site on Interchange Park near Bedford.
The green field site is zoned for commercial development and was purchased from the Southill Estate. Planning consent has been granted for 110,000 sq ft of employment buildings and a car showroom.
This prime development site is located on the western edge of Bedford near the A6/A421 intersection and just seven miles from the M1 junction 13. Interchange Retail Park sits adjacent to the land which has 235,000 sq ft of space let to some ...
Profile Lighting take new Raynham Road unit
January 2011
Profile Lighting Services are the latest company to agree terms on a 12,500 sq ft new-build unit at Raynham Road Industrial Estate in Bishop's Stortford.
Profile Lighting is already housed on Raynham Road in separate buildings at the Links Business Centre. They have been located on the Estate since February 1988 when they commenced trading and are pleased to be continuing to support the local economy with its good location and source of high calibre employees.
Tony Philpot, Profile's Managing Director, sees the move to new premises as an opportunity to amalgamate their existing ...
PROJECTS COULD CREATE 800 JOBS
December 2010
With a current development pipeline of half a million square foot approaching £100m, the Howard Group claims its current projects could create over 800 potential job opportunities for the East Anglia region over the next two years.
The Cambridge-based property group, leading commercial property developers and investors in East Anglia, is driving forward its development and acquisition plans even though the region's commercial property market is only now starting to show early signs of recovery from last year's low.
HPG Developments Ltd, the Group's ...
Local companies begin work on redevelopment scheme
July 2010
Two leading family-owned businesses in the region are working together on a major commercial redevelopment project at Raynham Road Industrial Estate, Bishops Stortford.
Cambridge-based HPG Developments, part of the Howard Group who has owned the industrial estate for the past 9 years, has appointed R G Carter as main contractors to carry out construction work on new industrial units as part of a redevelopment programme for the estate. This first phase of the scheme consists of 38,150 sq ft of new industrial units being built.
Edmundson Electrical has agreed a 15 year lease on one of the new ...
