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Transportation Services:
Park Royal enjoys excellent transport links and is located
adjacent to two of London's major road arteries - the A406 North
Circular Road and A40 Western Avenue. Park Royal is barely 2 miles from
the start of the M1 motorway, 7 miles from junction 16 of the M25
motorway and 3 miles from the M4 motorway. Heathrow Airport is 6 miles
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The area is served by at
least 4 rail and 6 tube stations offering links with central
London, all the major town centres and commercial areas of west
London and links to the rest of the country. There is also an
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In an Assisted Area:
No. However, the area enjoys
Objective 2 Status and attracts ERDF funding for a wide range of
activities.
Other Kinds of Financial Assistance on
Offer:
Park Royal Partnership (PRP) can
provide grants for business development and premises refurbishment, as
well as marketing communications. PRP can offer access to venture
capital and central Government funding through BERR. PRP also offers a
free recruitment service to local businesses. Members of PRP enjoy
subsidised workforce training.
Available Sites Include:
Park Royal Partnership enjoys excellent relations with the local
planning authorities and the London Development Agency and would be
pleased to broker introductions and offer assistance with all planning
and development matters. Park Royal has been identified as an
"opportunity area" in the London Plan and attracts funding for
infrastructure and other regeneration projects.
Major Business Parks:
TThere are numerous business parks and industrial/trading estates
throughout the Park Royal area, which is approximately 500 hectares in
size. For further details contact +44-(0)20-3110 2312. A selection of
the business parks includes:
- Premier Park Phase 3 - is
the new exciting business park with various light
industrial/warehouse/production units available totalling 225,946 sq
ft. Phases 1 and 2 currently have existing occupiers such as Exel
Logistics, Brake Brothers and Dawson News.
- Powergate business park - a
12-acre business park with various shed units up to 50,000 sq ft.
- Victoria Industrial Estate -
8 acres with a range of units between 10 and 60,000 sq ft.
- Hythe Road Industrial Estate
- is a large variety of property up to 30,000 sq ft, including small
units leased by the local authority (Hammersmith & Fulham).
- Park Royal Industrial Centre
- is a 30,450 sq ft new development situated in Eldon Way just off
Abbey Road in the centre of Park Royal, comprising 12 new
industrial/warehouse units each with a first floor level for
additional storage.
- Genesis Business Park Phase
2 - is a 26, 952 sq ft industrial site located on Genesis Business
Park off Whitby Avenue in the heart of the Park Royal Industrial
Estate. The development has excellent vehicular access links, with
the Hanger Lane Gyratory less than half a mile away, consisting of
the junction with the A406 North Circular Road and the A40 Western
Avenue that provides access to Central London to the east and the M40
and M25 motorways to the west.
- Origin Park - Brixton plc
acquired the prestigious former Guinness Brewery site in Park Royal
in August 2006. The site extends to 24 acres and is the most exciting
development opportunity in West London. The site offers design and
build opportunities for a wide range of uses which could include:
warehousing, a media village, a hotel, hospital and educational uses,
trade counters, a brand centre, health & leisure facilities or a data
centre. For further information log on to www.brixton.plc.uk
Office Developments Include:
Firstcentral is a new mid-urban office park being developed in nine
buildings around a central landscaped area to include extensive on-site
amenities and a fully integrated transport system. When completed there
will be a total floorspace of 1.25 million sq ft. The first office unit
(FC 100) is the UK HQ for Diageo. The second office building on the
site (FC 200) has an existing planning permission for 160,000 sq. ft.
Further information is available at www.firstcentral.co.uk
Westec House
is a modern air-conditioned building that offers contemporary and
stylish office accommodation totalling 50,746 sq ft. Located
overlooking the A40 at the junction with the A406 (North Circular) it
provides high-quality office space, which includes a gymnasium, beauty
room and secure car parking space available on cost-effective flexible
leasing packages. The premises are accessible and located in proximity
to Hanger Lane Underground Station (Central Line) and Park Royal Train
station (Piccadilly Line). Log on to www.westecw5.co.uk for further
information.
One Olympic Way is located diagonally opposite Wembley
Park Tube giving direct access to Metropolitan (West End 17 mins) and
Jubilee Lines. Road access to the building is provided via the A406
North Circular, with the A40 only 3 miles away. The building is also
ideally situated for hotels and the new stadium.
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Prices |
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Average Price
(per acre) |
Rent
(per square foot) |
| Vacant Serviced Land |
£3 - £3.5 million |
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| Existing Factories |
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£10.00 - £12.00 |
| New Offices |
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£12.00 - £15.00 |
Major Industries in the Area:
Food & drink manufacturing, distribution & logistics, TV/film and media
industries, fashion, light engineering and bio-tech/life sciences.
Major Companies
in the Area:
Diageo (Guinness), McVitie's, Carphone Warehouse, John Lewis, BBC, NEC,
Katsouris Fresh Foods, Taylor Nelson Sofres, Hammersmith Medicines
Research, Exel Logistics, Brake Brothers, Bestway, MPO (France).
Advice and Assistance:
Locating sites and premises; finding and training new and existing
staff, including work trials and customised training; financial
assistance; networking with other businesses and other tailored advice
and assistance from the Park Royal Partnership and its partners.
Contact:
Howard Beaumont,
Business Development Manager, Monarch House, Victoria Road, London W3
6UR. Tel: +44-(0)20-3110 2326. Fax: +44-(0)20-3110 2301. E-mail:
hbeaumont@parkroyal.org. Web site:
www.parkroyal.org
Summary:
Park Royal's strengths lie in its excellent location with direct
access to markets in west and central London and proximity to the
national and regional road network. These strengths have attracted
major corporates across all sectors as well as SMEs, particularly in
food and drink, film, TV and media and transport and logistics
sectors. Park Royal enjoys an unparalleled cross-section of
commercial property of all sizes and specifications. There is access
to a large and varied local workforce in terms of skills. Within
close proximity to Park Royal are the residential suburbs of Ealing,
Brent and Harrow with a wide range of schools, and further and higher
education facilities. Residents of the west London sub-region enjoy
an excellent quality of life with a range of parks, sports and
leisure facilities and excellent retail centres at Ealing, Harrow,
Uxbridge and Hounslow.
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