Bob Nicholson, director at Pochin's, outlines the current market, changes, challenges and opportunities in the office and industrial sectors in Cheshire

1. Cheshire Development Update
Pochin
Bob Nicholson
21 September 2017
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2. 1934 – Founded as a carpenters shop in Manchester
Pochin

3. 1942 - Moved to King
Street, Middlewich
1987 – New Offices
Brooks Lane, Middlewich
Pochin

4. Office and Industrial Sectors
• Current Market
• Challenges
• Opportunities
Pochin

5. Office: Radius Campus

6. Office: Crewe Business Park

7. Industrial

8. 33,000sqft
70,000sqft
+ expansion
Industrial: Hawarden Business Park

9. A494Garden
City
Hawarden Bridge and
Shotton Stations
TATA
John Summers
Building
Deeside
Industrial Park
Pochin Goodman (Northern
Gateway) Limited
A550
178 hectares (440 acres) total
• Pochin Goodman 200 acres
Industrial: Northern Gateway

10. Infrastructure
• Roads
• Power
• Broadband
• Water and Drainage
• Rail
• Bus

11. Offices
• Lack of stock
• Rents are rising
• Freehold prices rising
• Higher quality products
• Transport and infrastructure
Commercial
• Existing supply lowest for 20 years
• Some spec build
• Rents are rising
• Higher quality products
• Transport and infrastructure
Summary