An excellent start to the New Year for Urmston with construction beginning on Phase Two of the joint development between Trafford Council and Ask Development’s mixed use scheme, Eden Square.
North West-based Eric Wright Construction will start on site of the multi-million pound shopping centre development, being undertaken by Ask Developments in partnership with Trafford Council, in mid-January, 2012.
Construction work is expected to complete in September, 2012.
Phase Two of Eden Square is almost fully let with Iceland, Aldi and Quality Save taking the three larger units, leaving just 3,000 sq ft available on Flixton Road and 1,400 sq foot in the Square for potential tenants.
The remaining 3,000 sq ft on Flixton Road has the flexibility to be configured into one, two or three units, which Ask hope will encourage local traders to this prominent location.
With 20,000 cars per week using the shoppers’ car park, Ask Developments is confident that the scheme holds appeal to both national and local retailers, with the smaller units in phase two ideal for local traders interested in becoming part of the scheme.
Leon Guyett, development director at Ask Developments, said: “This is a great start to the new year. We have successfully brought a number of national retailers to Urmston, however, it has always been our intention to attract local shopkeepers to the scheme too and the remaining units in Phase Two are flexible enough to meet the requirements of smaller tenants.
We will continue to work with both the Urmston Partnership and the Town Centre Management team on achieving that ambition.”
Executive Councillor Mike Cornes said: “I am delighted that we have such great news for the New Year and are now able to begin work on Phase Two, especially as the majority has already been let. I look forward to seeing the second phase take shape and the tenants moving in to complete this multi-million pound development.”
