90 jobs transferred to Thorpe Arch Estate as drinks distributor completes relocation

Matthew Clark Wholesale Ltd, the national drinks distributor, has relocated to a new purpose-built distribution hub at Thorp Arch Estate, near Wetherby.

The company, which distributes alcoholic and soft drinks to thousands of pubs, hotels, clubs and restaurants throughout the North, has relocated to the 62,925 sq ft facility, Unit 512.

The move was one of Yorkshire’s biggest commercial property deals of the last 18 months.

90 jobs have been transferred to Thorp Arch Estate due to the relocation, which has seen Matthew Clark Wholesale move its Yorkshire operation from Derwent Valley Industrial Estate, Dunnington, near York, where it has been based for more than 15 years.

Thorp Arch Estate is owned by Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust.

Unit 512 is the third biggest unit on the 385-acre Thorp Arch Estate, a former wartime munitions factory, and the largest warehouse that Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust has built for a new tenant

Tim Munns, director of Wharfedale Property Management, which manages the estate for owner, Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust, said: “The completion of the Matthew Clark Wholesale Ltd relocation is further evidence that Thorp Arch Estate is becoming the top destination for businesses across north Leeds, Harrogate and York which want to expand and be near the motorway network but do not want to move to the M62 corridor.”

The new Matthew Clark Wholesale distribution hub features nine dock levellers, two level-entry goods access doors, a large goods yard and 6,350 sq ft of office space.

Property and construction consultants, LHL Group, York, managed the construction for Rockspring.

Ian Gordon, Matthew Clark’s regional managing director, Ian Gordon, commented: “We are delighted with our brand new depot, providing us with more space to operate and allowing us to be closer to the motorway network, all of which serve our customers better within the region.

“These factors were crucial when it came to choosing the new location as we continuously look to strengthening the service to our customers.”