50 jobs to be created as work begins at new Thorp Arch business park

50 new jobs are set to be created as work has now commenced on the site of a new business park development at Thorp Arch Estate, located near Wetherby.

Marrtree Investments acquired the site off Wighill Lane last year to develop 20,000 sq ft of new business space, split into seven separate units.

Marrtree, based in Harrogate, has since secured consent for offices, light and general industrial use and warehousing on the plot.

The Marrtree Business Park, Thorp Arch Estate will follow the style of one of the company’s previous developments at St James’s in Knaresborough.

George Marshall, director Marrtree Investments, said: “Thorp Arch is home to over 140 businesses and as such is one of the region’s most successful and well-established business developments, having the natural advantage of being a couple of miles from the A1 (M) and within easy commuting distance of Harrogate, Leeds, York and Wetherby.

“We will be repeating the successful formula of our St James’s Business Park development, with an emphasis on the quality and flexibility of space available to appeal to a wide variety of commercial tenants.”

FSS Property in Harrogate has been appointed joint agent with Holder & Co in Leeds.

Dan Brumfitt of FSS added: “Marrtree has a strong pedigree of developing premium business parks and has given a great deal of thought to the type of accommodation that will appeal to potential tenants of this site.

“There is a real shortage of good quality modern industrial and warehousing space in this part of Yorkshire and Marrtree is filling a gap and helping to create new employment opportunities.”