Corby has seen dramatic changes over the past few years with developments popping up all over the Northamptonshire town. According to research conducted by Prop-Search, a commercial property agent, the town is one of the fastest growing in the whole country.
New Jet filling station and Londis store
Corby, which is located north-east of Northamptonshire, has over 61,000 residents and it’s these people who are putting Corby on the map. So what has been happening in the town?
In the last few years, the Enterprise Centre opened its doors and so far has generated £2.5 million for the local economy. Elsewhere, Corby Borough Council has approved plans to develop waste land, which used to be the home of Tresham College and Willows Theatres.
The development which is due to commence this year will see the land transformed into a six screen cinema, a public house, three restaurants and a car park for 227 cars.
Elsewhere, a new Londis supermarket and Jet Garage has opened on the Southern Gateway Business Park. The petrol station operated by Brobot Petroleum Ltd chose this location as it has a strong flow of traffic throughout the day.
A supermarket wouldn’t miss out on an opportunity to build a shop in a town which is developing, but which one got there first?
Well Tesco have opened their doors to a new 80,000 sq. ft. retail unit, with plans in place to open a petrol station as well. But this isn’t an ordinary Tesco store. As well as having its own salon, run by Regis, it is also extremely environmentally friendly.
It is made from sustainable cladding, a timber frame and has natural ventilators, making it one of the biggest environmental format stores in Britain.
Speaking of the developments happening in the local area, Samantha Jones, a Surveyor at Prop-Search, said: “Corby has some of the highest quality and most deliverable development sites in the region.
“With a commercial base in excess of £15 million sq ft, we consider that the next few years will witness increasing occupier demand for good quality buildings through new development opportunities. The continuing infrastructure improvements will also focus regional and national occupier demand on the opportunities in the town.”
There are too many developments happening in Corby, so I will finish with one more. Technical Consumer Products (TCP) which manufactures around 1.5 million fluorescent lamps every day has decided to open its new headquarters in Corby. The new European HQ will provide a link to its France office and will also bring new skills and jobs to the local area.
Do you live in Colby? What do you think to the developments happening in your local area? Are you in favour of them all or are they any that you oppose? Share your thoughts with us below.
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