A HGV tanker hire business has taken more open storage land in a prime location to grow the already successful business.
WG Tankers, which has a strong presence on Woodyard Lane, Foston, is taking further space nearby at Heath Top on the former RAF Church Broughton runway.
William Speed of Salloway Property Consultants, who negotiated the deal to WG Tankers on behalf of a private client, was very pleased with the result of his brief marketing campaign. “The demand for open storage land has increased dramatically over the past couple of years, so it isn’t surprising to see that when an opportunity like this presents itself there are high levels of interest.
“The site comprised over 5 acres of open storage located on a former poultry farm in Foston, extremely well located for accessing the A50 dual carriageway and in turn Derby, Stoke and the M1 and M6 motorways. It will provide WG Tankers with the perfect opportunity to increase their storage provisions and offerings for customers.”
Ian Buxton, Director of WG Tankers, added: “It was great to be able to find more space so close to our existing site on Woodyard Lane. This new site gives us the opportunity to consolidate a number of storage facilities and improve our offering and accessibility to customers throughout the UK.
“It can be very difficult to find suitable open storage land in the current market so we had to jump on the opportunity when it presented itself!”
William Speed added: “WG Tankers’ desire for the site really emphasised the lack of suitable open storage land on the market currently. With the majority of sites being developed on, open storage sites are becoming rarer and rarer.
“Former poultry farms make great sites for open storage space and more often than not provide level, hard surfaced land in an accessible location. If anyone is considering selling or letting their site, poultry related or not, please contact me at Salloway Property Consultants as I would be delighted to help.”
