Selby - Phase Two of Retail Park

Phase Two of Three Lakes Given the Go Ahead!

4 January 2005

Reserved matters approval has been granted by Selby District Council for phase two of The Three Lakes Retail Park in Selby – the development is being promoted by urban regeneration specialists Dransfield Properties Ltd.

The second phase of this project will add a further 57,000 sq ft of retail space onto the retail park.

The development already houses Homebase (25,000 sq ft plus 10,000 sq ft Garden Centre), McDonalds (2,350 sq ft)  Pets at Home (3,500sq ft), Halfords (6,135 sq ft), Carpetright (5,000 sq ft), Au Naturale (8,200 sq ft), Choices Video (3,500sq ft), Aldi  (12,924 sq ft) and Brantano (5,000 sq ft).

Existing retailers have all reported better than expected trade since the first phase opened – Dransfield Properties is now building on that success by extending the scheme.

JJB have already signed up to take 45,000 sq ft of space to operate their mixed use concept of Health anf Fitness with retail on the first floor.

Phase one of the popular Three Lakes Retail Park opened in March 2004  and was fully pre let before the scheme was completed.

The development was the first of its kind to be awarded Secured By Design status for both the design of the scheme and the car park layout. The car park presently has 355 car parking spaces, which will increase to 480 with phase two.

It’s now hoped that work will start on site on phase two in Spring 2005 with units being ready to be occupied by November 2005. Dransfield Properties is  marketing the final unit on the second phase which will cover 12,000 sq ft.
 
Selby’s new JJB outlet will be on two floors and will house a ground floor fitness centre with a 20 metre pool, steam room and dance studio, fully equipped gym and a first floor JJB store.

It has been designed by Chesterfield based architects WCEC to take advantage of the views across the nearby canal.

The Three Lakes development is on Bawtry Road in Selby and is easily accessible by the recently opened Selby by-pass – 1,000 new homes and a brand new school are to be built on land opposite the new retail development.

Three Lakes has helped stopped the flow of shoppers out of the area and town centre retailers have not reported any drop in trade since the retail park opened.

Managing Director of Dransfield Properties Ltd, Mark Dransfield, said: “It was always our objective to capture trade that before our development was leaking from the area. The Three Lakes Retail Park is one of the first market town retail parks of this kind that we have worked on and we are delighted with how well received it has been in the area.

“We are confident that delivering the second phase and extending the range of goods and services with massive national retailers like JJB Sport will attract even more people to Selby.

“We have worked very closely with the community in Selby throughout this project and we are very pleased to be able to complete the development with this next phase. We are now starting to market the final unit and are confident there will be a great deal of interest from retailers wanting to have a presence in the area.”

For further information about Dransfield Properties and to view a virtual tour of the Three Lakes log on to the company’s website at www.dransfield.co.uk

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Amanda Holmes, Public Relations –
    Dransfield Properties Ltd
    Tel: 01226 360644 or 07971 854733

EDITORS NOTES

1/ Dransfield Properties Ltd are based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and are one of the leading specialist retail developers in the country specialising in projects of urban regeneration.

2/ Dransfield Properties was awarded the BCSC award for working with the community two years ago and for two years running was awarded the RICs Pro Yorkshire Award for Regeneration.

3/ Selby MP John Grogan officially opened the Three Lakes Retail Park on March 19th 2004. The development was completed on schedule by Keirs. A competition was held at Barwic Parade County Primary School to find a name for the retail park.

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk