Work begins on £6m premier 0ffices to meet market needs

Mar 26 2008 by Alex Turner, Liverpool Daily Post

WORK has started on a £6m development in Wirral that will create 30,000 sq ft of office space.

Wirral developer Felton Developments announced plans for the site on Grange Road East, Birkenhead, which is on a disused piece of land. The six-storey offices will be able to accommodate up to 300 people.

Felton Construction has begun working at the site, which is set for completion in December.

John Felton, managing director of Felton Develop-ments, said: “This is an important commercial scheme that will provide Wirral with a premier office facility in a first class town centre location.

“The building has been designed to a particularly high specification in direct response to market demand and we have already entered early discussions with a number of potential occupiers.”

The development will incorporate a range of long-term sustainable benefits including movement-activated energy efficient lighting while recycled wood and paper will be used as energy sources.

Independent environmental assessors, BREAAM recently gave the building a ‘very good’ rating.

Felton Developments, which was formed in 1995, recently became a member of the public and private sector partnership, Wirral Investment Network (WiN).