Work progresses at new Burnley development

Work is progressing at a new development in Burnley which will deliver five industrial and logistics units of between 39,000 and 158,800 sq ft.

Frontier Park Burnley is a sister site to Frontier Park Blackburn, where nearly 1,000,000 sq ft was speculatively built and is now fully let.

Both developments are headed by Monte Blackburn with main contractor Barnfield Construction. 

Work has been completed on the majority of the site-enabling and the steel frame of the first two units.

Located immediately off Junction 9 of the M65 the new scheme will provide five new speculative industrial/logistics units expected to be available in Q3 2024 with the final units being completed towards early 2025.

Frontier Burnley has been designed with sustainability in mind, targeting BREEAM ‘Very Good’ and a minimum EPC rating of B.

The development is adjacent to Network 65 Business Park and opposite Burnley Bridge Business Park.

Alex Kenwright, development director at Monte Blackburn, said: "Frontier Park Burnley forms part of our vision to expand Burnley’s Business Park supply and demonstrates our commitment to investing in the borough and the M65 corridor.

"Our confidence in Burnley and the wider Lancashire area is illustrated by our commitment to the site and the fact that we are building out the scheme fully over the next 18 months.”

"Early occupier interest is encouraging and is a good indication of the health of the Lancashire business economy," 

Tim Webber, chairman and managing director of Barnfield Construction, said: "We are delighted to be on site delivering high specification units for Monte. The units will be fit for the future, meeting the needs of the modern-day occupier, providing quality industrial and warehousing facilities on the M65.”