{"id":67764,"date":"2019-11-20T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=67764"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:35:26","slug":"distribution-centre-optimus-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/distribution-centre-optimus-point\/67764\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction starts on distribution centre at Optimus Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Construction work has officially begun on a new distribution centre based at Optimus Point in Leicestershire for laboratory and medical equipment supplier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarstedt.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarstedt Limited<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The facility was granted planning permission in the summer following the appointment of construction consultancy <a href=\"https:\/\/gb.gleeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gleeds<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonbowden.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilson Bowden Developments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gleeds is acting as the employer\u2019s agent and project manager.<\/p>\n<p>The new distribution centre will be located on 5.3 acres of land at Plot 10 Optimus Point, Glenfield and requires the construction of a 61,640 square foot unit.<\/p>\n<p>It will include two-storey offices and core facilities. Other requirements of the site include associated external parking, a service yard, and landscaped areas.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is the latest addition to Optimus Point, a 65-acre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">development scheme<\/a> that sits next to Junction 21a of the M1, featuring a range of local and national industrial warehouse operators.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is already underway and is expected to take 36-weeks, with an anticipated completion date of 1 May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Cat Hartley, group manager for planning and economic development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blaby.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blaby District Council<\/a>, said: \u201cSarstedt\u2019s move to Optimus Point will deliver significant and permanent economic benefits to the District of Blaby. Up to 60 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/research-highlights-google-search-drop-in-uk-construction-jobs\/39455\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jobs will be retained locally<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Cork, director, Gleeds, commented: \u201cThere is no doubt that this new base will help Sarstedt improve its storage, logistics, and distribution with enhanced and modernised facilities, and it\u2019s great to be starting on site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our appointment as Employers Agent, we will look to use our significant skills in this sector to deliver a successful project for all parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henry Henson, development manager at Wilson Bowden, added: \u201cWe are pleased that another local Leicestershire based company has decided to relocate to our Optimus Point development site, following in the footsteps of DPD, Boden, Everards, James Latham and Geary\u2019s Bakeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese deals demonstrate that there has been extensive pent up demand by local occupiers, looking for high quality industrial\/ warehouse accommodation within the local area and Optimus Point offers them this ideal opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction work has officially started on a new distribution centre based at Optimus Point in Leicestershire for laboratory and medical equipment supplier, Sarstedt Limited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,997,908,882],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-employment"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction starts on distribution centre at Optimus Point<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Construction work has officially started on a new distribution centre based at Optimus Point for laboratory and medical equipment supplier, Sarstedt Limited\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/distribution-centre-optimus-point\/67764\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction starts on distribution centre at Optimus Point\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction work has officially started on a new distribution centre based at Optimus Point in Leicestershire for laboratory and medical equipment supplier, Sarstedt Limited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/distribution-centre-optimus-point\/67764\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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