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Home Bargains Joins Lettings Spate at Hattersley Retail Park

11th February 2019

Maple Grove Developments, part of The Eric Wright Group, has announced further lettings to a string of national retailers at its £13million retail development in Hattersley, Tameside.

Home Bargains (15,000 sq ft), Greggs (1,000 sq ft), and Card Factory (1,250 sq ft), have all signed up to Hattersley Retail Park, which secured a reserved matters planning consent in July last year.  The news comes after Lidl announced it was to be the scheme’s anchor, taking a 19,310 sq ft food store along with Costa Coffee who are taking the1,800 sq ft drive-thru. (more…)

Deeside Site Changes Hands for New Industrial Scheme

24th September 2018

Joint venture partners Maple Grove Developments and Trebor Developments have exchanged contracts for the acquisition of a 5.3-acre site in Deeside from Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIM Real Assets). (more…)

Blackburn’s Two Cathedral Square Goes in for Planning

19th September 2018

Maple Grove Developments, working in partnership with Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackburn Cathedral, has announced the submission of a detailed planning application for the second phase of Cathedral Quarter in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Cathedral Square is being developed under the development agreement MGD has with the Council, Blackburn Cathedral and Homes England (2013). (more…)

Hirst and Puttnam Join Forces Once Again at Maple Grove Developments

5th June 2018

Maple Grove, the development arm of Eric Wright Group, has announced the appointment of Nik Puttnam as Senior Development Manager and Richard Willacy as Development Project Manager, in a strategic move to support the division’s ongoing growth under the helm of new managing director, Karen Hirst. (more…)

Maple Grove Developments are to Sponsor the Buzz Award

21st March 2018

Maple Grove Developments, part of the Eric Wright Group, are proud to be sponsoring of The Buzz Award at the Hive Blackburn and Darwen Business Awards 2018.

The Hive Awards celebrate and reward the outstanding work of businesses from different sectors and inspirational individuals from across Blackburn and Darwen.  There are 23 categories ranging from Retail Business Award to Hive Employee of the Year Award. (more…)

£13m Student Accommodation Scheme Completes on Former Royal Eye Infirmary

15th August 2017

Construction of a new student flat scheme for Plymouth University has completed and handed over.

The four-storey accommodation block houses 165 en-suite beds, including 22 studios, as well as a reception, cinema room, gym, study rooms, games room and laundry.

The scheme follows rising demand for quality living spaces by Plymouth University students. The University is now ranked the 10th largest Higher Education Institution in the UK with more than 20,000 full-time students and houses one of the UK’s best medical schools. (more…)

One Cathedral Square in Blackburn Scoops RICS Award

23rd May 2017

The One Cathedral Square development, which sits at the heart of the £30m Blackburn Cathedral Quarter, was awarded Best Commercial Property at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) North West Awards on Friday.

The scheme is the result of a seven-year partnership between Maple Grove, Blackburn with Darwen Council, Blackburn Cathedral and BDP Architects.

One Cathedral Square is the first Grade A office building to be built in Blackburn for more than 20 years. The six-storey commercial building and neighbouring 60-bed Premier Inn hotel are arranged around a new piazza-style public square and transport interchange. (more…)