To Let/ May Sell Prime Gateway Site - Tweedside Park, Tweedbank, . TD1 3TE which includes a steel framed storage building within the grounds to the north. Modern Factory occupying Prime Gateway Site Tweedside Park, Tweedbank, Galashiels. TD1 3TE The Lodge is of traditional sandstone construction with polished dressings under pitched slate roofs. Nortable features include an open gabled entrance porch and octagonal chimney stacks. A Modern factory complex occupying a site of approximately 3.375 ha (8.34 acres) or thereby The property has most recently been occupied as offices but would readily convert back to occupying a prime site at the eastern gateway to Tweedbank a short distance from the residential use.

Tweedbank Station of the newly re-instated Waverley Rail Link between the Central Borders The windows predominately comprise timber framed single glazed casement windows. There is a and .. detached single garage to the rear.

The site is zoned for Business and Industrial Uses within the Local Within the grounds to the rear there is a modern three bay general purpose building, together with Development Plan. This designation supports Class 4 (Business/ Light Industrial); Class 5 surfaced yard. (General Industrial) and Class 6 (Storage or Distribution). We would anticipate that a range of This building is of steel portal framed construction with galvanized z-purlins supporting a pitched Sui Generis (site specific) uses may be supported, such as Garden Centre; Car Dealership; roof clad in corrugated fibre cement cladding incorporating polycarbonate roof lights. The external Veterinary Surgery; etc. the site also has a live consent for Class 11 (Educational) Use. elevations are finished in box profile metal sheeting with blockwork perimeter walls to a height of approximately 1.3 metres. There is a personnel access door to the southern elevation and sliding The building has a gross internal area of 3,984.46 sq m (42,873 sq ft). double doors (3m x 3m) to the north elevation provide vehicular access. The building has solid concrete floors. Eaves height 3.25 m. Ridge height 4.60 m. Consideration would be given to sub-division. All Enquiries are Invited. The yard is gravel surfaced bounded by a stone wall to the north and west, hedging to the east and Rent/ Price on Application Ref. C451 the lodge to the south.

General Information The site is currently accessed via the main gates to Rosebank Cemetery. This will be limited to This is a prime site occupying the western most plot of Tweedside Park at the Gateway to pedestrian access. The purchasers will be required to form a new access via Dryinghouse Lane to Tweedbank in the central borders visible from Broomielees Roundabout at the junction of A6091, the West and reinstate a six foot high close boarded fence to the gateways on the Eastern Tweedbank Drive and B360. boundaries.

A railway station and associated car park has been developed on a site to the west of Tweedside Accommodation Park as the southern terminus of the . The Borders Railway has reinstated the rail The current configuration of the accommodation comprises: link between Tweedbank and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey time from Galashiels to Edinburgh city centre is approximately 55 minutes, with departures every 30 minutes. On weekdays the first Main building: ‘Goods in’/ store with up and over vehicular door (c. 2.60 m wide x 2.48 m high train departs from Edinburgh at 0545, the last at 2355. Further details on the Borders railway are scope to make opening larger); weaving room and main production area; (two supervisor offices available at http://www.bordersrailway.co.uk. provided to the west of the main production area; wet finishing area fitted with ceiling mounted stainless steel extraction units; storage/’goods outwards’ area with up and over vehicular door to Galashiels with a population of approximately 14,000 is one of the main towns in the Scottish front elevation (c. 2.60 m wide x 2.48 m high); plant room and associated lobby; and office Borders, generally considered to be the principal, administrative and retail social centres for the region, effectively serving a population of in excess of 110,000. The town features a wide range of accommodation to the front of the building.

high street and out of town retailing, restaurants, cafes and local amenities. As home of Heriot Offices: Main entrance porch; reception; west suite divided to provide general office and three Watt University School of Textiles and Design and a campus of Borders College, there is also a significant student population. individual office rooms; communications room; general office; training room; canteen with larder/ store off; male and female changing rooms; break-out room; and wc suite, disabled wc , cleaners Other occupiers on the estate include the Scottish Government Pensions Agency, Stewart store, gents wcs, ladies wcs ; ladies and gents visitor wcs each. Technology, Gall Robertson Chartered Accountants, John Menzies Distribution and Radio Borders. Mezzanine level: Two mezzanine levels are provided – one above the wet finishing area and one Description above the wc suite. These areas house the extraction systems/ controls, together with the cold A single storey 19th century gate lodge occupying a site of approximately 0.081 ha (0.20 acres) and hot water tanks. Areas The subjects have been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (current edition), to provide the following areas:

.Description Sq m Sq ft Main Unit Gross Internal Area 3,564.97 38,359 (Includes ancillary Gross Internal Area 503.01 5,412) Mezzanine Service Area Gross Internal Area 419.49 4,514 TOTAL Gross Internal Area 3,984.46 42,873

The site extends to an area of approximately3.375 ha (8.34 acres) or thereby

Rateable Value The subjects are currently rated as under a single rateable value for the site and this is understood to be assessed to £168,500 effective from 01-Apr-2010.

The rateable values will need to be reassessed upon occupation if the subjects are divided.

Planning The site is zoned for Business and Industrial Uses within the Scottish Borders Local Development Plan 2016. This designation supports as range of uses including:

 Class 4 Business/Light Industrial Use  Class 5 General Industrial  Class 6 Storage and Distribution

We would anticipate that a range of trade counter and sui generis (site specific) uses in keeping with the existing uses at the estate may also be supported which may include uses such as a garden centre, car dealership; veterinary surgery; etc.

Energy Performance Certificate The subjects have been assessed to an Energy Performance rating of E.

VAT Any prices are quoted exclusive of VAT. Any intending purchasers must satisfy themselves independently as to the instances of VAT in respect of any transaction

Viewings Strictly by appointment with the sole agents:

Edwin Thompson LLP, Chartered Surveyors, 76 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels. TD1 1DP Tel: 01896 751300 Fax:01896 758883 Email: [email protected]