Worcester Growth Project Promoters: Corridor Worcestershire Local Enterprise Worcester Partnership Scale: Opportunity £300m GDV Development finance is sought to bring forward c. 150 acres of high quality commercial development across Sector: eight sites within the Worcester Growth Corridor. Industrial / Office / Research & Development The Worcester Growth Corridor is a commercial and industrial development that will serve as a gateway for Location: the city. With a focus on the manufacturing sector has Worcester, J6-J7 M5 Motorway the goal of supporting and attracting technology-rich manufacturing companies. The corridor will tap into Investment Type: local skills in information technology, defence and cyber Development finance; long term sectors. investment capital With particular strengths in advanced manufacturing, Programme: agri-tech, Information Technology including a rapidly growing cyber security specialism, the County of 2018-2026 Worcestershire attracts internationally recognised businesses such as Joy Mining, Yamazaki Mazak, Bosch, Planning Status: GKN, Halfords, Vax, Brinton’s Carpets and Morgan Outline planning for Motors. It is also rapidly establishing itself as the ideal 140,000 sqm location for corporate headquarters. worcestersix.co.uk Overview Initial development of the Corridor is underway with the Worcester Six site. The site is circa 70 hectares with a consent Background for 140,000 sqm of office and industrial The Worcester Growth Corridor will be the buildings. Targeted at high value and City’s primary entrance from the strategic technology advanced manufacturing highway network, intended to position companies, the project is intended to set Worcester as a first rate Cathedral City the tone through sensitively designed building its reputation as a business, civic, development that will benefit from commercial and shopping destination. Worcestershire’s wider environmental context. The corridor presents opportunities to unlock high-quality employment areas and The site’s primary focus is the manufacturing serve as a gateway for the city of Worcester. sector and the site has already attracted Positioned on either side of the M5 high profile investors including Kohler Motorway between junction six and seven, Mira, Siemens, Kimal and Spire Healthcare. providing excellent accessibility and strategic Worcester Six is set to become one of the transport links to regions across the UK. region’s flagship developments in the world class location of Worcestershire. Project Description Approximately 65,000 sqm of development is completed or under construction. The Worcester Growth Corridor commercial development covers Project Promoter and Partnerships eight sites which are located on the strategically important motorway network Stoford Developments are developing the to the south of Birmingham and the wider initial site in partnership with a number Midlands conurbation. The site will deliver of key local authority stake holders industrial, distribution and office space including Worcestershire Local Enterprise and is the key strategic employment site Partnership, Worcestershire County in Worcestershire. Council, Worcester City Council and Wychavon District Council.

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