Supporting our occupiers’ growth
Recent months have seen several of our occupiers take some significant steps with their office and industrial space following major growth.
Commercial construction company OTL has again further expanded its presence at Mamhilad since launching in 2019 with a single small office. The company has grown every year since and has just beautifully fitted out its own Monmouth House offices and moved from a rolling contract to a long-term lease.
“Having a rolling monthly contract when we first started up was key for us as we didn’t have to tie ourselves down for a long period in those early days,” said OTL managing director, Iestyn Thomas.
“The business has gone from strength to strength every year since and, as we’ve grown, we’ve moved offices within the estate. Now the time is right to further invest in our headquarters here while also moving to a long-term lease. Mamhilad is the ideal location for us, with good links to our sites across the nation, beautiful outdoor space and great health, fitness and childcare facilities for our team right here on site.”
Another business whose growth journey has been accommodated without needing to move from Mamhilad is Quote Detective. The specialist broker in non-standard motor insurance, first arrived at Mamhilad back in 2016 with 12 employees before moving into new offices at Cwmbran House with space for up to 160 employees. Now the company is doubling its space, taking on another 7,000 sq ft of office space in the same building, comprising a new state-of-the-art call centre and kitchen, plus a training room. Work is underway – watch this space for more.
Several of our established occupiers have renewed their long-term leases with us over the past few months – a key marker of business confidence:
• National Star’s Wales college, a small, welcoming FE college for young people with learning and physical disabilities has renewed the lease on its Caerleon House base
• Collier Haulage, which first set up here with a few lorries around ten years ago, has recommitted to the extensive yard and maintenance unit which accommodate its fleet of over sixty vehicles
• Gwent Police has renewed the lease on its 15,000 ft² training facility
“Being on-site owner managers, we see first-hand every day the successes and challenges of our occupiers,” says James Crawford, executive chair of Johnsey Estates UK Ltd.
“We see our role as supporting business growth, being as flexible as possible from when companies are starting up to enabling them to stay here as they expand. That also includes working with our occupiers to provide the particular type of accommodation they need, from office space to industrial to specialist educational. We are delighted by their success in the first instance as well as their resulting long-term commitments to the estate.”
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