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carefully planned and shaped the centre
and the services it should offer, and its
location at Stoneleigh Park provided its
tenants with the opportunity to branch
out into bigger premises onsite and join
the world-class companies that excel in
this collaborative environment.
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There are always challenges in delivering
a long-term plan on such a large estate –
and HS2 running through the grounds
certainly falls into that category!
Clearly no-one wants HS2 coming
through their land, but when the plans
became a reality we had come to terms
with the situation, and the team here has
endeavoured to turn what could have
been a negative into a positive. It has
prompted us to take another look at the
park as a whole and refresh its future by
identifying further opportunities to best
accommodate existing and future
developments. As you would expect,
LaSalle has been actively working for
some time on behalf of tenants to
mitigate potentially negative impacts
resulting from the railway project.
While HS2 clearly has implications for
the layout and development of the site,
we remain confident that going forward
it will very much be business as usual.
The latest annual survey of tenants at
Stoneleigh Park supports this by showing
a record number of businesses and
employees onsite, demonstrating growth
and a commitment to the site. The survey
conducted earlier this year shows 100
businesses are based here, employing
1,298 people – and with those numbers
forecast to rise over the next 12 months,
the future certainly looks prosperous.
For more information contact
Colin Hooper, Estates Director,
Stoneleigh Park
[email protected]
stoneleighparkestate.com
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kilometres of track stretch
across the UK, taking into
account multiple track routes
High Speed 2 (HS2) is
a new high-speed rail
network linking London, the
West Midlands, Leeds and
Manchester. High Speed 1
(HS1) connects London
to the Channel Tunnel.
HS2 will be built in a Y
configuration, with London
at the bottom, Birmingham
at the centre, Leeds at the
top right and Manchester
at the top left. Work on
the first phase began in
2017 and is expected to
reach Birmingham by 2026,
then Crewe by 2027. HS2
should be fully completed
by 2033.The cost of HS2
(over £42 billion for
the track and £8 billion
for the rolling stock)
means it is arguably the
most expensive single
project ever attempted
by a British government
in peacetime.
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