A ten year project in Nuneaton, delivered by a partnership between public and private sectors, has attracted more than £54m worth of investment and created over 850 jobs.
Eliot Business Park now stands on the site of a former waste tip and is home to a range of office occupiers – including Holland & Barrett, the Department for Work and Pensions and small office-based businesses – and four motor dealerships.
It also saw the creation of EPIC – Nuneaton and Bedworth’s first sustainable innovation centre.
The site has been developed by Deeley Properties, built by Deeley Construction and received initial funding from the public sector including English Partnerships, AWM and then the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
Nuneaton MP Marcus Jones has been to visit Eliot Business Park and paid tribute to its impact on the economy.
He said: “We have recently seen the culmination of work at Eliot Business Park and what a fantastic development it has proved to be.
“It has brought jobs, investment and business to the Borough and proves that, with our location and the right kind of development, we can attract small, medium and large organisations here.”
Stuart Buckley, of HCA, said: “This is a great example of how the public and private sectors can work together to deliver lasting and positive change to an area.
“It has led to investment, job creation and business start-up and that has to be good news for the whole community.”
The end of that phase of work at Eliot Business Park comes as Deeley has started work on a new community facility nearby at Bermuda.
Pat Moroney, of Deeley Properties, said: “Eliot Business Park was a vision that has been realised over the course of ten years.
“As a company, we are particularly committed to this area and want to deliver positive change to the community here. We are nearing completion of a new community facility, Bermuda Phoenix, which will complement the work we have done in job creation in the area.”