An international business is set to move into a new state-of-the-art UK headquarters at Tournament Fields, Warwick thanks to a £6 million investment.
Work has been completed on Swiss sanitary product supplier Geberit’s new prestigious offices at Tournament Fields, by Sackville Developments – part of the CWC Group.
Geberit, which has been based at Tournament Fields since 2009, recently purchased Staffordshire business Twyford to widen its product offering. The new offices have been designed to incorporate the new business, whilst allowing for future expansion.
Sackville Developments, the developer and owner of Tournament Fields, agreed a deal to create the new 25,000 sq ft, two-storey building which Geberit will lease.
The new headquarters is double the size of Geberit’s original building and will be the base for 82 members of staff overseeing all areas of the business, including marketing, IT, human resources, research and development, customer support and sales.
Paul Shanley, director at Sackville Developments, said: “We are very pleased that Geberit’s new headquarters has been completed on time, within budget and look forward to seeing staff move in later this month.
“Geberit is the European market leader in sanitary technology, with a global orientation, and the company’s decision to expand with a building twice the size of its current facility demonstrates how Tournament Fields can support business growth.”
Geberit UK Managing Director Mark Larden said: “We are incredibly excited to take up residence in our new headquarters and this definitely marks a significant milestone in our company development.
“It was only eight years ago that we moved into our other purpose-built building on Tournament Fields, having relocated the business from Kent. However, thanks to our strong growth trajectory we outgrew that premises in just a few short years and we were more or less bursting at the seams just before we moved.
“I’m delighted that the whole team is freshly enthused by the fantastic new building and critically we have plenty of room to grow; which is important because we have ambitious plans.”
As well as extensive office space, the new UK head office, designed by Warwick based Corstorphine Wright Architects, also includes a 400 sqm showroom featuring the latest bathroom designs and technology.
Geberit was assisted in its building expansion by property agents EHB Commercial who worked with Sackville Developments’ property agents Wareing & Company and Savills to agree a lease deal.
Tournament Fields is a 60 acre business park located just off J15 of the M40 motorway. Sackville Developments has 30 acres remaining for further design and build development opportunities and is currently in negotiations with a number of occupiers interested in locating their businesses on site.