Luxury manufacturer keeps expansion close to home with purchase of Grantham site

A manufacturer of bespoke luxury conservatories and orangeries, as well as a range of exclusive bronze windows, doors and screens, will be expanding its Lincolnshire operation in the coming year with its recent acquisition of the freehold of a 6.7-acre factory complex to complement its neighbouring site at Belton Park, Londonthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Confirmation of the sale of the site on Londonthorpe Road to the owner-operator of Vale Garden Houses and sister company Architectural Bronze comes from Eddisons who acted on behalf of the previous owners in marketing the freehold sale at a guide price of £3.5 million.

The additional site gives the two complementary, family-owned companies - Vale Garden Houses and Architectural Bronze - extensive space in which to locate manufacturing and office operations to the two Londonthorpe Road sites now in consolidating from four existing satellite sites in Grantham.

In addition to streamlining its locations, the additional Londonthorpe Road complex - totalling 76,058 sq. ft. on the 6.7-acre site - ‘future-proofs’ for planned business growth, according to Lisa Morton, Director, from its current total headcount of 170.

She said, “We bought our existing Belton Park site in 2003 and, in outgrowing it over the years, we added the additional locations in Grantham.

“However, in wanting to remain true to the company’s Lincolnshire roots, we have been on the lookout for additional production space for a while. When the adjacent site became vacant earlier this year, we felt this would be the ideal solution to our problems.

“Its acquisition reinforces our commitment to the area and our workforce. We have an extensive fit-out and remodelling of the production and factory floor areas and we expect to be operational in two phases in the coming year with the first launching in late spring.”

Will Wall of Eddisons, who led the agency on the Londonthorpe Road site sale from the firm’s Lincoln office on Westgate, added, “While the conclusion of this sale was always going to represent a vote of confidence in manufacturing in the area, the fact that it has been purchased by a home-grown, highly successful, Lincolnshire firm operating in such premium layer of manufacturing, gives an extra business boost to the county.”