Doors open on new Penistone commercial development

3 April 2014

Penistone 1 – the brand new office and commercial development has been officially opened this week by the leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton CBE.

Launching the new development Cllr Houghton welcomed the investment in the town and praised the quality of the retail, commercial and office units which have been built on a key gateway site in the South Yorkshire market town.

The attractive new development has been delivered by local firm Dransfield Properties Ltd – the company invited stakeholders and councillors as well as the team which has worked on the project to the official opening held on Wednesday April 2nd.

Work started on the St Mary’s Street development in May last year.

The new development has a range of high specification office suites available, starting at 435 sq. ft. as well as street fronting units from 820 sq. ft. to 2,560 sq. ft.

Penistone 1 is the final phase of the town centre regeneration scheme; the £15 million scheme included a new Tesco foodstore and town centre car park as well as an award winning oak built market hall. The town’s fire and ambulance stations were also relocated in 2009 to brand new purpose built premises at Springvale in Penistone.

Managing Director at Dransfield Properties, Mark Dransfield, said: “It's fantastic to see this final piece of the jigsaw of our company’s development in Penistone now completed and ready for occupation.

“In Penistone 1 we’ve sought to deliver a really well designed, traditional and impressive building which compliments the rest of the town. I think the result is something that the whole team can be proud of and we’ve had some lovely comments from everyone who has had the opportunity this week to have a look round for the first time.”

Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton CBE, said: "I would like to congratulate Dransfield Properties Limited on the new development in Penistone. This is a huge boost to the Penistone and Barnsley economies both economically and architecturally which helps cement Penistone's role as one of the key market towns in the region."

Dransfield Properties attracted £1.2 million of investment from the European Union to bring forward the project with grant funding through the European Regional Development Fund as part of the support for the region's economic development through the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme 2007-13.

Picture shows - official opening of Penistone 1 by Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton this week.

To find out more about Dransfield Properties visit www.dransfield.co.uk

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk