Work completes on £75m Coventry industrial scheme

Project Holst, a £75 million industrial warehouse scheme at Prospero Ansty Park in Coventry, is complete.

Ansty Park is situated next to the M6 and M69 junction and is home to the likes of Rolls-Royce, Sainsbury’s, Cadent, Meggitt and MTC.

McLaren Construction (Midlands and North) commenced delivery of four industrial units and associated offices at Project Holst in January last year, on behalf of Manse Opus.

All units are now finished and open to speculative tenants.

The commercial units span a total of 856,109 sq ft and predominantly comprise a cladded portal frame with a CAT A open plan layout.

The site also features an external logistics yard with a level and dock access area, electric charging points, communal areas and landscaped gardens.

Units are energy efficient and designed to meet a BREEAM Excellent rating, with rooftop solar panels and rainwater harvesting tanks.

The scheme entailed a complex earthworks operation which took place prior to construction.

Extensive infrastructure works were needed to access the plots and associated balancing ponds, to accommodate storm water. All removed earth was reused within the site.

As part of the wider landscaping scheme, new ecological areas were also developed during the construction and population of the site.

Great crested newts were identified and relocated prior to works commencing, with protective fencing installed around the perimeter of the site.

Project Holst marks the third scheme at the park on which McLaren Construction and Manse Opus have partnered together, following more than three years of collaboration.

Shaun Colley, operations director at McLaren Construction (Midlands and North), said: “We’re delighted to have partnered with Manse Opus again to provide further expansion to Prospero Ansty Park for this next phase, which is now complete.

“Prospero Ansty Park is a fast-growing business and industrial hub for the West Midlands, for which we previously completed works for Apollo and Cadent.

“We have managed to overcome many challenges with this site, battling extreme weather.

“However, our skilled team of contractors managed to stick to the critical timelines of the programme and delivered an exceptional product.

“Our focus for the scheme has been on providing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality, which ensures energy consumption efficiencies whilst promoting a healthier and inviting workspace.

“The central high-specification commercial office space is ideally positioned to cater to clients in the industrial and logistics sector, bringing our client’s vision to life.”

David Mitchell and Victoria Turnbull, joint managing directors of Manse Opus, added: “We are proud of what we have achieved on site since our appointment in 2019.

“The transformation of this unused land to create the stunning buildings you see there today has been a great privilege and one we are really proud to have been able to achieve.

“We have contributed to safeguarding the legacy of a site which has such an impressive history.”