A sales and marketing company has expanded to take over half of an office block on a premier business estate.
Top Banana Team (TBT) has bought extra units at the Courtyard on Commerce Park in Frome through property consultancy Myddelton & Major.
Now the company, which employs 55 people, has a total of six units in the complex at the heart of the Somerset business park.
Philip Holford, a Partner at Salisbury-based Myddelton & Major, said: “Activity is continuing apace at this premier business park.
“Top Banana Team’s investment is a further positive sign that local companies have confidence in the improving economic conditions.
“Myddelton & Major has acted in the sale or lease of a number of units at Commerce Park recently and we expect this strong demand to continue into 2014.”
Top Banana Team has purchased units K3 and K9 at the Courtyard, measuring a total of 2,163 sq ft ( 200.95 sq m). The units have nine car parking spaces.
It means the company has a total of six units of the 12 in the block in Jenson Avenue – taking up the entire ground and first floor on one side comprising 5,732 sq ft (532.52)
Top Banana Team director Pete Saunders said: “This purchase underlines TBT’s confidence in the continued development of our business.
“The site is excellent for us, providing an excellent business premises.
“Since moving onto Commerce Park in 2010 our team has grown from 22 people to 55 people.
“We continue to have a multi lingual and multi-national team supporting our clients across Europe Middle East and Africa.”
Myddelton & Major acted on behalf of the vendor. Financial details were not disclosed.
It comes hot on the heels of 10 separate sales at Commerce Park by Myddelton & Major in 2013.
The two-storey Courtyard is at the centre of Commerce Park. The units have air conditioning, data trunking, kitchen facilities, WCs with disabled access, landscaping and car parking.
Commerce Park is on the Frome by-pass, just two miles south of the A36 and A361 junction, and has more than 50 business units.
It has a broad range of tenants in different sections of the estate, including the Enterprise Zone, the Office Park, Design and Build Zone and the Trade Zone.
The park is midway between the M4, M5 and A303 corridors – just 14 miles south of Bath and 13 miles from the A303.
Other businesses at Commerce Park include Premier Inn, Primavera Aromatherapy and Acheson & Acheson.
Myddelton & Major was named the most active agency in Wiltshire for the second year running in 2013 by Estates Gazette, the weekly and online ‘bible’ of the UK commercial property industry.
