Engineering trainees building careers in key trades will have a new place to learn after national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) and Southampton-based Keygrove Chartered Surveyors helped bring a leading college to Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh.
Engineering Real Results (ERR Ltd), which runs courses for the gas, electrics, plumbing, renewables and air conditioning sectors, has agreed a 10-year lease of Unit 4, Warrior Park, Chandlers Ford Industrial Estate for its new South Coast training centre.
Acting on behalf of landlords Southampton Builders Ltd and the former tenant B&Q PLC, Keygrove and LSH worked to surrender an existing lease to B&Q PLC and grant a new lease to ERR Ltd for the 7,986 sq ft industrial unit with first floor offices.
Adrian Whitfield, director of industrial and logistics agency at LSH’s South Coast office in Southampton, said: “The shortage of good quality units of this type and size in the area meant that it was able to command an annual rent of £56,600.”
Richard Nevines, director at Keygrove, said: “This letting is yet another sign of recovery in the local economy as the need for skilled tradesmen and craftsmen increases. The building is ideal for this purpose because of its size, amenities and location.”
Chandlers Ford Industrial Estate is in the north area of Southampton, approximately two miles from junction 13 of the M3 and three miles from the M27 junction 5. Southampton Airport and Southampton Parkway Railway station are both about 3.5 miles away.
