A large new office development in Chippenham, built by Summerfield Developments, has officially opened its doors to its occupants – IT services provider Bechtle Direct – who have signed a ten-year lease to run their British operations from the site.
Work began in October last year on Turnpike House, situated on Chippenham’s Methuen Park Estate, and the 10 year lease for the 8,200 sq ft building with Bechtle Direct was secured prior to the building work beginning. Summerfield has also previously developed and sold three other buildings on the popular business park, which are occupied by Herman Miller, Wincanton Logistics and Fleet Support.
Ben Trickey, Senior Development Surveyor at Summerfield, said: “We worked directly alongside our clients Bechtle to deliver a bespoke build, developing an office space that fit their specifications entirely. Working with them, we slightly reduced the size of the office, and delivered their internal fit-out for them.
Turnpike House has been completely designed with the new occupants in mind, ensuring that the accommodation delivers a customer facing office for Bechtle’s clients to meet and receive training.”
Bechtle Direct is the UK arm of Bechtle AG, a German information technology services company. The firm, which was founded in 1983, now has more than 5,800 employees in total and a turnover of £2bn, and the Wiltshire team’s vendor partners include the likes of Microsoft, Samsung, Lenovo and HP.
James Napp, Managing Director of the company, said: “Turnpike House is a world-class facility, which offers modern working conditions for staff to encourage a truly collaborative approach. Our new offices make the most of modern technology with full integration in all areas of the business including our meeting rooms, and the customer friendly environment makes this the perfect space to host frequent customer events and seminars. It is a huge upgrade from our previous premises, and has been made possible by the hard work of the team.”
James Gregory of Alder King (Swindon office) acted for Summerfield and John Mulholland of Jones Lang LaSalle (Bath office) is the joint agent. Karen Chapman of Druces acted for Summerfield on the legals.
Turnpike House was developed by South West based property company Summerfield. The company was born from a traditional family construction firm which has been active in the area since 1823, and today is involved in both commercial and residential development throughout the South West, having built up a large portfolio of both residential and commercial properties across the region.
Chris Winter, Managing Director at Summerfield, said: “We are delighted to have finished work on this high profile office building, and are pleased that it has been so positively received by the team at Bechtle Direct.
The entire build process has been a big success, and it was a pleasure to work with Bechtle to produce a development that specifically fitted their business requirements.”
