Leading commercial property developer Stoford has broken ground on the site of Pets at Home’s new state-of-the-art national storage and distribution centre in Staffordshire.
The UK’s leading pet care business has signed a 20-year lease on the purpose-built facility at Stafford North Business Park, close to junction 14 of the M6.
Tesco Pension Fund is forward funding the new development, which is expected to employ more than 750 people when it opens in the summer of 2022.
The building will deliver a gross internal floor area of 670,000 sq ft, with an additional 100,000 sq ft of expansion land available if required.
Facilities will include two double-storey hub offices of 5,600 sq ft, a recycling store and a gatehouse detached from the main building.
A nature walk and dog walking areas will be made available for public use, along with colleagues working at the site.
Stoford has awarded the building contract to McLaren Construction Group.
The new national storage and distribution centre is part of the first phase of development on a 70-acre site at Stafford North…
