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New food manufacturing and distribution centre set for Derby

SmartParc has announced SEGRO as its development partner to create a new asset class dedicated to ‘state of the art’ food manufacturing and distribution.

The partnership will allow the development of the 1.85m sqft, high-tech food manufacturing and distribution campus on the 112-acre former Celanese site near Spondon to go ahead.

SEGRO will regenerate the brownfield site with SmartParc providing the onsite managed services, supporting the food community to increase production efficiency and drive reduced operational costs through collaborative working.

Jackie Wild, SmartParc CEO said: “We are delighted to announce SEGRO as our development partner as we work towards our goal of building the first world-leading, sustainable, high-tech food manufacturing and distribution campus at SmartParc SEGRO Spondon.

“Our partnership with SEGRO and the continued support of D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership and Derby City Council will enable us to bring jobs to the region and address the increasingly critical challenges facing food manufacturing supply chains.

“We want to embrace Derby’s engineering heritage to ensure that SmartParc is the home of the next food revolution.  We already have a significant level of interest from manufacturers and retailers both from the UK and overseas and we are starting work immediately so we can welcome our first ‘collaborators’ to SmartParc early next year.”   

SmartParc was founded to address the challenges facing the food sector and will create 5,000 direct jobs whilst provide food manufacturing facilities ranging from start-up incubation units through to large-scale manufacturing facilities ranging from 50,000 - 400,000 sqft. The site will also be home to a Food Manufacturing Technology Centre of Excellence to future-proof the food industry, offering education and career opportunities to secure both the local and global food supply chains.

Cllr Chris Poulter, Leader of Derby City Council, said: “We are delighted with the progress so far in the SmartParc scheme”.  

“The project is hugely welcome in Derby, fitting perfectly into our aims to boost our economy and job market and to further diversify the city.” 

“The thousands of new jobs that will be created is a fantastic prospect and we look forward to seeing the partnership between SmartParc and SEGRO develop to achieve this.” 

Derby City Council granted planning permission in June 2021.

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