Bruntwood’s Alderley Park bio and life sciences campus in Cheshire has been granted planning approval for a 20,000 sq ft dining and retail development.
It will include an 8,000 sq ft pub and restaurant in the Grade II listed Tenants Hall alongside a farm shop and 21 boutique guest rooms. Bruntwood is in talks with potential operators for the restaurant and hotel businesses.
Its focus, Bruntwood said, is to make the park more accessible to local residents, opening up the area’s network of footpaths, woodland and heritage parkland.
Alderley Park has more than 1m sq ft of office space and conference and science facilities with about 2,000 people working in the park.
In addition, developer PJ Livesey is converting the Grade II listed stables courtyard at the south end of the park into luxury townhouses and PH Homes is developing luxury three-, four- and five-bedroom properties on the site.
Andrea George, head of retail and leisure leasing at Bruntwood, said: “The planning approval for Tenants Hall and Stanley Arms at Alderley Park offers a great opportunity to create a beautiful, thriving new leisure and dining destination.
“The restaurant will become the heart of the new community and mark a new era for Alderley Park as it transforms into a place for the local community, residents and businesses to visit and enjoy.”
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