investment
Plans have been unveiled to create up to 1,900 jobs by extending Bournemouth Airport’s business park.
RIGBY REAL ESTATE
investment
Plans have been unveiled to create up to 1,900 jobs by extending Bournemouth Airport’s business park.
RIGBY REAL ESTATE
Rigby Real Estate has submitted three planning applications for land at the Aviation Business Park across the airport’s northern sector.
If approved, the plans will deliver more than a million square feet of new commercial floor space over approximately 75 acres of land.
As well as creating up to 1,900 full-time jobs, the proposed development will generate about £93 million annually for the Dorset economy.
Mike Murray, Rigby Real Estate’s Commercial Real Estate Director, said:
“We’re very excited at these plans which are part of our strategy to create a world-class business park at Bournemouth Airport.
“The aim is to unlock high quality employment land and facilitate associated infrastructure while providing a major boost for the local economy. Our objective is to appeal to leading national and international manufacturing, logistics and aerospace businesses with a range of high-quality, class-leading units.”
The three planning applications submitted to the newly formed Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) are:;
It has a strong reputation as a key specialist aerospace and manufacturing hub for companies looking for bespoke and high specification facilities.
Rigby Real Estate acquired Aviation Business Park in 2017 when Rigby Group’s airport management division Regional & City Airport (RCA) added Bournemouth Airport to its extensive group of regional UK airports for an undisclosed sum.