- Canterbury Longrun Roofing.
- Vibrant Business Future.
- Industrial Park Underway.
- NZ could be Silicon Valley of agricultural knowledge.
- Business Estate contract goes to HEB Contracting Limited.
- Contract Awarded.
- Lot sales.
- Work to date.
- Local Building Products Company Set for Expansion.
- Ashburton Businesses Upbeat on Economy.
- Business Estate Takes Shape.
- Getting Down to Business.
- Plenty of Interest in Business Estate, says manager.
- Solid Progress for Ashburton Business Estate.
- National marketing magazine features Ashburton Business Estate.
- Business Park Meets Growing Need.
- $20m spent on the first stage for growing agribusiness demand but new players are sought for the long term.
- Talk to the Marketing Agents.
Canterbury Longrun Roofing, making history as the first business to build in the Ashburton Business Estate. By Sue Newman. Courtesy of The Ashburton Guardian
Hints of what will be a thriving commercial area in the future have arrived in the Ashburton Business Park, as work on its first resident, Canterbury Longrun Roofing”s building, gets underway.
The company anticipates moving on site in November and will be joined next year by Electricity Ashburton. The lines company plans to relocate its offices to the estate and consents for the large-scale project are likely to be lodged in September.
The business park has been developed by the Ashburton District Council and while it may be running a little behind target with sales, council chief executive Brian Lester said there was a good level of interest in sites.
With a contract on the table and three more businesses looking at the estate as a probable option, Mr Lester said he was comfortable with where sales were sitting.
“The interest is sound but once we get some development out there, that will be the best form of promotion we can have.”
Because many Christchurch manufacturers were not badly affected by the February 22 earthquake, Mr Lester said there had not been an influx of businesses wanting to relocate, but there was some inquiry.
Discussions were still progressing towards the relocation of Ashburton rail shunting yard to the business estate, but until there were more businesses established there, the issue was not urgent, Mr Lester said.
“With this it’s a matter of when, not if.”
Hints of what will be a thriving commercial area in the future have arrived in the Ashburton Business Park, as work on its first resident, Canterbury Longrun Roofing”s building, gets underway.
The company anticipates moving on site in November and will be joined next year by Electricity Ashburton. The lines company plans to relocate its offices to the estate and consents for the large-scale project are likely to be lodged in September.
The business park has been developed by the Ashburton District Council and while it may be running a little behind target with sales, council chief executive Brian Lester said there was a good level of interest in sites.
With a contract on the table and three more businesses looking at the estate as a probable option, Mr Lester said he was comfortable with where sales were sitting.
“The interest is sound but once we get some development out there, that will be the best form of promotion we can have.”
Because many Christchurch manufacturers were not badly affected by the February 22 earthquake, Mr Lester said there had not been an influx of businesses wanting to relocate, but there was some inquiry.
Discussions were still progressing towards the relocation of Ashburton rail shunting yard to the business estate, but until there were more businesses established there, the issue was not urgent, Mr Lester said.
“With this it’s a matter of when, not if.”
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