No businesses have yet signed up to be tenants at new industrial lands at Carnbane – despite repeated assertions that six eligible companies have declared an interest in acquiring sites at the £17m facility. Invest NI this week announced the completion of the first phase of the extended business park in which ‘approximately 20 acres of new serviced land are now available to qualifying businesses.’ The Invest NI statement also said, “To date six eligible companies have declared and interest in acquiring sites at the business park.” A Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment (DETI) spokesperson added, “Invest NI has received enquiries from six businesses about locating to Carnbane Business Park and will work closely with these businesses over the coming months to further develop their interests. Earlier this year in the Assembly DETI Minister Arlene Foster said that plans to further extend the industrial site will only come to fruition if there is a demand from industry. “In December 2010 Invest NI purchased 72.7 acres of land adjacent to its existing Carnbane Industrial Estate for the development of a new business park,” she said. “Construction of the first phase of Carnbane Business Park is scheduled to complete during spring 2013 and will see the release of 22 acres of new industrial land to support economic development in the Newry area. Invest NI will only undertake further construction work to release the remaining land when there is sufficient demand from qualifying businesses.”
Newry Reporter
5th June 2013
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