Property Availability & Cost

Manufacturing / Industrial

Stockport provides a wide range of industrial premises, ranging from modern, flexible units to new design and build sites located at key locations across the borough. In addition, a range of older accommodation and mill buildings can provide low cost premises for starter businesses or storage units.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £4 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Warehousing / Distribution

Stockport’s proximity to key transport links means that there are several large and small distribution premises in key areas such as Cheadle, Bredbury and Reddish. The types of accommodation vary from modern or refurbished premises with high eaves and large floorplates, to mill accommodation at the cheaper end of the spectrum.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £4 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Headquarters / Regional Office

The town centre provides modern new office accommodation, such as Duoro House and St Peters Square (A BREAM rated development by BAM), which offer easy access to rail links, motorways and all associated town centre facilities.

Out of town, Cheadle Royal, The Embankment (Heaton Mersey), Hercules Business Park (Cheadle Heath), Kings Reach (M60) and Rhino Court (Hazel Grove) offer high end modern office HQ’s from 4,000 sq ft to over 25,000 sqft. Extremely popular with blue chip companies, these sites offer excellent motorway and airport access.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £20 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Back Office / Call Centre / Administration Centres / Shared Services Centres

Call centres and back office operations are distributed across the borough, with a concentration within the town centre, due to their suitability, local facilities and accessibility for staff by public transport. Various out of town facilities are also located on Business parks such as Cheadle Royal.

Local Business Rates: 0.48

Serviced Office Accommodation

Stockport is a popular location for Serviced office accommodation, with a range of units on offer to suit all needs. Stockport Council manages the highly successful Houldsworth Mill Business and Arts Centre in Reddish, housing around 90 businesses.

Manchester University, in partnership with the Council, actively promotes the Stockport Business Incubator for up to 40 dynamic new businesses, also in Reddish.

In total, Stockport has approximately 360,000sqft of managed workspace and serviced office accommodation in the borough.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £20 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Light Industrial

Stockport provides a wide variety of light industrial space, with the largest business parks providing this type of space being located in Hazel Grove, Bredbury and Cheadle.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £6 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Business Parks

There are several large and small business parks located across the 9 districts of Stockport. Ranging from new build and mixed use, to smaller start-up units. 

Cheadle Royal Business Park, extending over 70 acres, is one of the North West's premier business parks, with high profile occupiers such as Umbro, Capita and Jacobs Engineering. Hercules Business Park (Cheadle Heath), Kings Reach (M60) and Rhino Court (Hazel Grove) also offer high end modern office HQ’s from 4,000 sq ft to over 25,000 sqft in a business park environment. Extremely popular with blue chip companies, these sites offer excellent motorway and airport access.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £20 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Research & Development, Innovation, Science Parks

Bramhall Moor Technology Park houses some major employers involved in research and development, such as NXP Semi Conductors and Adidas (their UK R&D site). Houldsworth Mill and Broadstone Mill provide managed workspace for smaller start up innovation companies, in the form of business incubation support. 

Local Business Rates: 0.48

Land/Greenfield Sites

There are various available plots in the Bredbury area, close to the M60 motorway, with key significant sites being the former Thomas Storey site at Junction 27 of the M60, and the MAN Diesel site in Hazel Grove. Prices are on application with the agents for the sites.

Local Business Rates: 0.48

Retail

A wide variety of retail premises are available across the borough, with the main Merseyway shopping centre charging the highest rental figures. Most district centres have shopping precincts at more affordable prices. There is also a high concentration of retail premises along the A6 road, which runs North to South through Stockport.

Annual Rent Range: Up to £50 per sq. ft.
Local Business Rates: 0.48

Flexibility of Leases

In the current economic climate, many agents and developers are offering deals on premises, from rent-free periods to flexible leases.