Hamilton International Park Attracts New Tenants to Retail Parade

The Retail Parade at Hamilton International Park (HIP) is rapidly taking shape with the first two units now reserved.

Leading bakery group Greggs and unisex hair and beauty salon, Compliments, have both announced that they will open stores at the new £5.25 million Retail Parade.

It will be Greggs’ third store in the Hamilton area and the company is planning to introduce lots of new ranges in the shop to celebrate the opening.

Compliments hair and beauty salon will offer a range of different treatments for those tenants looking for some pampering to ease away the stresses of the working week.

Treatments will include, waxing, facials, manicures, sculptured nails and an extensive skin care range using exclusive Dermalogica products. The salon will be open Monday to Sunday and will stay open late on Thursday nights.

Ideally located on the corner of Technology Avenue and Hillhouse Road, the 14,143 sq.ft Retail Parade – being developed by HIP owner HFD Group – will provide space for six retail outlets. It will offer a wide range of leisure and retail facilities to both the business park occupiers and the local community when it opens for business in September.

William Hill, managing director of HFD Group, said: “The overwhelming success of our Retail Parade at Strathclyde Business Park convinced us that it was necessary to provide similar amenities at Hamilton International Park to support our ever-increasing client base and workforce.

“We have been working extremely hard to secure tenants and we are delighted that Greggs and Compliments have decided to open stores at the new Retail Parade. They will be a great asset to the Park and will be warmly received by all of our employees and future companies hoping to locate here. Construction work on the Retail Parade is now complete and fit out is underway with a view to opening to the public in September.”

The eagerly anticipated Retail Parade is part of Hamilton International Park’s phase two expansion plans to build a further 206,000 sq ft of high-quality office accommodation space over the next three to four years, creating in excess of 2,500 jobs for the surrounding area.

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Notes to Editors: HFD Group and Hamilton International Park

Founded in 1989 by William Hill, HFD has a corporate structure of three independent property groups, namely investment, development and management.

HFD’s current investment portfolio is valued in excess of £100m, which is expected to reach £250m within the next 18 months. The Group has developed over two million sq ft of office, call centre and leisure accommodation throughout the central belt of Scotland. This year’s development programme will see construction of a further eight office buildings across four sites, with a combined development value of £166m.

Firmly established as Scotland’s leading provider of serviced and managed office accommodation, HFD Group owns and manages over 275,000 sq ft of serviced office space at two of the country’s premier business parks, Strathclyde Business Park and Hamilton International Park.

Hamilton International Park has developed over 400,000 sq ft (37,161 sq m) of specified Grade an offices. Phase I provides over 260,000 sq ft (24,154 sq m) to meet the requirement of modern businesses in Aspect House, International House, Campsie House, Kintail House, Prospect House and Kilpatrick House.

The park is centrally located in the heart of Scotland, approximately 13 miles south east of Glasgow City Centre. It is served by the A725 East Kilbride Expressway, which provides quick and easy access to the M8 (Glasgow & Edinburgh) and M74 (Carlisle & the South) motorway networks. DTZ, Lambert Smith Hampton and Ryden are retained letting agents for the available office accommodation at Hamilton International Park.