Thomas Street, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0JT, Unit A2, Longford Trading Estate, Manchester, M32 0JT

Description
The Property is a former National Grid Gas Holder and depot site extending to approximately 3.45 acres (1.4 hectares) in total, as edged blue on the Ownership Plan, with frontage to both the Bridgewater Canal
to the west and Thomas Street to the east. The title of the Property comprises part freehold and part long leasehold as set out below and indicatively shown on the Title Plan:

• Freehold GM878939 and GM878935 owned by National Grid Property Holdings Limited
• Long Leasehold GM898550 and GM898539 held by National Grid Property Holdings Limited.

The former gas holders have been demolished but the underground holder voids have not been infilled, with indicative volume information provided in the data room.

The buildings within the northern section of the Property comprise of the following, with EPCs for the buildings are available in the data room;
• 2 storey office building
• Warehouse with ancillary storage accommodation and staff facilities

Excluding the holder voids and buildings, the Property is predominantly level with hard standing
groundcover. As a whole, the Property is relatively regular in shape, save for operational gas compound shown edged red and cross hatched green on the Ownership Plan, which is owned by Cadent and therefore does not form part of the Property to be sold.

Location
The Property lies within Trafford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. It is circa 3.5 miles south east of Manchester City Centre, as well as circa 2 miles south of Salford Quays and Trafford Park Industrial Estate, with Manchester International Airport circa 8 miles to the south.
To the north of the Property is the Longford Trading Estate, with the RAC’s offices to the south. To the west of the Property is the Bridgewater Canal, beyond which is Stretford Marina and residential flats and houses. To the east of the Property is Thomas Street, beyond which is predominantly 2 storey terraced housing.
Thomas Street connects with the A56 to the south, which is a major arterial road connecting with the M60 to the south west and the A57 (M) to the north east.
The nearest train station is Trafford Park less than 0.5 mile to the west, which offers direct connections to Manchester and Liverpool.
Manchester Piccadilly Train Station is approximately 4 miles to the north east of the Property which offers direct connections to Liverpool (40 minutes), London (just over 2 hours), Leeds (1 hour), Edinburgh (3 hours 15 minutes) and Birmingham (1 hour 30 minutes).
Stretford Tram Stop, Stretford Mall and Old Trafford Football and Cricket Grounds are all less than 1 mile from the Property. Planning permission for the redevelopment of Stretford Mall has been granted, including a new market hall, the refurbishment of the multi-storey car park, and the creation of a public square, with completion of phase 1.