HOME-GROWN business success story The Coffee House has signed a 10-year lease for its latest store at The Causeway digital hub on the busy Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington.
The new store will serve its popular blend of locally-roasted coffees, delicious breakfasts and freshly-baked home-made pastries, cakes and confectionery.
The outlet will be the 41st branch of the Lymm-based group, founded fourteen years ago by brothers Chris and Ste Shelmerdine. It is scheduled to open in late January and will serve local residents and workers in The Causeway business centre from 8 am to 3 pm each working day.
“I’m sure many residents will be familiar with our branch in Stockton Heath, but now they can enjoy the convenience of us being on their doorstep,” said Chris Shelmerdine. “It’s a busy road with a very visible frontage onto Wilderspool Causeway so we’re expecting plenty of passing trade.”
The company has signed a 10-year lease on the unit, next door to St James’s Church, and its opening is in line with the completion of the multi-million-pound refurbishment of the business centre and its rebranding as The Causeway. Funding for the refurbishment has been provided by the government’s Town Deal programme and is focused on attracting the next generation of digital businesses to the development.
“We have carefully brought the business centre up to the very best modern standards, and so it was critical that we found a catering partner who could meet the needs of our tenants as well as our neighbours,” said Jayne Furnival of Langtree, which manages the site for Wire Regeneration, Langtree’s joint venture with Warrington Council.
“The new outlet allows us to open a frontage onto Wilderspool Causeway and helps reinforce the changes within the building,” added Jayne. “The investment has already yielded considerable lettings success, with six new tenants moving in since work progressed. I expect that to pick up further once people realise they can get the best coffee in town.”
The centre is adopting its new name to reflect the changes and improvements brought about by its multi-million pound refurbishment. It’s old name – St James Business Centre – will be phased out in the coming months, with the public seeing new signage and tenants benefitting from a host of new internal features, such as refurbished public areas, space for start-ups and virtual tenants, super-fast broadband and wi-fi-enabled meeting rooms for hire.
