A main contractor has been appointed to deliver the first phase of a major tri-modal logistics and industrial scheme in Yorkshire.
London-headquartered McLaren Construction Group has been appointed by City-based private equity manager Henderson Park and Manchester property developer Cole Waterhouse on Konect 62, the new scheme for a 136-acre former Old Kellingley coal mine. It sits between Ferrybridge and Eggborough, equi-distant from Goole and Leeds.
The joint venture has just completed the acquisition of the land for £54 million, with the site benefiting from direct access to the strategic freight network and a station capable of handling trains up to 640 metres long, as well as the Aire & Calder canal waterway - unlocking potential freight links between Leeds and the Humber ports. It also sits at the “crucial axis of the M62 and A1(M).
