One of the UK’s leading suppliers of flat-packed furniture and home furnishings has acquired substantial new distribution premises in Cleckheaton, creating up to 50 new jobs.
Lassic Group has swooped for the 175,000 sq ft former home to Westex Flooring, following its relocation from the Bradford Road site to Dewsbury.
The company is a family-owned business with existing UK distribution facilities in both Bradford and Brighouse, as well as staff and manufacturing bases in the Far East and South America. The company sources, imports and distributes a vast range of household products to both national and independent retailers throughout the UK and Europe.
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Suresh and Raj Handa, the brothers behind Lassic Group, said: “We are absolutely thrilled with our new freehold purchase. The highly sought-after site boasts 175,000 sq ft of warehouse capacity and now gives Lassic Group access to three warehouses with over 400,000 sq ft of total warehouse space. This will allow us to add more products to our portfolio, which allows our business to expand and grow to the next level to become one of leading furniture suppliers in both the UK and EU.
“The transaction will create up to 50 new jobs for the area taking our total head count to around 150 members of staff.”
Lassic Group was represented by property consultancy Gent Visick, as well as Schofield Sweeney, which provided legal advice. HSBC and Dhillon Accountants have also supported. The premises were marketed by Michael Steel & Co.
Paul Mack, director at GV, said: “The Westex Building provided a very rare opportunity to acquire the freehold interest in a large-scale distribution facility just off the M62 motorway. We are therefore delighted to have advised Lassic Group on this transaction.”
Pardeep Khela, associate at Schofield Sweeney, said: “I am thrilled to get this deal over the line and achieve a great result for the Lassic Group. The site itself is quite complex and involved calling upon our property, banking and environmental expertise to ensure a swift completion.”
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