{"id":43578,"date":"2025-08-13T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=43578"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:23:26","slug":"excellent-logistics-boost-for-wolverhampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/excellent-logistics-boost-for-wolverhampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent logistics boost for Wolverhampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilston-250814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilston-250814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilston-250814.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilston-250814-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Work has begun on converting a former brownfield site in Bilston, Wolverhampton, into a new 15-acre logistics park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as Foundry Business Park, the scheme is being developed by Goold Estates, which has appointed Caddick Construction as the main contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aiming to achieve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/BREEAM#What_is_BREEAM.3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BREEAM<\/a> \u2018Excellent\u2019 rating, the park will comprise 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Single_storey_industrial_buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">industrial units<\/a> ranging in size from 762m<sup>2<\/sup> to 19,200m<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development is being supported by a \u00a312.5 million investment from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) as part of its programme to transform urban brownfield sites into homes, jobs and commercial spaces, in a bid to drive economic growth across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominic Goold, Managing Director of Goold Estates, said: \u201cThis brownfield site has a complex industrial legacy, including coal mining and steel making, which meant it remained vacant for over 20 years. Progressing the site\u2019s development required extensive consultation, so reaching the <a href=\"https:\/\/steelconstruction.info\/Construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">construction <\/a>phase is a significant step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Stephen Simkins, City of Wolverhampton Council Leader, said: \u201cThe new industrial and distribution units being developed at Foundry Business Park will deliver hundreds of jobs for our residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith further investment on site, and in the pipeline for the town, the future is bright for Bilston as we deliver the platform for businesses to grow and thrive \u2013 in turn providing opportunities for local people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first units at Foundry Business Park are expected to be ready in early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has begun on converting a former brownfield site in Bilston, Wolverhampton, into a new 15-acre logistics park. Known as Foundry Business Park, the scheme is being developed by Goold Estates, which has appointed Caddick Construction as the main contractor. Aiming to achieve a BREEAM \u2018Excellent\u2019 rating, the park will comprise 15 industrial units ranging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bilston-250814.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WsLP-bkS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43589,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43578\/revisions\/43589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}