Luxury gift packaging supplier secures new logistics HQ
Luxury gift packaging supplier Glick has secured a new distribution centre and head office building, to allow for ambitious expansion plans.
By Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters
GLICK HAS taken a 10-year lease on a 34,400 ft2 building on Grange Valley Road in Batley in Yorkshire. The building was marketed jointly by Leeds based property consultancies, GV&Co and Michael Steel & Co, on behalf of Yorkshire based industrial and commercial property owner, Wharfedale Property.
Prior to Glick moving into the new premises, Wharfedale Property carried significant a refurbishment. Cleckheaton Construction carried out the works valued at £600,000 which inlcuded dilapidation and demolition works to the existing unit to suit the clients new proposed layout, external roof works, cladding decoration, new doors and windows and disabled ramp access as well as the formation of new office block with a bright and modern fit out of offices, welfare facilities, and canteen.
Glick managing director Becky Dobson, said: “We’d been in our previous building for 15 years but we’d outgrown it and were renting several external storage units to accommodate our ever-growing client base. This meant we had more stock outside our own building than in it.
“We desperately needed more space as we continue to increase our sales, as well as expanding the number of countries that we export to, which is now a major part of our business.
“As soon as we saw this building we knew it was right for us. It’s approximately three times the size of our previous premises and we’ve worked closely with Wharfedale Property to tailor it to our needs. This means that as well as a vast storage and distribution area, we now have high quality offices, first-class amenities for our team, and a brilliant product showroom that clients can visit, all under one roof.”
Glick was founded in Leeds in the 1990s and and supplies a range of high quality gift wrap, bags and accessories to retailers throughout the UK, including department stores such as John Lewis and Fenwick, specialist card retailer Clintons, it also exports its products across the world, to countries including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Dubai, as well as throughout Europe.
All Glick’s products are designed in the UK, and the company has licensed collaborations with several well-known brands and designers, before being manufactured in the Far East, which the company oversees from a second office in Hong Kong.
