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THE online retailer, Amazon could open a logistics site at Teesside Airport as talks between the retailer and bosses have been taking place, The Northern Echo understands.The huge retailer, which has three Fulfilment Centres in the region, could open a distribution centre to help receive and send parcels from other countries, creating hundreds of jobs. Sources close to both Amazon and the airport said talks between the two parties had begun last month with a potential site to be built on the new southside development.
He said: “I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want Teesside Airport to be the number one centre for cargo and freight in the north of England, this will not happen overnight, but we have the vision and drive to make it a reality. As part of this plan we will soon be launching our new freight handling facility. As you would expect, we’re pulling out all the stops to bring investment and jobs to the airport site and I can confirm we are in discussions with a global household name who is looking to make a significant investment on the airport site to expand their freight operations in the region, something that will create thousands of good-quality well-paid jobs for local workers across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool.”
Not quite. Leeds Bradford has been CAT 3 for years and an awful lot hasn't landed today. RVR below 200m hasn't helped.
The local rag is talking about the end of the viewing area at Teesside so that the mayor and his chums can have a new office.
Teesside Airport’s outdoor viewing area will close for good next week | The Northern Echo
Teesside Airport’s outdoor viewing area will close for good next week | The Northern Echo
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The local rag is talking about the end of the viewing area at Teesside so that the mayor and his chums can have a new office.
Teesside Airport’s outdoor viewing area will close for good next week | The Northern Echo
Teesside Airport’s outdoor viewing area will close for good next week | The Northern Echo
Then as you put it the mayor and his chums can lease/rent a public owned office rather than a private owned office until they finally move to Darlington, which I believe will be when the Government campus is done, unfortunately that will be back to being a privately owned office.
The mayor moving to the airport is a good thing as it saves taxpayers money!
They have the whole airport to build on, could even have offices in the old empty George Hotel. Not as quick building new hangars for the residents that they have turfed out of hangar 3.
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N707ZS, you just like a moan don't you 🤣
If it's not CAT numbers, which MME doesn't really need anything more currently, and if you mentioning the 80s and 90s, what has made things worse is the Tees barrage. Prior to then MME had one of the best if not the best weather record. Even since then it's not really needed anything better than CAT 1. Yes it would be nice but is it really that needed? All airports suffer from fog from time to time.
And now it viewing galleries, supposed folly offices or lack of hangers.
The place can't win..... maybe you should be running it from your armchair
If it's not CAT numbers, which MME doesn't really need anything more currently, and if you mentioning the 80s and 90s, what has made things worse is the Tees barrage. Prior to then MME had one of the best if not the best weather record. Even since then it's not really needed anything better than CAT 1. Yes it would be nice but is it really that needed? All airports suffer from fog from time to time.
And now it viewing galleries, supposed folly offices or lack of hangers.
The place can't win..... maybe you should be running it from your armchair
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The George Hotel needs demolishing. It is far too big for the office requirements of the TVA and would need a fortune spending on it to bring it up to standard. At that point there would be a huge rates bill to pay too so presumably building the new office onto the end of the terminal and wrapping the work into the Skybar/viewing area development delivers cost synergies across both projects?
If the airport can get back to 300-400k pax a year, then maybe the hotel site would be interesting for redevelopment but at that point a Premier Inn type chain would just flatten it and built a new hotel in line with their requirements.
If the airport can get back to 300-400k pax a year, then maybe the hotel site would be interesting for redevelopment but at that point a Premier Inn type chain would just flatten it and built a new hotel in line with their requirements.
presumably building the new office onto the end of the terminal and wrapping the work into the Skybar/viewing area development delivers cost synergies across both projects?
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I concede the hotel will in all likelihood get demolished, but given the history of the building and money they're happily spending elsewhere on lesser projects, they are not trying hard enough to save it. At the point it closed it needed £2m to bring it up to regulatory standards, and probably the same again in refurbishment - a drop in the ocean compared to some of the expenditure!
N707ZS is right about GA, they are not being treated well at the moment.
N707ZS is right about GA, they are not being treated well at the moment.
The hotel would be ideal as individual office suits for starter companies or someone wanting a regional office as each of the old rooms are quite large with a bathroom. Other areas such as the old bar, dining areas and hall could be turned into larger open offices.
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If CO is correct and the hotel building requires £2m spending on it (plus £2m refurb), it might be more attractive to sell the site to Premier Inn who could flatten it and build a new one for £5m which would have lower operational costs.
It would be hard for the TVA to justify spending (say) £1.5m+ on basic regulatory compliance for and conversion to 2nd tier offices for rent. Of course, you might question the value for money when it comes to TVA's investment decisions but there is no payback or strategic rationale here.
It would be hard for the TVA to justify spending (say) £1.5m+ on basic regulatory compliance for and conversion to 2nd tier offices for rent. Of course, you might question the value for money when it comes to TVA's investment decisions but there is no payback or strategic rationale here.
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