Timpson picks Caddick in Bromborough
An £8m contract has been agreed for the delivery of a 77,400 sq ft warehouse for photo printing specialist Max Spielmann, which is owned by the North West retailer.
Work at the Power Road site has now started, and comes 16 years after the family-owned Timpson Group acquired Max Spielmann and will see the development of a 9.5-acre site to create warehousing for storage and distribution, with internal mezzanine offices and car parking.
Max Spielmann will be owner-occupier, having secured consent from Wirral Council in April last year for the AEW Architects-designed scheme. The site previously housed an office block occupied by Epichem.
Caddick’s appointment marks the first time the Yorkshire-headquartered property group has worked on behalf of Timpson Group, bringing together two prominent family-owned Northern businesses.
Set to complete in September this year, the development adds to Caddick’s growing pipeline of projects across the North West, which also includes Ark 42 at Trafford Park Road on behalf of Trebor Developments, a residential project at the former Chorlton Leisure Centre site, and JD Sports’ new Bury headquarters.
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Dave Saville, regional managing director of Caddick Construction North West, said: “The new development at Power Road is a huge investment by Timpson Group and a statement of intent by the definitive leader in photo printing – a business that has impressively diversified in an evolving market.
“As a family-owned business ourselves, our culture means a lot to us and we are very proud to be working in partnership with Timpson as a likeminded family-owned business, with which we share many values.
“We have a relatively short build programme in which we’ll build brand new facilities for Max Spielmann, and we are looking forward to progressing on site and building our wider industrial pipeline throughout 2025.”
Caddick is now on-site, with completion inked in for September. Credit: via Truth PR
Timpson chairman and owner Sir John Timpson said: “I’m pleased that in Caddick we have formed an important partnership with another vibrant family business to deliver this development at Power Road.
“Exactly 16 years ago Timpson acquired the Max Spielmann business, taking it out of administration, and since then it has developed a reputation for exceptional customer service and grown to become the UK’s leading photo service retailer with over 400 outlets.
“This new development on Power Road marks an important step in our plans to strengthen the Max Spielman business for its future growth, and it is great to have Caddick appointed as main contractor to help us achieve this.”
