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Mixed-use garden centre in Lichfield hits the market

 

Savills, on behalf of a private client, has launched the sale of The Plant Plot Garden Centre in Lichfield, Staffordshire, for an undisclosed amount.

 

The current owners have invested in the property and have created a garden centre and retail destination, which attracts approximately 80,000 visitors a year and generates income from both the core garden centre business and the garden village that occupies the site. The let units provide a secure income stream to support the operation and development of the facilities on site.

 

The overall site extends 3.74 acres (1.51 ha) and, in addition to the garden centre, the site offers a tenanted farm shop, a separate recently built extensive café and function facility, gym, car wash and ‘The Garden Village’, which is home to 37 small businesses in timber cabin concessions. A substantial 4/5 bedroom Victorian house and a nursery area occupying approximately 0.46 hectares are also available to purchase.

 

The Plant Plot Garden Centre has 230 metres of road frontage and is located on the A51 Stafford Road on the outskirts of Lichfield, close to several large population areas and motorways, the nearest being the M6 Toll Road which is approximately six miles away.

 

Kay Griffiths, Associate Director in the Leisure and Trade Related team at Savills Oxford, says: “This is a thriving garden centre and retail business offering diverse income streams and can be purchased as a whole or in separate lots. It offers a purchaser an opportunity to take a hands on approach continuing to expand the range and scale of facilities offered or to increase the rental income by letting the garden centre which is currently owner operated.”

 

David Rusholme, Owner of the Plant Plot, comments: “It has been a privilege to expand the Plant Plot as a family owned thriving independent business, which is well known and respected in the Lichfield area. I look forward to handing over this special place to new owners that, I am sure, will take it to the next level. As Lichfield continues to expand with a significant amount of new housing being constructed over the next few years there is great potential to expand the customer base to a new generation of gardeners.”

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