Garsons at Titchfield

摘要

Garsons at Titchfield near Fareham, Hants is a good example of where redeveloping a garden centre reaps financial returns says Chris Primett of Malcolm Scott Consultants. A six acre run down garden centre off the beaten track turning over pound 650,000 in 1998 is, after re-development, on course for sales in its second year of operation of 5.6 million pound (a growth of X 5.5) for just over 2 million pound in site development costs. Sales are projected to peak at around 35 million by year five. On acquiring the site the first step by the new owner, Garson Farm of Esher, was to commission Malcolm Scott Consultants to undertake a Market Appraisal. This estimated a potential customer market worth pound 34 million within a 20-minute drivetime of the si