First tenants move into new £1m business centre

The first tenants have moved into a new state-of-the-art business centre created inside a landmark building thanks to cash from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.

Toll Bar House, in Ilkeston, was recently turned into 27 full-serviced offices – and after opening in September is already over half full.

The refurbishment of the building cost almost £1 million. The property is owned by Erewash Borough Council, which invested £425,000 into the revamp. This was then matched by D2N2.

A further £126,000 was secured by contractor J.Tomlinson from the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

Now, the building, which is being managed by enterprise agency Erewash Borough Council, on behalf of the borough council, is once again a hive of activity.

Ian Viles, chief executive at Erewash Partnership, said: “We are proud that Toll Bar House is the third business centre we are now managing in Ilkeston, bringing jobs to the town.

“We are delighted at the early success in attracting tenants.”