KFC to open roadside Cheshire restaurant
KFC, through its franchise operator Gastronomy Restaurants, is set to open a new restaurant at Winsford Gateway, a 30-acre development in Cheshire.
Gastronomy Restaurants has purchased a 0.66 acre roadside plot from Rula Developments for the development of a 2,400 sq ft drive-through restaurant. Planning consent is already in place and construction is set to begin immediately, with a target opening by early 2026.
This deal comes after McDonalds opened a new 4,000 sq ft drive thru facility on the adjacent one-acre plot in July. Costa Coffee also launched a 1,800 sq ft unit on the same site in May.
Winsford Industrial Estate is home to around 150 businesses that employ over 4,000 people. The Estate continues benefits from a strategic connectivity with the M6 motorway just five miles away and major A-roads linking the estate with Merseyside, Chester, and North Wales.
Winsford Gateway is the latest phase of new development at the north entrance to the estate, and plans to deliver nearly 350,000 sq ft of purpose-designed industrial, logistics accommodation is currently underway.
Rula Developments is looking to create a growing amenity hub to serve retail demand at the scheme for workers as well as passing commuters and the local community. Alongside Costa Coffee and McDonalds, other tenants include a Kay Group petrol filling station, Subway, Greggs, and Londis. One 0.37-acre plot remains available to let on the site.
Mark Hawthorne, development director at Rula Developments said: “We are pleased to secure this new deal with KFC, hot on the heels of the successful openings for Costa Coffee and McDonalds, to serve the thousands of people that work and commute daily around the site. The convenient drive thru will complement existing provisions with Greggs, Subway and Londis as well as the petrol filling station, expanding the amenity hub for the community.
“The wider Winsford Industrial Estate is currently 100 per cent occupied which is testament to the locational attributes of the site. We are actively driving new development at the northern gateway to provide 30 acres of state-of-the-art, fast-track logistics accommodation options.”
Legat Owen Chartered Surveyors and CBRE are appointed to market Winsford Gateway.