Jaynic continues to build a strong reputation for promoting land through the planning system for residential and employment use and for the development of high-quality warehousing, logistics and business parks.
The company concentrates its development activities throughout East Anglia with a focus on the A14/A11 between Cambridge and Felixstowe where 9.39m sq ft of warehouse and business space has planning consent or is in the pipeline.
Development of the major 2.36m sq ft Gateway 14 mixed-use project at Junction 50 of the A14 in Stowmarket is moving ahead rapidly where Jaynic is the development partner with site owner Mid-Suffolk District Council.
Bauder have now joined The Range in their 44,000 sq ft distribution facility and another building of 86,565 sq ft for international sustainable construction materials company, Assan Panel, is now under construction and due for completion in early 2026.
Construction is well underway of the Stowmarket Innovation Gateway, in partnership with Mid Suffolk District Council, Freeport East, West Suffolk College and the Universities of Suffolk and Essex, the building will be operated by Hethel and will open in June 2026.
This fully serviced site has reserved matters planning consent for a 164,500 sq ft manufacturing and/or distribution unit. This building could be delivered within 9 months on a freehold or leasehold basis.
Sustainability is a central feature of the Gateway 14 scheme with building designs that are to BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and include, an EPC A rating, EV charging, LED lighting, solar PV, smart energy systems and rainwater harvesting, delivering low carbon and net zero solutions where possible.
Gateway 14 benefits from being part of Freeport East, one of only eight freeports in the UK. Freeport status provides many businesses on Gateway 14 with a range of benefits including a suite of tax reliefs and simplified customs arrangements.
At Suffolk Park in Bury St Edmunds, there is only one 5-acre site left that has planning consent for a 77,000 sq ft warehouse which is available on a pre-let or pre-sale basis and could be delivered within 9 months. Alternatively, a building of up to 100,000 sq ft could be accommodated on this site subject to planning.
Greene King have also commenced construction of their state of the art brewery on the seven acre site they bought from Jaynic in 2024, which will sit alongside their 161,344 sq ft distribution unit they already lease from Jaynic. As a result, the whole 2m sq ft Suffolk Park scheme that was expected to take up to 10 years to develop will have been completed, subject to the final northern phase, in seven years. Occupiers on the site already include M H Star, Dellonda, Bleckmann, Treatt, Sealey, Unipart Logistics, Skechers, Evri and the East of England Ambulance Trust.
Jaynic have recently concluded the public consultation on the masterplan for their proposed 91 acre Stanton Business Park on the A143. This will hopefully be approved by West Suffolk Council and a hybrid planning application will follow in 2026.
Jaynic works in partnership with landowners and occupiers for warehouse and business park development throughout Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex that is being, or is earmarked, for development.
The company is the land promotion partner on a 41-acre prime site on the A14 at Boxworth to the south of Cambridge Services, where it will be seeking B2 and B8 employment uses, on behalf of the landowner. The site has recently been included within the South Cambridgeshire District Council’s draft preferred options document. The site has huge potential for a regional/sub-regional warehouse/business park scheme of up to 580,000 sq ft.
Jaynic is also progressing its other land promotion projects including the 130-acre commercial site at Barton Mills adjacent to the A11, and two major residential potential residential schemes including 270-acre site at Rougham Hill, Bury St Edmunds and another one at Needham Market.
At Haverhill Research Park, Jaynic’s EpiCentre innovation building has had a successful last 12 months driven by a healthy take-up of occupiers of both biotech and life science companies for the laboratory space and more broadly based occupiers for the office space. It is now 77% full.
Jaynic’s EpiCentre is run by Oxford Innovation Space, the UK’s leading operator of innovation centres with 26 managed facilities around the British Isles. Strategically located near Cambridge and part of the South Cambridge Business and Technology Cluster, The EpiCentre is ideal for growing businesses.
The EpiCentre provides over 60 office suites from 17 sq metres (172 sq ft) up to 78 sq metres (840 sq ft). Because of the success of its laboratory facilities, The centre has now attracted a number of start-up and scale-up life science businesses including KluraLabs, Halo Labs, Biotix, TA Instruments, and Analog Devices.
Managing director Nic Rumsey, says: “It has been a very encouraging year for us. With our in-depth knowledge of the region we believe we are ideally placed to bring projects forward, secure planning consents and develop them out. We are happy to discuss flexible arrangements with landowners where they can share the development upside on a joint venture basis if they wish to maximise their receipts”.
