Unique Business Opportunity Proposed Sale of Prime Development Site. Four Acres of Land with Redevelopment Plans Detached Housing Accommodation Ideally Located on a Busy Trunk Road in This is a unique opportunity to acquire a site primed for a boutique/lifestyle garden centre.The site has been an active retail-trading site for over 30 years, primarily as a farm shop and related seasonal products with an extensive customer base. 5,000 of these customers arrive for the Christmas season only. The area around this site is under serviced in relation to garden centres. The location of the development site is directly on a major trunk road with no other garden centres within a 10-mile radius. There are affluent areas surrounding the site.The land is leasehold on a 21-year lease and covers 4 acres. The business includes a detached three-bedroom property, large garden, garage, stone barn, a large retail barn plus two large hard standings currently used as car parks. For any prospective purchaser to fully appreciate the potential of the site being offered the vendor enlisted the services of the worlds leading garden centre consultant, John Stanley. John Stanley has a reputation that reaches around the world when it comes to assessing the viability of garden centre potential.The site is predicted to have a minimum potential of £3,000.000.00 turnover being gained from the current customer base. This can be obtained by the re-development of the site within the existing boundaries by creating a life-style/farm shop/garden centre with an approximate investment of £1,000.000.00+. John Stanley has written a detailed development report along with design plans and store layout. These can be viewed by any interested party and really do show the potential.A DEFRA rural development grant of up to 60% could be available with this site due to the location.Key StrengthsCustomers return year on year due to quality products and services. The main sales at present are Christmas trees and seasonal goods. It is expected that the business potential would increase significantly if the proposed site included core garden centre products. The business is well established and is the largest Christmas tree retailer in Merseyside. There is a captive audience for this site with many people returning only at Christmas. The potential is limitless.Customer ServiceThe business is committed to delivering excellent customer service and the top level of repeat business and returning customers confirms this.Other Business OpportunitiesAttached to this business is a well-established Internet site. The business was one of the first retailers to offer Christmas trees and goods through mail order and it continues to go from strength to strength. It is now recognised and one of the leading Internet Ch...