The developer of The Trafford Centre - Peel Holdings– is the largest privately owned landowner in the north west with assets valued at over £2 billion and The Trafford Centre is the jewel in the Peel portfolio of assets.
Peel Holdings has a UK property investment and land portfolio consisting of over five million square feet of investment property and 20,000 acres of land, in addition to overseas investments.
Peel has invested more than £300m during the last 13 years in the Manchester Ship Canal Corridor which links the two cities of Liverpool and Manchester. This includes the regeneration of former docklands, delivering high quality landmark buildings and wider infrastructure.
The company has extensive and growing interests in transport. Peel Ports Division operates the ports of the Manchester Ship Canal, which carries over 6 million tonnes of freight per annum, and Clydeport – Scotland’s only major west coast intercontinental and Atlantic facing port which handles approximately 7.5 million tonnes per annum. The Ports division also owns extensive property investment and land assets including the Glasgow Harbour development, one of the largest in the UK with an end value of over £500m.
Peel Airports Division now comprises airports at Liverpool, Teesside and Sheffield.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is one of Europe’s fastest growing regional airports carrying over three million passengers per annum. Teesside Airport is undergoing a £30 million investment programme to improve facilities in order to attract new airlines and additional passengers. Development is underway at Doncaster Finningley to convert the former RAF airfield into a commercial airport capable of handling approximately two million passengers per annum and 50,000 tonnes of freight by 2014. The first flights are due to commence in 2005.