48-68 Carr Street 48-68 Carr Street, Ipswich, IP4 1HB

The property comprises a former Co-Operative department store with ancillary parking and a self-contained mixed use building with ancillary residential accommodation, the former fronting Carr Street and the latter fronting Upper Orwell Street. Carr Street is a pedestrianised retail location forming a continuation of prime Tavern Street and housing occupiers such as Argos, The Entertainer, Poundland, Sportsdirect, Peacocks, Superdrug, Brighthouse and Card Factory and is the main route from the town centre to the Regent Theatre and the shortly to reopen Empire Cinema. Upper Orwell Street is a secondary retail/restaurant

location with mainly local occupiers. Immediately to the rear of the

ownership are large well used surface car parks operated by NCP

with parking for approximately 472 spaces.

The former department store comprises 5 principal buildings which have been combined and extended to the rear over the years with rear servicing and parking accessed by Upper Barclay Street. Contained within the ownership is a self-contained single story building formally used as an information centre.

Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and serves as the main commercial and administrative centre for the region. Located close to the southern boundary of East Anglia, the town is approximately 77 miles north-east of London, 58 miles east of Cambridge, 45 miles south of Norwich and 18 miles north-east of Colchester. Ipswich benefits from excellent communication links with the A12 providing direct access to Colchester and the M25 and the A14 providing direct access to Cambridge and M11, A1(M) and M1. By rail, Ipswich has a fastest journey time to London Liverpool Street of 1 hour 8 minutes.