Attractive Retail Units with Prominent Frontage on Alness High Street

• Attractive retail units extending to around 54m² and 62m², respectfully.
• Conveniently located close to great parking and located on Alness High Street.
• Prominent frontage with large display window. 
• Great areas for high-profile signage, ideal for tenant branding options.
• Can be purchased separately.

DESCRIPTION

8 and 10 High Street, Alness are both ground floor trading units within an attractive traditional stone 2 storey property.  Both are currently vacant, though this has only happened recently.  The owners are happy to split the two into separate sales, the individual lot prices are noted below.

Each unit has independent street level access to the internal trading aspects and both benefit from well-appointed welfare / storage areas located to the rear.  The properties are being sold as vacant possession. 

REASON FOR SALE

The vendors have owned 8 and 10 High Street, Alness for several years, initially operating their own retail business from them and latterly renting the units out to reputable tenants.  It is their desire to retire as landlords that brings these well-appointed retail units to the market.

LOCATION

The Town of Alness is set immediately adjacent to the busy A9; the arterial route from Inverness to Thurso.  The units are conveniently located, with some on street parking, located close to the local public car park and to the Averon Centre.  Nearby there is a good range of shops, restaurants etc.  Alness is well served with facilities and services for visitors and residents alike.  A carefully selected retail sales outlet type could do well in this location. 

The recent creation of the Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport is intended to greatly benefit all businesses in the area as time goes on, making now the time to buy a business in the area.  The town is centrally located for exploring the wider Highland area, taking in its many attractions.  Inverness, Culloden Battlefield and Loch Ness are all within a day-trip distance.  Outdoor pursuits such as bird watching and fishing also draw a great many visitors to the region who take advantage of the abundance of wildlife.  Within the Cromarty Firth seals are readily observed and in the Moray Firth, dolphins are a great attraction.  For the dedicated golfer there are a number of outstanding quality golf courses within the immediate area, the most famous being Royal Dornoch.  Castles. Potteries and distilleries offer the more leisurely tourist ample places of culture, interest and history to visit.  Alness enjoys a very good geographic location and is an ideal base from which visitors can continue their odyssey of Sutherland, Caithness and the West Coast.

THE PROPERTY

8 and 10 High Street, Alness is part of an attractive sandstone building beneficially located between the local parking and the bulk of the High Street.  The inviting entrance doors are largely glazed with large picture window frontage, thus enjoying natural lighting and a clear line of sight from the pavement.  In addition to the shop retail areas there is a WC, welfare and store areas, all located to the rear of the retail space.  The subject is split into two units.  The retail areas are; No 8 extending to about 54m² and No 10 extending to around 62m².  Both have excellent flexible spaces. The property is on the ground floor only. The windowed frontage allows for flexible merchandising and branding with ample space for signage both above, and on, the window. 

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

There could be potential to develop and upgrade the existing 2 units into a larger single unit suitable for retail, catering, office or social activity, subject to planning consents.

SERVICES

The units both benefit from mains electricity, water and drainage.