Marrtree Investments has started construction on a 40,000 sq ft project at Calder Park, near Wakefield.

The development, named Marrtree Business Park Wakefield, will be the Yorkshire developer's 23rd employment site in the north of England, and is expected to be completed by June 2025.

The site will feature nine business units of between 3,500 sq ft and 5,000 sq ft, suitable as warehouse, industrial, or trade counter space.

Organisations currently based at Calder Park include National Highways, Taylor Wimpey Homes, West Yorkshire Police, and Minster Law.

Newcastle-based STP Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the construction of the new business park, with the Leeds offices of Savills and GV & Co appointed as letting agents.

Marrtree Investments director William Marshall said: "[Calder Park] has fantastic communication links, situated right next to junction 39 of the M1 motorway.

"We expect demand to be high for the units at Marrtree Business Park Wakefield, with the prospect of around 100 jobs being created."

Marrtree Investments completed a £4.5m, 27,000 sq ft, business park and Starbucks drive thru at Clifton Moor, in York, earlier this year.

Marrtree Investments was founded in Bradford in the 1940s.