Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arlington Business Park


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Initially majority-delete votes, but further analysis flipped consensus to a strong keep. If anyone is unhappy with my close, take it to my talk page and I may reverse it, but the delete opinions offer little reasoning compared to the keep votes. (non-admin closure) Redditaddict69 (talk) (contribs)  23:50, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Arlington Business Park

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A directory-like page on an unremarkable business park. Significant RS coverage not found; what comes up is hyper-local and / or routine notices. Created by Special:Contributions/Mbrowne85 with few other contributions outside this topic. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:20, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:17, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:16, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Per WP:GNG we should keep the article. I did look into merging into Theale but decided against it per content of each article. gidonb (talk) 08:26, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Can't find any significant coverage in secondary sources. Few results that come up include company registration listing and real estate advertising. AusLondonder (talk) 08:59, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Not much there in terms of secondary sources. Sources in the article appear mostly primary. Fails WP:GNG, WP:GEOFEAT. SportingFlyer  talk  21:04, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The book notes: "Arlington Business Park, Theale, Berkshire: In a lakeside setting, on the edge of Reading, adjacent to the M4." The book notes: "The perceived benefits associated with urban design considerations at Arlington Business Park are relatively parochial and conservative. The investors—and there are several—emphasize their property’s intrinsic qualities to its occupants and little benefit is assumed to stem from the relationship between one building and the next. Privacy and control are stressed and the ability of occupants to alter and personalize their own environment is seen as being of no significance. The image of the business park, for example, is seen to be important in so far as it provides no surprises to investors or clients. The quality of the overall vision of the development can be expressed in terms of a trust in the developer who is known to provide a good standard product that is known to attract good quality occupants. Investors do not see a need to require additional features that could improve its market position: in essence, demand is seen to follow and reflect the location of the scheme and the reputation of its developer."  The book notes: "On Arlington's business park at Theale near Reading the contractors were heavily involved in 'learning' about each new office building, before agreeing a fixed price. Arlington began the procurement process by appointing an independent design team to validate and respond to its initial brief. The team was then asked to produce a concept design and progress this to scheme design stage. Arlington's budget for the project was based on market considerations. Although the design was well developed the professional team was asked not to specify products or systems – for example the cladding – so that the contractors had leeway to exercise their commercial and technical skills. Once the design team was happy with the scheme design three potential contractors were asked to participate in the first stage of the tender process and to provide a set of competitive rates based on their developed understanding of the scheme. [several more paragraphs]" <li> The article notes: "Private equity group Patron Capital has placed under offer a South East business park for a price understood to be more than £80m. The investor, along with asset manager APAM, is close to exchanging contracts with developer Goodman to buy Arlington Business Park in Theale, Berkshire (pictured), at a yield of 8.5%. ... The office campus, just off junction 12 of the M4 motorway, is currently part of the Arlington Business Parks Partnership (ABPP) - a joint venture between Goodman and Legal & General Property. The 48-acre park is let to tenants including KPMG and Royal Bank of Scotland, but has struggled to compete with the resurgent Reading town centre office market and the nearby Green Park business park, just outside Reading. PepsiCo, a longtime tenant of Arlington Business Park, will move its 95,000 sq ft office to Green Park later this year."</li> <li> The article notes: "This renewed interest in business parks has led to a wave of activity in the Thames Valley. One example is what Patron Capital and APAM have done at Arlington Business Park in Theale, near Reading. Patron bought the 48-acre park from Goodman in 2015 for £80m and has since changed the face of the park, creating a large communal facility, a café and a gym. Occupiers now include Regus, Wrigley, Clearswift and CTIL."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Arlington Business Park to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 06:23, 17 September 2018 (UTC) </li></ul> <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:04, 19 September 2018 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep per gidonb and Cunard. Satisfies GNG. James500 (talk) 11:04, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment wouldn't this also fail WP:NORG? I don't see much WP:SIGCOV in the sources above, to be honest. SportingFlyer  talk  07:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   19:53, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as additional coverage has been found. Peter James (talk) 20:41, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per the sources discovered by Cunard. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 14:44, 2 October 2018 (UTC)


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