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Ref No	LDC/CD/2/3/2
Title	Deans Industrial Estate
Date	1974-1996
Term	Industrial estates
AdminHistory	Deans industrial estate were included in the original Master Plan for Livingston in 1963. Development began shortly thereafter and the Estate continued to expand through the lifetime of the Corporation. When the Nippon Electronic Company (NEC) opened a semi-conductor plant in Livingston, the 40 acre site was in Deans Industrial Estate and it was Livingston's largest employer. With the closure of the NEC plant, the site was eventually taken on by Tesco as a distribution centre. Property in Deans Industrial Estate included: Caputhall Road Chalmers Square Dewar Square Dunlop Square Elphinstone Square Hardie Road Lindsay Square Nairn Road Royston Road
AccessStatus	Open
Extent	75 files
ScopeandContent	Industrial Property Files for Deans Industrial Estate, 1974-1994. Industrial property files contain any material created and aggregated by the Corporation when managing that property. The files detail the Corporation's management of utilities; correspondence with tenants regarding bills, negotiation of leases and rent reviews; documentation regarding any purchasing of property; memos and other documentation regarding site investigations of condition of property on the tenant's termination of occupation, investigation and action on any repair or minor alterations needed on site; and details of any major modification work undertaken at the unit, including maps and plans. Some files contain polaroid pictures of the condition of the property on the tenant's termination of occupation.

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