newsWarehouse rents in the Midlands are forging ahead with prime rents for midbox space pushing £12.50 per ft2 around Birmingham and big box warehouses topping £10.50 per ft2 but quoting rents reaching even higher – possibly £14-15 per ft2 for midbox space.
newsTemperature control solutions company ICS Cool Energy has snapped up a 42,000 ft2 midbox warehouse at developer Vengrove’s Avalon Point scheme at Erdington Industrial Park in Birmingham.
newsAmazon is the ultimate occupier of Panattoni’s 885,000 ft2 speculative mega shed in Bristol after a fashion – the building has actually been let to 3PL GXO in its entirety to service a contract with the internet giant.
newsTesco has leased a 491,926 ft2 warehouse at developer Mountpark’s Mountpark Hinckley scheme in Leicestershire in the East Midlands
newsChinese owned e-commerce giant JD.com has snapped up two units at PLP’s 1.06 million ft2 PLP MK scheme in Milton Keynes.
newsDiscount retail giant Aldi is set to close its 600,000 ft2 distribution centre in Sawley, Derbyshire, in a move to improve supply chain efficiency.
articleIn the big scheme of things, a 77,947 ft2 warehouse facility is not exactly, well – not exactly. It’s size would suggest that it’s a run of the mill small to midbox shed but Bridge Industrial’s Bridge Point Southall warehouse is one, in London and two, is big in all the right places…
newsIndustrial and logistics developer Seybourne Estates has submitted proposals to redevelop the former Pavilions Sports Club and ICI sports pitches in Runcorn as a 225,00 ft2 warehouse scheme.
articlefulfilmentcrowd posted FY25 revenue growth of 20% year-on-year, with profitability increasing by 83% year-on-year.
articleThe UK’s leading bakers are delighted to announce that attrition rates on bread baskets and dolly equipment across the UK’s bakery supply chain have fallen once again – now reaching their lowest levels since 2020 – as smarter tracking, stronger audits and tougher enforcement measures continue to deliver results, new figures from Bakers Basco reveal.
newsToyota has committed to developing a new fleet maintenance hub in Leicestershire following he submission of plans on its behalf by developer Hortons.
newsExpress distribution company Federal Express Corporation, has announced two new state-of-the-art logistics hubs in the UK.
newsPrivately owned property development & investment company Marshgate Group has sold its interest in the 35-acre Horizon 120 Phase 2 industrial and logistics development site in Braintreee Essex to Panattoni for an undisclosed sum.
newsGREYKITE European Real Estate Fund I has entered into a strategic partnership with Martley Capital to build the UK division of its Lagerhome industrial platform in the UK and has made its debut with the acquisition of a 100,000 ft2 multi-let scheme in Milton Keynes.
newsGlobal Cargo Solutions has secured a sublease from The Pallet Network for a new Midlands depot at Prologis Park Midpoint in Birmingham.
newsNHS Supply Chain has awarded the contract for the management of its logistics services to GXO.
articleBS Handling Systems outlines an exciting new partnership aimed at solving operational problems in the UK warehouse.
newsDevelopers Chancerygate and Hines have been granted planning approval for a 166,500 ft2 midbox warehouse scheme in Oldham in the North West.
newsFast-growing parcel delivery company HIVED has secured the last remaining unit at SEGRO’s co-location urban industrial scheme SEGRO Park Hayes in West London.
newsMcLaren Construction Midlands and North has been appointed to deliver a mega shed of 575,000 ft2 plus on Plot 4 of BGO and Equation’s Matrix 49 scheme in Avonmouth in the Southwest.
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