articleShed of the Month: More than meets the eye
Possibly the only brand new Grade A immediately available 500,000 ft2 plus warehouse in the Northwest this property is more than meets the eye.
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newsAgricultural conglomerate snaps up Bicester warehouse
Global agricultural food conglomerate Dole, which specialised in growing and distributing fresh fruit and vegetables, has taken a warehouse in Cabot Park Bicester as a new fruit ripening facility.
newsLogicor completes 500,000 ft2 plus refurbishments in Golden Triangle
Investor and real estate asset manager Logicor has competed the refurbishment of three building in the Golden Triangle totalling more than 500,000 ft2 of warehouse space.
newsEcommerce company snaps up Kent warehouse
British ecommerce company Must Have Ideas has taken Ares Management’s recently refurbished warehouse Aylesford 245 as its new headquarters and distribution facility.
newsWalsall warehouses reach practical completion
A pair of warehouses being developed as part of a larger 370,000 ft2 industrial and logistics scheme have reached practical completion in Walsall in the West Midlands.
newsPractical completion for rare immediately available 200,000 ft2 warehouse opportunity in South East
Developer Panattoni has finished the construction of one of the Southeast’s only immediately available warehouses opportunities that totals 200,000 ft2.
newsEXCLUSIVE: Online Music company secures York warehouse
UK’s largest online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, Gear4Music is set to agree a 15 year lease on a new distribution centre in Yorkshire.
newsBUDGET 2025: Ending of ‘de minimis’ rule set to increase warehouse take up
The Chancellors decision to finally end the ‘de minimis’ rule which exempts parcels under £135 from paying customs by 2029 at the latest is expected to boost warehouse take up.
newsBUDGET 2025: Business rates surcharge for higher valued properties not going to level playing field
The Chancellor has adopted a lower higher rate business rates multiplier for properties valued above £500,000 than originally feared but occupiers and owners of distribution warehouses will still pay an additional £270 million over the period 2026-27 to 2028-29 and the level playing field between the high street and online retailers will not materialise next year.
newsEXCLUSIVE: SEGRO seeking 1.1 million ft2 Reading warehouse scheme
Developer investor SEGRO has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment ahead of a formal planning application for 1.1 million ft2 of industrial and logistics space on a site in Reading in the Thames Valley.
newsPrologis buys Waltham Abbey site for £54.1 million
Developer investor Prologis has paid fashion retail giant Next £54.1 million for its Waltham Abbey site in Essex.
newsThe Warehouse Transformation Awards opens for entries
There’s something for everyone at The Warehouse Transformation Awards.
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articleIn Depth Focus Aesthetics: I feel pretty…
Recent headlines have called warehouses ‘monstrous’, ‘blights on the landscape’, bringing neighbours to tears and destroying lives and, whether logistics companies actually have a hand in their design and development or not, the bad publicity taints. So, should warehouses be prettier? Liza Helps explores.
newsChinese property company snaps up Wigan warehouse for refurbishment
Chinese e-commerce conglomerate JD.com’s property arm Jingdong Property advised by developer Prime Box is set to refurbish the circa.330,000 ft2 ASDA regional distribution centre in Wigan following its acquisition this week.
newsDSV takes major pre-let on the next phase of IM Properties’ Mercia Park in Leicestershire
Global transport and logistics company DSV has signed up as the first tenant for the next phase of IM Properties’ 5 million ft2 + Mercia Park scheme in Leicestershire.
newsStoford appointed development manager for 4 million ft2 Milton Keynes logistics scheme
Berkeley Group has appointed Stoford as development manager to lead the delivery of MK East, a 200-acre prime logistics development site off Junction 14 of the southern M1 motorway near Milton Keynes.
newsWoolwich brownfield site for urban warehouse scheme
Developer Verdion has teamed up with investor L&G to bring forward a £30 million urban logistics scheme on a 2.6-acre brownfield plot in Woolwich, Southeast London.
newsRefurbished Stakehill warehouse let
Composite fencing and decorative panels supplier and distributior Charles & Ivy has snapped up Triton Property Fund’s recently refurbished 82,500 ft2 Electron warehouse on the Stakehill Industrial Estate in Manchester.
newsAmazon-like last mile warehouse mooted for Cornwall
An Amazon-like state-of-the-art last mile parcel hub is being mooted for a site near the Chiverton Cross interchange on the A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall.
