newsBoldly going ahead with a speculative development in the spring/summer of 2024 was deemed ‘very brave’ but with vacancy rates in the region bucking national trends and remaining sub 3% – perhaps this is more calculated than risky…
newsA highly bespoke M&S logistics centre requirement has been linked to Vancouver based real estate development and investment firm, Epta Development Corporation (EDC) and development partner Stoford’s 2 million ft2 Axis Works scheme in Bristol, which secured reserved planning permission for a highly bespoke 390,000 ft2 plus cross docked warehouse on Friday last week.
newsHBD, part of Henry Boot, and Barnfield Group, have secured reserved matters planning for a further three buildings at the JV’s 800,000 ft2 APTUS industrial and logistics scheme in Preston, Lancashire.
newsThe 25,000 m² hub at Coventry SEGRO Park features advanced automation with a handling capacity of over 1 million parcels per day.
newsThe former Pets At Home distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent is set to be redeveloped to provide a new modern Grade A last mile distribution facility with a three-level multi-storey van deck (MSVD) that could accommodate 689 vans – uniquely typical of Amazon last mile facilities in the UK.
newsLogicor has submitted plans for the redevelopment of its 650,000 ft2 warehouse in Bardon Hill, Coalville, in The Midlands now that former 3PL tenant Great Bear/Culina has vacated the building.
newsRealis, the equity investment platform of South African bank Investec, has formed a £400 million urban logistics joint venture with developer Kier Property to develop urban logistics space in the UK.
newsKier Property has acquired a 100,000 ft2 office building in Hemel Hempstead which it intended to redevelop as a best-in-class trade and logistics scheme.
newsChancerygate and Bridges Fund Management’s joint venture has won planning for a £77 million 277,000 ft2 mid box scheme in Birmingham.
newsDHL Real Estate Solutions, DHL supply chain’s development subsidiary, has launched its 1.86 million ft2 Westworks scheme in Corby announcing that DHL has pre-let a 498,471 ft2 facility and that it will be speculatively building a further 297,413 ft2 unit this year.
newsDeveloper Indurent, has competed the fifth and final phase of its circa 1 million ft2 Indurent Park Burton scheme delivering five midbox units totaling 392,000 ft2.
newsKuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) has formed a joint venture with logistics warehouse specialist Delin Properties to refurbish warehouses in the UK.
newsIn a market that has had an increase of some 46% in supply over the past year and a significant drop in take-up, occupiers may think the tables have turned but HBD is banking on quality and a unique location with its latest completed development Momentum Logistics Park to spark competitive interest.
articleLiza Helps, property editor, Logistics Matters asks are warehouses a priority for the Government?
articleFour cracking deals and developments make Liza Helps’ list of the year. Read on to find out what made these exemplar projects stand out.
article2024 certainly had its up and downs so how is what happened going to affect 2025? Liza Helps investigates.
newsRugby Council planning officers are recommending planning committee members approve a 4.26 million ft2 logistics campus for Mike Ashley’s Fraser Group this week despite serious harm to the Green Belt.
articleThe Government has updated its National Planning Policy Framework.
newsHC-CARGO, a supplier of spare parts for the automotive industry and part of the Bosch Group, will close its Nottingham warehouse on December 31.
articleYusen Logistics speaks to Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy about an exciting new warehouse the company has planned for the Midlands.
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