newsFollowing recent growth fashion and homewares retailer Next plc has announced that it is accelerating its warehouse investment programme and looking to build a further 1.2 million ft2 facility at its Elmshall site in West Yorkshire.
newsDeveloper Wilson Bowden is proposing a 600,000 ft2 plus industrial and logistics scheme on a site near Ellistown in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
newsIreland’s leading bathroom supplier Sonas Bathrooms has secured its first site in the UK with a UK HQ and logistics facility in Redditch, West Midlands.
newsDevelopers Chancerygate and Hines have secured funding for their urban warehouse scheme in Oldham, Greater Manchester.
newsDeveloper IM Properties has taken the decision to appeal against the delay to determine its planning application for its 3 million ft2 Thrive scheme, near Curdworth and Junction 9 of the M42 following the submission of proposals in May last year.
newsNewcastle Airport is planning a new development that could include and expanded cargo hub on a 71 acre site south of the runway.
news3PL DX Group has taken a 10-year lease on a new depot in Kettering.
newsAt the launch of the British Property Federation and Savills’s latest research Industrial & Logistics: The Infrastructure of Everything, yesterday morning, invited panellists noted that despite governmental moves to make planning simpler and more efficient for I&L facilities through its revamped planning bill, bigger schemes were more likely to come forward through the appeal process rather than via local planning authorities.
newsSupermarket Morrisons has secured a former Tesco warehouse in Snodland, Kent following Tesco’s departure to a newer premises in Panattoni Park Aylesford last year.
newsTom Roche, secretary of the Business Sprinkler Alliance shares a concerning fire sprinkler failure at a multi-storey warehouse in Barking.
newsMarq Logistics UK – formerly known as GLP – has secured detailed planning for a 700,000 ft2 + warehouse on a 35.2 acre former coal works site in Ashby de la Zouche in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
articleSupply chain businesses often face timing challenges when expanding operational sites. A warehouse may become insufficient, a distribution facility may require upgrading, or a strategically located logistics hub may become available before an existing property has sold. In these situations, traditional commercial property finance can move too slowly to support immediate operational needs.
newsPeel Land has requested an Environmental Impact Assessment from Bolton Council prior to submitting outline proposals for an industrial and logistics scheme later this year.
newsFI Real Estate Management is submitting proposals for two industrial and logistics schemes in the Northwest totalling some 2.5 million ft2.
newsParcel delivery firm EVRI has taken Arrow Capital Partners’ 266,044 ft2 warehouse at its Arrow Point Barnsley development in South Yorkshire.
newsAccording to property analyst CoStar the industrial vacancy rate in London has reached a 15 year high.
newsReal estate investor, developer and asset manager, Firethorn, has acquired an 80.2-acre logistics site in Bardon, Leicestershire which it says it will progress speculatively.
newsThe Government’s proposed changes to the planning system have been welcomed by the UKWA.
newsDeveloper Mountpark has started construction on its 110-acre industrial and logistics hub at the former Ferrybridge Power Station in West Yorkshire.
news3PL WS Transportation, a subsidiary of WS Group set up by William Stobart, has secured a new logistics hub in the West Midlands.
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