articleIn Depth Focus on Midbox – Investor interest grows
Investors are all over the midbox warehouse sector but is that good news for occupiers? Liza Helps investigates.
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articleA question of confidence
For those that can there are deals to be had in the Midlands, reports Liza Helps.
articleFar Eastern promise
Chinese eCommerce companies are extremely active in the UK, especially as a result of US tariffs, says Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters.
newsLidl spends £435 million on warehouses to support UK expansion
Discount retailer Lidl has announced that has spent some £285 million tripling capacity at its Belvedere distribution centre and is set to start a £150 million investment with the construction of a 581,200 ft2 distribution centre in Leeds.
newsEXCLUSIVE: DPD Group plans highly bespoke build-to-suit transport hub in Staffordshire
DPD Group has agreed to a bespoke distribution hub at St Francis Group’s 1.7 million ft2 Logic 54 scheme in South Staffordshire.
newsLuxury gift packaging supplier secures new logistics HQ
Luxury gift packaging supplier Glick has secured a new distribution centre and head office building, to allow for ambitious expansion plans.
newsAirport Business Park to expand
Plans have been submitted to expand Airport Business Park Southend by a further circa.71,000 ft2 to provide sustainable space for SMEs.
newsEccles urban logistics scheme gets go ahead
Developer Chancerygate and investor CBRE IM have been granted planning permission for their 105,000 ft2 urban logistics development in Eccles, Greater Manchester
newsM&S confirms state-of-the-art logistics hub in the East Midlands
Marks & Spencer, has confirmed that it is building a £340 million state-of-the-art automated national distribution centre at Prologis’ RFI DIRFT III scheme at Daventry in the East Midlands after a West Northamptonshire strategic planning committee met to discuss the proposal on Tuesday this week – where plans had been recommended for approval.
newsGirl Guides pick Altrincham for distribution centre
The Guide Association, widely known as Girlguiding, has taken a warehouse in Altrincham in the Northwest as its main UK distribution centre.
newsInPost believed to have secured largest London warehouse letting for two years
Parcel operator InPost is believed to have taken a lease on a 120,000 ft2 last mile warehouse in Greenwich which would make it the largest deal in London in two years.
newsRecord rent for Northwest warehouse
A new big box record rent of has been achieved for the Northwest, with a letting of a 124,980 ft2 warehouse space in Warrington.
newsDefence spending to increase warehouse take-up
Nearly 400 million ft2 of warehouse space across the UK and Europe will be needed for direct and indirect logistics related to the defence industry according to an upcoming report by Savills, on rising defence spending as part of the UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and new NATO commitments.
newsPrologis plans first UK EHGV charging station
Investor developer Prologis UK subsidiary Prologis UK Mobility is proposing its first UK eHGV charging station at its Prologis Park Kettering site in Northamptonshire.
newsCouncil recommended to approve M&S DIRFT super hub
Planning officers at West Northamptonshire Council have recommended that the planning committee approves a million ft2 plus super hub widely known to be for occupation by M&S next week.
newsLast mile logistics scheme planned for South Manchester
Kier Property has bought a four-acre industrial site at Sharston Industrial Estate in South Manchester for a planned last-mile logistics development.
newsNo Grade A warehouse space in Scotland
Savills latest Big Shed Briefing report notes that there is no Grade A warehouse space over 100,000 ft2 immediately available in Scotland.
newsSealant and adhesive company takes Tamworth warehouse
Independent European manufacturer of sealants, adhesives and polyurethane foams Soudal Group has taken a circa 50,000 ft2 warehouse at Indurent’s 32-acre Indurent Park Tamworth scheme in Staffordshire.
newsLearn how to secure the optimal property, lower carbon emissions and boost urban logistics
Experts will be at Tomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester to help address occupier occupier concerns in the fast-changing and high stakes world of warehouse property
newsEXCLUSIVE (Updated): DHL secures development land sale with Singaporean REIT
International parcel and logistics group DHL has sold two development plots in the East Midlands to Singaporean listed real estate investment trust CapitaLand Ascendas REIT for £56.4 million.
