By Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters

IT WAS announced earlier this week that the 256,258 ft2 Unit 3 facility on the two unit first phase of the scheme brought forward by Newlands Developments on behalf of VGP, had been let.

In its half year 2025-2026 report published in January this year Games Workshop had reported: “To future-proof our service levels we are in negotiations to secure an additional warehouse facility in the UK.

“We will take the opportunity to implement a later generation of robotics when this site opens in 2027.”

The deal demonstrates strong market demand for strategically located, Grade A logistics space with direct access to Junction 24a of the M1 motorway, East Midlands Airport, and the East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Terminal.

The building is currently under construction with Glencar and is expected to reach practical completion in October 2026. According to a CBRE report  on behalf of SEGRO looking at the viability of the nearby EMG2 for the Planning Inspectorate, with regards to the current DCO enquiry, It notes that a quoting rent of £10.50 per ft2 has been reported for Unit 3 VGP Park East Midlands.

Unit 3 boasts 243,000 ft2 of warehouse space with 15m eaves as well as 24 dock and two level access doors served by a 55m yard with parking for 48 HGVs. It also has 13,000 ft2 of two storey office and a 258 ft2 gatehouse. It is being constructed to target BREEAM Excellent and an EPC A rating.

Unit 4, totalling 141,000 ft2 remains the final available unit in Phase 1, while construction on Units 1 and 2 on Phase 2 are expected to commence – according to VGP’s marketing material – in Q3 2026 and reach practical completion in Q2 2027. Unit 1 will total 95,000 ft2 and Unit 2 342,258 ft2. The site totals some 43.49 acres.

Agents have said the scheme is ahead of schedule, and early access is immediately available on Unit 4 (141,000 ft2) for occupiers that need to fit out ready to be operational by the end of the year.

Logistics Matters reported in October last year that VGP had acquired the site from Newlands Developments with full planning permission . The site was valued at circa £20.2 million. It is the company’s first development scheme in the UK. It has since acquired a second site in Sheffield.

Joint agents are JLL, LSH and Apex. Logistics Matters approached all agents regarding the transaction for clarification – as yet none have been able to respond.