Panattoni has started construction of Panattoni Wakefield 500, a speculative logistics development at Wakefield Europort in West Yorkshire.
The development will provide Yorkshire’s only 500,000ft² speculative logistics unit and one of the largest immediately deliverable Grade A logistics opportunities in the North of England. The unit is expected to be available for occupation in May 2027.
The cross-docked facility will include 15-metre clear internal warehouse height, high specification Grade A offices, 56 dock doors, eight level access doors, yard depths of up to 50 metres, 62 HGV parking spaces and spaces, 79 EV charging points.
The scheme is targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, an EPC ‘A’+ rating (on the offices), and net zero carbon in construction.
Sustainability features will include roof-mounted solar panels, rainwater harvesting, water leak detection, sub-metering of energy consumption, and 15% rooflights to the warehouse.
Panattoni development director, Chris Brown, said: “Starting construction at Wakefield 500 is an important milestone for Panattoni and for the Yorkshire logistics market.
“Large-scale occupiers are focused on resilience, labour, power, sustainability, and the ability to serve major consumer markets efficiently.
“Wakefield 500 has been designed around those requirements and will give occupiers a rare opportunity to secure approx. 500,000ft² of future-proofed space in one of the North’s strongest logistics corridors.”
