Arlington Securities has paid £14m for a vacant shed in Burton-on-Trent as the appetite for investing in distribution property continues unabated.

Logistics property expert Tim Johnson of King Sturge has issued a plea to government and local authorities to release land for distribution warehouse development to sustain the economy.

Gladman Developments has started work on a £28 million, 525,000 sq ft speculative industrial and distribution scheme at Drum Industrial Estate in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

Waverley TBS, a subsidiary of Scottish and Newcastle, has taken a 34,500 sq ft warehouse on a 15-year lease at Quadrant Estate’s 134,000 sq ft Ropemaker Park in Hailsham, East Sussex.

Developers TRE (Belvedere) and DMI Properties are due to submit plans for a 230,000 sq ft warehouse scheme on a 13-acre site in Erith, Kent to be known as Alchemy Park.

Developer ProLogis has submitted outline plans for 1.

Adidas has taken a 360,000 sq ft national distribution centre and headquarters in Trafford Park, Manchester.

Independent Papers, advised by Savills, has bought the 15,000 sq ft Unit C, Interlink Park, Bardon, Leicester from Wilson Bowden on a 15-year lease at a rent of £5.

Ravenbourne and Standard Life are hoping to cash in on the Olympics with the development of a third phase at Thames Gateway Park in Dagenham, Essex.

Wolseley has opened a 350,000 sq ft distribution centre in Leamington Spa comprising two buildings, linked by an enclosed bridge.