At 497,583 sq m in 17 units across Britain, the level of take-up in new units of 10,000 sq m and over in the first three months of 2006 reached the highest level recorded in the first quarter of any year over the past ten years, says King Sturge.

Green buildings will become compulsory, warns property consultant King Sturge. New EU legislation and recent changes to Part L of the Building Regulations will change warehouses. Three key requirements of the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

One in eight US property investors plans to buy in the UK.

Growth of the northern ports contributes to the growth of UK competitiveness as well as more sustainable patterns of distribution by bringing goods closer to their end destinations and avoiding long haul road and rail journeys from ports in the south,

Slough Estates, new owner of Heywood Distribution Park near Manchester, is to build speculatively there.

The Haven Gateway, which takes in Felixstowe and Harwich, moved a step closer to “Growth Point” status when the government said it was “minded to” approve an application by the Haven Gateway Partnership.

Four industrial agents are the lucky winners of a range of hi-tech prizes in a competition run by IM Properties as a marketing initiative for the Aspect Development at West Moor Park in Doncaster.

Brixton Estates has been on a buying spree. It has bought the British Airways Regional Cargo Building at Green Lane, Hounslow, and the Circle South Industrial Estate at Wharfside Way, Trafford Park, Manchester.

sbh.uk’s specialist warehouse and industrial rent review team has saved drinks giant Diageo more than £5m in rent over five years on a 350,000 sq ft former distribution centre.

Gazeley Properties attracted government high-flier David Miliband MP, the new secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, to its award-winning Voltaic warehouse development in Dagenham, East London.