Sbh.uk’s rent review team is boasting a rent saving totalling more than £1 million for a single building as it looks back on 2005 as one of its most successful years.

A 10,219 sq m (110,000 sq ft) warehouse was let in just 72 hours after the initial inquiry proving that not all deals have to be long winded.

The letting of a 5,332 sq m (57,400 sq ft) warehouse to timber housing frames company Prestoplan, has kick started the redevelopment of St Modwen’s Quedgeley West industrial development in Gloucester.

The last warehouse at ProLogis Park, Coventry has been let to Gefco, Peugeot’s logistics subsidiary.

J Barbour & Sons have chosen Follingsby Park in Gateshead for its principal distribution centre, taking over a high-bay warehouse originally occupied by Fila.

Norbain SD has opened its new 4,645 sq m (50,000 sq ft) distribution centre at Ashton Moss in Lancashire, close to Junction 23 of the M60.

Gazeley is planning to develop speculatively a 30,657 sq m (330,000 sq ft) warehouse at its new development site in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Lex Logistics is investing £20m in a new 268,000 sq ft site at Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Lancashire. The deal signals the start of Chorley’s 100 acre strategic regional site at Buckshaw Village, designed to attract businesses to the area.

Recent reports in the newspapers focusing on the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s latest crusade regarding distribution warehouses – March of the mega depots – should not be dismissed out of hand, warns Lisa Fitch of NAI Fuller Peiser.

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