“Alive with Opportunity” is the Regional Development Agency’s strap line which appears on all of its marketing material. It is highly appropriate for the distribution sector with a number of drivers of change influencing a geographical switch away from th

More than 40 acres of industrial and distribution property development is planned to start in the North-east between now and mid-2005.

Previously the top warehousing locations have geographically focused on centrally located hubs within the UK, such as the Midlands and the M8 corridor, between Edinburgh and Glasgow. This was to take advantage of accessibility, travel times and access to

Mapei UK, part of the Italian Mapei group which is manufactures and distributes chemical building products, has settled into its new 6,038sq m premises on the 43-acre Coombs Wood Business Park, Halesowen. The company chose Coombs Wood, which is bei

Young & Butt has let Unit 8 Marshlands Road, Farlington, Portsmouth, to MacGregor (GBR) for one of its private investors. MacGregor (GBR) has taken a new six-year full repairing and insuring lease on the property, which amounts to 200sq m at a rental o

Humber Timber Terminals, which has been importing timber through a 5,775sq m warehouse at Associated British ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham since August 2003, is set to expand its operations at the port due to growth in volumes in excess of origina

Grainger Trust, advised by FPDSavills, has sold the freehold industrial investment of Unit 2, Wyncolls Road, Severalls Park, Colchester, Essex, to private clients of Colliers Capital UK for £3.66M reflecting a net initial yield of 7.36%.

A variety of industrial and warehouse space in “superb logistical locations” is now available for letting through Milton Keynes agent Douglas Duff. “The M1 corridor offers a full range of excellent premises in an ideal location, and all the units h

Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker is marketing a single storey warehouse (measuring approximately 17,739sq m) situated on a site with expansion capabilities, at Boscombe Road, Dunstable.

Industrial enquiries are at a higher level than this time last year with strong demand for freeholds under 465sq m from owner-occupiers with very limited stock available, which is likely to drive capital values in excess of £100 per sq ft, says Robin Dick