One of the largest distribution facilities in the UK will soon become available at Heywood, which is located close to J3 of the M66 and J18 of the M62 motorways. Following the departure of Index later this year, new owners Moorfield and Group and Westbroo

Palletline has further invested in its hub infrastructure to manage the continued strong growth in pallet volumes. The company has expanded capacity at its Birmingham hub by leasing of a new 8,184sq m building located at Merlin Park, close to the existing

Matthew & Goodman, acting on behalf of Ingersoll-Rand, has secured the sale of a 12,090sq m production facility on 10.9 acres at Swan Lane, Hindley Green, as part of the continual restructuring of Ingersoll-Rand’s manufacturing operations in the UK. The q

Following practical completion in early October, Land Securities has announced two further lettings at its 2.7 hectare (6.7 acre) speculative industrial and distribution development Commerce Park in Croydon, Surrey. Carpetright has taken Unit 9 totalling

The industrial property market is responding positively to the locational advantages that have been enhanced in Staffordshire following the opening of the M6 Toll which is assisting the relief of traffic congestion on the M6, says NAI Fuller Peiser. A mea

Headstock Distribution, sole distributor of Ibanez and Tama musical instruments and manufacturer of Lanely amplifiers, has brought the freehold of 2,601sq m building for £1.5M on the 43-acre Coombs Wood Business Park, Halesowen.

The current climate for freehold investment property has prompted Warwick-based IM Properties to offer a freehold option alongside leasehold terms on a 11,112sq m distribution/manufacturing building close to J6 of the M6 motorway. The new build Unit 16 in

Warehouses may be extended by 25% of the building’s cubic content up to a maximum 1,000sq m of floor space, although limitations apply to height, design, proximity to boundaries, parking provision, and special areas. (The Town and Country Planning (Genera

IN this country, Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) have seen a flurry of planning applications for logistics developments, characterised by large-scale high quality schemes in strategic locations with good road networks. NAI Fuller Peiser undertook a surv

In the early months of 2004, here at Gazeley we have seen the emergence of a significant number of specific requirements for large distribution centres around the UK – in some cases for depots as large as 65,030sq m – and I am sure that we are not alone.