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Atlas Ward has started work on a new £13 million multi-temperature depot in Paddock Wood for foodservice distributor 3663 First for Foodservice, replacing three existing sites.

The credit crunch has meant that the development pipeline for 2009 is virtually zero with static rents, rising construction costs, softening investment yields and a dearth of development funding all conspiring against developers.

According to Lambert Smith Hampton’s latest National Industrial & Distribution report, rents will drop dramatically by up to eight per cent this year and a further 3.8 per cent in 2010.