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Shepherd Developments and Eden Park Developments, have selected placed a contract with Clegg Construction to speculatively build a 3,800 sq m (41,000sq ft) industrial/warehouse building with 8m eaves.

Pavers Shoes, a York based family-owned business founded in 1971, is set to double in size thanks to the completion of a new £3.5m distribution centre in Upper Poppleton, near York.

Structural steel costs are predicted to increase by around 8-10 per cent this year, which is likely to lead to an increase in rent levels for new buildings.

“We are a polluter,” said Ken Hall, vice president of Prologis told delegates. “We recognise that we have a responsibility.” Prologis along with other leading developers, has been developing more environmentally friendly warehouses.

NAI Fuller Peiser and the Freight Transport Association’s latest research into the Road Transport Directive – the part of the Working Time Directive aimed specifically at the logistics sector – has revealed that its predictions last year are coming true.

United Utilities has replaced Arrowcroft with Gazeley as preferred developer at its 65,030 sq m (700,000 sq ft) Axis Park scheme in Liverpool.

“We are a polluter” said Ken Hall, vice president of Prologis, and “we recognise that we have a responsibility.”

Slough Estates has announced plans for a £20m speculative redevelopment of the 10.5 acre Nechells site close to Junction 6 of the M6 Motorway and the Heartlands Spine Road in the West Midlands.

New industrial development appears to be restrained despite exceptionally good economic conditions.