Arlington Securities has paid £14m for a vacant shed in Burton-on-Trent as the appetite for investing in distribution property continues unabated.
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Henry Boot Developments has lodged detailed plans for 320,000 sq ft of warehousing at its 18-acre Meir Park scheme in Stoke-on-Trent.
Craigard Investments is taking advantage of a lack of big shed space along the M3 Corridor and is speculatively refurbishing a 100,000 sq ft plus warehouse in Eastleigh, Southampton, which it will call Avalon.
Wolseley has opened a 350,000 sq ft distribution centre in Leamington Spa comprising two buildings, linked by an enclosed bridge.
Developer Gazeley has struck a joint venture deal with UK Coal to develop a site in Leicestershire into a £60m distribution park.
Handleman UK has taken Big Sam, Arlington and Barwood’s 274,700 sq ft cross-docked distribution centre at Wingates Industrial Estate in Bolton on a 10-year lease at an annual rent of £1.17 million a year (£4.25 per sq ft).
Despite a long time in the planning and a negative lobby from residential neighbours planning permission has been granted for a 205,000 sq ft warehouse at Ashroyd Business Park in South Yorkshire.
There is a growing trend among developers to provide cross-docked facilities to the market not just on a design and build basis but speculatively.
Agents Atisreal and NAI Fuller Peiser are banking on a shortage of good quality warehousing in Bristol to boost the chances of a successful letting of the recently refurbished Coors building at Aztec West, Bristol.
Grahams Dairies has acquired 2.91 acres for a new depot to supply milk and other dairy products to Glasgow and the surrounding areas.
