Speculative Development News | Logistics Manager https://www.logisticsmanager.com/property/speculative-development/ Thu, 07 May 2026 15:09:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-LM-site-icon-1-1-32x32.png Speculative Development News | Logistics Manager https://www.logisticsmanager.com/property/speculative-development/ 32 32 NFU Mutual acquires £2.7m logistics site https://www.logisticsmanager.com/nfu-mutual-acquires-2-7m-logistics-site/ Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:58 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=75307 Insurance company NFU Mutual has acquired a development site in Swindon from Marq Logistics for £2.7 million, with Graftongate appointed as development partner. The consented scheme will deliver an 80,000ft² [...]

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]]> UK Grade A Big Box space rises 37% year‑on‑year in Q1 2026, report states https://www.logisticsmanager.com/uk-grade-a-big-box-space-rises-37-year%e2%80%91on%e2%80%91year-in-q1-2026-report-states/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:53:57 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=75160 Real estate advisor Avison Young has reported that take‑up of UK Grade A Big Box space rose 37% year‑on‑year in Q1 2026 to 6.9 million ft². The analysis comes from [...]

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]]> Bleckmann leases 760,000ft² at Magna Park Lutterworth https://www.logisticsmanager.com/bleckmann-leases-760000ft%c2%b2-at-magna-park-lutterworth/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:58 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=75058 Third-party logistics specialist Bleckmann has signed a lease for a 761,000ft² distribution centre at Magna Park North Lutterworth, marking a major expansion of its UK footprint. The agreement with Marq [...]

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]]> SMG plans 50,000ft² speculative unit within Forth Green Freeport https://www.logisticsmanager.com/smg-plans-50000ft%c2%b2-speculative-unit-forth-green-freeport/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:46 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=75022 Scarborough Muir Group (SMG) has confirmed plans to speculatively develop a new 50,000ft² industrial and logistics unit at Queensferry One in Rosyth, Scotland, within the Forth Green Freeport. The scheme, [...]

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]]> Proxima Park reaches full occupancy https://www.logisticsmanager.com/proxima-park-reaches-full-occupancy/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:48 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=74817 The first phase of Proxima Park, in Waterlooville, Hampshire, has reached 100% capacity following the letting of 27,985ft² unit to a specialist drainage supplier. Proxima Park has delivered approximately 200,000ft² [...]

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]]> Stoford submits plans for five new Worcester Six Business Park units https://www.logisticsmanager.com/stoford-submits-plans-for-five-worcester-six-business-park-new-units/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:10:58 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=74424 Commercial developer, Stoford has submitted plans for five new units at its Worcester Six Business Park. Overseen by the planning committee of Wychavon District Council, the plans relate to a [...]

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]]> Verdion secures Cologne site with plans for €95m hub https://www.logisticsmanager.com/verdion-secures-cologne-site-with-plans-for-e95m-hub/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:29:06 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=74145 Pan-European logistics real estate specialist Verdion has secured a former production site in northern Cologne to create a €95 million (c. £82m) urban logistics hub. Verdion will speculatively develop the [...]

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]]> Stoford reaches full occupancy at 500,000ft² Spa Park https://www.logisticsmanager.com/stoford-reaches-full-occupancy-at-500000ft%c2%b2-spa-park/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:38:14 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=73943 Property developer Stoford has announced two new lettings at Spa Park in Leamington Spa, bringing the business park to full occupancy. The deals secure tenants for the last remaining speculatively [...]

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]]> SEGRO announces 220,000ft² lease to DP World https://www.logisticsmanager.com/segro-announces-220000ft%c2%b2-lease-to-dp-world/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:39:01 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=73807 Owner, manager and developer of warehouses, industrial property and data centres, SEGRO, has announced an agreement with DP World to lease a new 220,000ft² industrial and distribution warehouse building at [...]

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]]> Muse confirms Hillwood sale at WestonM6 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/muse-confirms-hillwood-sale-at-westonm6/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:44:38 +0000 https://www.logisticsmanager.com/?p=73688 Muse has confirmed the sale of the first phase of employment land at WestonM6 to Hillwood. The land, around 35 acres of fully serviced plots, sits within the WestonM6 neighbourhood between [...]

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