Tag: warehouses



Prologis to complete Heathrow Park with two units

Posted on 25 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Prologis is to complete its existing Heathrow industrial park with the speculative build of two logistics facilities totalling almost 140,000sq ft. Prologis Park Heathrow, close to Junction 4 of the M4 motorway, is just over a mile from the main... Read More

Yorkshire Commercial Property Shortage likely to hold back Recovery

Posted on 21 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

As we reported yesterday, commercial property market activity in Yorkshire is growing as investors seek opportunities in the regions. Transactions so far this year in Yorkshire and Humberside are already showing signs of outstripping the entire 2013 total,... Read More

Swindon Speculative Build First Since Recession

Posted on 13 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Construction has started on Swindon’s first speculative commercial property development since the economic downturn. Plans have also been unveiled for a new business park for the Wiltshire town which could create as many as 2,000 new jobs. Aimed at... Read More

LondonMetric clinches two Northampton Distribution Deals

Posted on 5 April, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

LondonMetric Property has snapped up a million sq ft pre-let distribution complex in Northamptonshire following its recent £60m acquisition of a nearby site which already houses budget retailer Primark's central distribution hub. In the first deal —... Read More

Highbridge to build new North-East Industrial Site

Posted on 21 March, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Highbridge Properties — the developers behind Britain’s biggest business park — has unveiled plans for a new 82-acre industrial site which, it claims, could create more than 1,000 new jobs. Indigo Park will be located north of Newcastle on land... Read More

Waitrose to open First National Distribution Centre

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments

The majority of large retailers now provide a home delivery or click and collect service to cater for changing shopping patterns. While this may reduce footfall in bricks and mortar outlets it has, at the same time, led to a greater need for warehouse space... Read More

Super-Rich turn to Commercial Property in search of Higher Returns

Posted on 11 March, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Sales and Lets

As wealth levels rebound after the financial crisis the world's mega-rich are turning their back on luxury mansions and investing in hotels and office blocks, new research claims. The shift into commercial property — and investments that offer higher... Read More

North-East heading for “Big Shed” Crisis

Posted on 5 March, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Industry News

As the North-East economy continues to strengthen, the region’s industrial and distribution companies are edging ever closer to a property crisis, one chartered surveyor has warned. The demand for so-called big sheds across the region is so high,... Read More

The Rise and Rise of the Dark Supermarket

Posted on 20 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

In many ways they are the perfect supermarket. There are no queues at the checkouts. There is no Muzak. And there are no customers. The only people you’ll see are “pickers” selecting groceries for on-line orders. These are Britain’s growing network... Read More

Interest High In Former Essex Refinery Site

Posted on 16 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Clearance work has started on a 400 acre former Essex oil refinery site prior to it being opened up to a variety of occupiers. Another immediately available 110 acres, situated adjacent to London Gateway, is already attracting interest. The Thames... Read More