The global real estate investment trust Prologis has signed two deals to deliver almost a million sq ft of build-to-suit logistics space in China and Mexico. The biggest contract is for a 500,000sq ft distribution centre in Mexico’s third largest... Read More
As internet retailers continue to grow their market share at an astounding rate, many of the larger site operators have been driving demand for ‘Big Shed ‘distribution centres. Amazon’s fulfillment centre in Rugeley already measures around the... Read More
Screwfix this week announced a large scale investment into the growth of its Stoke-on-Trent based distribution centre. Under the plans, which have already gained approval from the local authority, Screwfix’s existing 320,000 sq ft facility will almost... Read More
Despite a return of confidence to the West Yorkshire commercial property market, a single industrial unit will be the area’s only new facility available for immediate occupation when it is completed this summer. Two new buildings are currently under... Read More
The dire shortage of industrial and warehousing premises within the M27 corridor could soon be over, according to commercial property consultants Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). There have been no significant speculative developments within Hampshire’s... Read More
Prologis and the Emirati marine terminal and port operator DP World have teamed up to speculatively build a distribution centre at London Gateway Logistics Park. The fifty-fifty 316,000sq ft joint venture is being designed to offer the maximum... Read More
With reports of demand beginning to outstrip supply in some key markets, the absence of commercial development during the recession may hinder the recovery. However, a new report from asset design and consultancy firm Arcadis has highlighted the very real... Read More
A novel retail outlet is coming to the Millbrook area of Southampton. Known as the Boutique Box Warehouse, the site will be comprised of more 100 shipping containers arranged within a 20,000 sq ft warehouse to create an indoor market-style retail space. The... Read More
Chinese car manufacturer Changan has confirmed it is searching for a new site for its UK research and development operation. In 2010 Changan established a base in Nottingham Science Park but now wants to move closer to the West Midland’s cluster of... Read More
Liverpool City Council is committing £8.2m — almost half its regional Growing Places Fund — to kick-start nine stalled private development projects across Merseyside. The nine projects are situated in the centre of Liverpool, and at Halton,... Read More
