Nearly 60 per cent of the total take-up of industrial and distribution warehousing space (units over 100,000 sq ft) in the first quarter of 2010 was recorded in the Midlands according to research from Jones Lang LaSalle.
Leasing activity across the Midlands in the first quarter of this year reached over 2.4 million sq ft, meaning that the region has already exceeded total 2009 UK take-up volumes by 25 per cent.