Speculative development of industrial and office premises across the West of England is the surest sign yet of returning economic confidence, according to Tim Davies, head of Colliers International’s Bristol office
Browsing: Property
Wilkinson Furniture has taken Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Property Trust and Centurion Properties’ 84,000 sq ft BLOC 84 unit at Lawnhurst Trading Estate in South Manchester
Dnata has snapped up Unit 5 at SEGRO’s Gatwick Cargo Centre. The property includes 17,390 sq ft of warehousing as well as a further 14,880 sq ft of airside and landside forecourts
Demand for design and build sites is high, but is there enough land to satisfy it? Liza Helps reports
Rents have hardened, incentives are reducing and lease lengths are increasing in the East Midlands. Good deals are getting hard to find, says Liza Helps
Swapping the south for the north is proving highly profitable in supply chain terms. Liza Helps investigates
Professional Parcel Logistics, a fully-owned subsidiary of DHL Freight, has invested €24.7 million (£20.8 million) in its largest parcel hub in the Czech Republic, which it says is capable of handling up to 18,000 parcels an hour
City Link has opened a 64,000 sq ft depot in Southampton, which is 30 per cent larger than its previous site in Kites Croft, to enable the company to expand its operations in the region
The Co-operative Estates has completed the sale of its former Somerfield regional distribution centre, in Pitreavie, Dunfermline, to global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, FMC Technologies
SDI Group has moved into a new 20,000 sq ft site in Hinckley, Leicestershire, to facilitate the company’s ongoing expansion
