With a plethora of deals going down it looks like modern warehouse space is going to be in short supply. Liza Helps investigates.
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CPRE South Yorkshire has written to the government, asking ministers to call a full public inquiry into the development of an intermodal scheme in Rossington near Doncaster which was given the go-ahead by councillors this month.
Bristol Council has granted outline consent for a 550,000 sq ft chilled and frozen cross-docked distribution centre on the 62-acre former Rhodia site in Avonmouth.
Automotive and industrial acoustic insulation manufacturer Pritex has taken an assignment on a 44,551 sq ft warehouse in Chelston Business Park in Wellington.
Carlisle farmer Gordon Brown has been given consent to legally challenge the Carlisle council’s decision to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of the local airport by the Stobart Group.
Distribution company AF Blakemore & Sons has taken USS’s 80,074 sq ft warehouse at Premier Park in Leeds on a 17-year lease at a rent of £4.15 per sq ft.
Art material supplier Creative Arts has taken Pochin Developments’ 31,085 sq ft warehouse known as Unit 10 at Dalton Way in Middlewich, Cheshire as its new headquarters and national distribution centre.
Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr has taken an 86,500 sq ft warehouse at Westfield Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld, Scotland from landlord Threadneedle Property Investment at a rent of £3 per sq ft.
Industrial landlord Segro has agreed a short-term letting at Heywood Distribution Park with Royal Mail to help accommodate the company’s Christmas rush.
