According to King Sturge, at the end of June 2009 there was some 24,541,715.75 million sq ft of industrial floor space immediately available across GB, in 95 new units of 100,000 sq ft and over.
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Wakefield Council has granted Asda permission for a 850KW wind turbine to power its distribution depot in Normanton, Yorkshire.
Morrisons has opened a 920,000 sq ft warehouse and distribution centre developed by Gazeley and Standard Life Investments.
Aero Inventory UK, a service provider to companies in the aerospace industry, has taken a ten year lease on a 72,089 sq ft warehouse at RBS Pension Trustee’s 610/620 The Hub, Skyline 120 in Braintree, Essex at a rent of £6.25 per sq ft.
Developer Gazeley’s sustainable development G.Park Blue Planet scheme in Chatterley Valley has won its fifth award in a month at the Industrial Agents Society Awards
Taiwan-based global marketing and manufacturing group Kenmark has leased ProLogis’ 150,000 sq ft Eurohub Corby unit in Northamptonshire.
Jessica Davies heads up north to get a taste for what business is being done on the smaller warehouses in the region.
The logistics industry is being asked to help in the battle to reduce carbon emissions by providing data on how it uses its warehouses.
Freight volumes are rising, but as the roads near capacity more and more companies rae turning to rail. Lucy Tesseras talks to industry insiders about the increased interest in rail-connected property and the environmental benefits it can provide.
Plans for a £48 million business park in Lancashire comprising 680,000 sq ft of mixed-use employment space, including large industrial units of up to 400,000 sq ft, have been given the go-ahead by Burnley Council.
