HelioSlough’s rail freight depot proposal for Radlett, Hertfordshire, faces opposition from residents.
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Rapid economic growth in Asia means that demand for warehouses is rising rapidly. Charlie Jacoby looks the development hot spots.
The West Midlands remains a nagging little sister to the East Midlands, constantly reminding it that, despite the East’s beauty in the eyes of logistics occupiers, the West can pull in the fancymen too, says Charlie Jacoby.
The Buncefield explosion has proved to be a harsh lesson for those companies that did not have appropriate insurance. Charlie Jacoby looks at the issues.
The UK division of logistics company UTi Worldwide has taken a sub-lease on Whatman International’s warehouse on the Larkfield Trading Estate, New Hythe Lane, Aylesford, Kent.
Chelsea (General Partner), the joint venture company between Chancerygate and clients of Insight Investment, has sold the Union Quay warehouse on Clayton Road, Hayes in Middlesex to Property and Management Services for £6.756m.
TDG has taken 22,110 sq m (238,000 sq ft) at the former Cummins Factory in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, in one of the biggest lettings in the region for five years.
Specialist insulation company Sheffield Insulations Group has chosen Eurocentral as the location for a new 6,679 sq m (71,900 sq ft) distribution facility.
Plans for a up to 41,805 sq m (450,000 sq ft) of industrial and distribution space at the 7.23ha (17.86 acre) plot on the 12.14ha (30 acre) former Cransley Iron Works outside Kettering in Northamptonshire have been lodged with the local planning authority
Several speculative developments in the Midlands are due for completion shortly giving occupiers even more choice.
