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Planners set to give go ahead on 730,000 sq ft plus shed

Plans for a 730,000 sq ft plus warehouse in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, are set to be given the green light at a virtual planning committee meeting next week. Developer investor Gazeley submitted plans for the redevelopment of The Lounge Coal Preparation and Disposal Point, which closed in 2004, to North West Leicestershire Council…

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GLP revises plans for multi-storey warehouse in London

Developer GLP, formerly known as Gazeley, has revised its plans for its innovative multi-storey warehouse scheme in Silvertown, Newham in London. The Greater London Authroity had raised concerns over clean air and climate change issues for the redevelopment of a six-acre plot in Peruvian Wharf, Silvertown. The three-storey 426,000 sq ft inner city last-mile logistics…

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Logistics Manager Analysis: East Midlands shows promise of more to come

The East Midlands dominated take-up levels in 2019 according to property consultant Avison Young, accounting for 7.4 million sq ft of activity – nearly one third of the total take up of 22.1 million sq ft nationwide. And the first quarter of 2020 does not seem to have shaken confidence in the region with CBRE’s…

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E-commerce driving global warehousing take-up, says GLP

E-commerce lettings make up 40% of international developer GLP’s portfolio, a proportional rise of 15 percentage points since 2015. The revelation comes as GLP, which acquired industrial developer Gazeley, announced that it signed 96 million sq ft of lease agreements on a global basis in the first half of 2020 – up 41% year-on-year. GLP…

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Logistics Manager Analysis: Air, rail and port warehousing developments

With the government pushing for a net-zero carbon future could rail, air and port related warehousing schemes be the answer? Liza Helps reports.  On 27 June 2019 the UK became the first major economy in the world to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050, and it turned its gaze firmly on the logistics industry…

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Thousands say no to East Midlands warehouse development

More than 6,500 people have objected to the development of a warehouse scheme in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Buccleuch Property had put in an application to Kettering Council for five warehouses and a manufacturing unit at its Kettering North site totalling 432,870 sq ft in February this year. The warehouses would range in size from 35,000 sq…

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Gazeley looks to redevelop Milton Keynes warehouse

Developer investor Gazeley has submitted plans for the redevelopment of a warehouse to provide two new warehouses in Milton Keynes. Currently the 13.28-acre site known as Willen House is occupied by a single 215,000 sq ft warehouse. The proposal is to demolish the ‘outdated’ warehouse and replace it with two new units totalling 254,859 sq…

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Planning for Magna Park mega shed given go-ahead

Plans for a 755,820 sq ft mega shed at Gazeley’s Magna Park South scheme in Lutterworth have been given the go-ahead by Harborough Council. Harborough Council’s planning committee met to vote through the plans for the speculative warehouse last week. A council document released ahead of the decision said: “It is acknowledged that the proposed…

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Gazeley snaps up 25-acre site for new spec development

Investor developer Gazeley has acquired a 25-acre site near Bedford, to speculatively develop three new warehouses totalling 534,000  sq ft in partnership with L&Q Estates. The new development, which is to be named G-Park Bedford Wixams, will comprise three new logistics warehouse units comprising 249,000 sq ft, 125,000 sq ft and 160,000 sq ft respectively….

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Gazeley pushes button on Milton Keynes spec development

Developer investor Gazeley has pushed the button to speculatively develop a 300,000 sq ft plus warehouse in Milton Keynes. The development on a 21 acre site which had been optioned by Gazeley when it extended its Magna Park Milton Keynes scheme a few years ago, will total 312,700 sq ft and is known as Magnitude…

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Buckinghamshire mega shed site plans set for refusal

Plans for a 2.6 million sq ft warehouse site in Buckinghamshire are set to be refused by the local planning council next week. Developer Hampton Brook is behind the proposal, which would have seen the development of a 140 acre scheme with the potential to create more than 2,000 jobs on land known as South…

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Amazon secures £3.2 million tax rebate for Rugeley warehouse

Amazon is set to get a £3.2 million rates rebate from Cannock Chase Council following a successful challenge regarding the rateable value of its massive warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. The refund back dates to the Rugeley fulfilment centre opening in August 2011. The warehouse was built in 2009 with a Rateable Value of £3.18 million…

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Logistics Manager Analysis: East Midlands property focus…bigger and better?

It seems that warehousing in the region can only go from strength to strength, reports Liza Helps, with take up in the East Midlands up to the end of September 2019 above its five-year average according to research by Cushman & Wakefield. Indeed, Robert Taylor, associate partner at DTRE, says: “In terms of numbers the…

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Roxhill wins approval for 5 million sq ft East Midlands rail freight terminal

Developer Roxhill has secured approval from the Secretary of State for its 5 million sq ft strategic rail freight terminal in Northamptonshire. The application was granted approval yesterday for the development of a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) together with landscaping, access and other supporting infrastructure works consisting of an intermodal freight terminal including container…

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Gazeley to speculatively develop 745,000 sq ft plus mega shed

Gazeley is proposing to speculatively develop a 746,478 sq ft warehouse at its Magna Park Lutterworth scheme in the East Midlands subject to planning. The huge facility is one of four properties on a speculative scheme totalling 1.3 million sq ft being brought forward by Gazeley following its acquisition of a 220-acre tranche of land…

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Clean air and climate change issues raised over innovative urban shed

The Greater London Authority has raised clean air and climate change issues over the plans for Gazeley’s innovative multi-storey warehouse in London. The proposed redevelopment of a six-acre plot in Peruvian Wharf, Silvertown, would see a three-storey 426,000 sq ft inner city last-mile logistics hub for London, the first of its kind in the UK,…

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Gazeley snaps up 220-acre plot from Tritax Symmetry in Lutterworth

Property developer and investor Gazeley has bought Tritax Symmetry’s 220-acre plot of land to the south of Magna Park Lutterworth allowing it to create what is considered the largest dedicated logistics park in Europe in one ownership. A spokesperson for Gazeley said: “Following the receipt of outline planning permissions for up to 7.5 million square…

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Eddie Stobart snaps up Dagenham shed

Eddie Stobart has snapped up Logicor’s 233,000 sq ft unit LOGIC233@Dagenham, which was previously let to Coca Cola in 2016 on a five-year lease a rent of around £8.25 per sq ft. Eddie Stobart has taken a 10-year lease on the building but terms are currently unavailable. Rent levels in the area suggest that there…

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Gazeley to build two new speculative warehouses in Biggleswade

Gazeley has started construction on two new speculative logistics warehouses at its G-Park Biggleswade site in Bedfordshire. The two warehouses, of 85,000 sq ft and 61,000 sq ft, will be constructed in parallel with a 152,000 sq ft built-to-suit warehouse at the park and will be practically complete and available from January 2020. Each warehouse…

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Amazon poised to open at Gazeley’s 574,000 sq ft Altitude

Amazon is poised to open its latest site at Gazeley’s 574,000 sq ft Altitude mega-shed in Milton Keynes – the largest and tallest speculative logistics warehouse in the UK. Amazon has been linked with warehouse since the end of last year but as yet there has been no official announcement. Signage outside the development in…

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Gazeley wins Magna Park planning appeal

An independent planning inspector has allowed an appeal against the decision to refuse Gazeley planning permission for a 4.5 million sq ft of new space at Magna Park near Lutterworth. Harborough District Council rejected Gazeley’s plans in January 2018 – after initially approving them. According to the council, the decision relating to Gazeley’s application was…

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Gazeley to build 520,000 sq ft logistics facility in Guadalajara, Spain

Investor developer Gazeley, has stared construction of a 520,000 sq ft warehouse near Madrid, Spain. Gazeley is undertaking the project in collaboration with Jesthisa a local developer specialising in industrial platforms. The site, to be named G-Park Guadalajara, is strategically located in the consolidated Henares industrial park north of Madrid and has direct access to…

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Gazeley set to build 750,000 sq ft warehouse scheme in Leicestershire

Developer investor Gazeley is set to submit plans for a 750,000 sq ft warehouse scheme in Ashby de La Zouche, Leicestershire in March. It has currently presented a scoping proposal to North West Leicestershire Council seeking pre-planning for the 74-acre site The Proposed Scheme will be operational 24 hours/day, 365 days/year. At this time construction,…

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Home retailer takes 1 million sq ft warehouse at Magna Park Lutterworth

US-based online Home retailer Wayfair is tipped to be the mystery tenant for the 1.064 million sq ft build to suit warehouse that Gazeley is currently constructing at its flagship Magna Park scheme in Leicestershire. The new facility, known at present as Unit G Argosy Way, is expected to serve as Wayfair’s main distribution hub…

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Gazeley expands into central Europe

Logistics warehouse and distribution parks developer Gazeley is to open two new offices in Hamburg, Germany and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The new offices support Gazeley’s commitment to growing its presence across Europe to support its customers. “We have been able grow our presence in the region with the support of GLP and the increasing demand…

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B&Q takes another 375,000 sq ft DC at Swindon

Gazeley has started work on a 375,000 sq ft warehouse for B&Q next to the retailer’s existing 800,000 sq ft building at G.Park Swindon. The new warehouse, which will support B&Q’s store replenishment operations, is expected to be completed by December 2018. When completed, the development is expected to create 100 full-time jobs in Swindon….

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Gazeley to build UK’s first three storey warehouse

Gazeley is to build the UK’s first three storey warehouse. The developer investor has bought a six-acre plot of land in the heart of London to speculatively develop the UK’s first three-storey logistics facility to be called G Park London Docklands. The site, located in Silvertown, was acquired from joint venture partners Galliard Homes and…

Gazeley baut 20.996 Quadratmeter große Logistikanlage in Stuttgart

Gazeley, ein führender globaler Entwickler und Investor von Logistikimmobilien und Distributionsparks, hat den Baubeginn einer über 20.000 Quadratmeter großen Logistikhalle in Stuttgart bekannt gegeben. Bereits diese Woche beginnen die Bauarbeiten für den Distributionspark Stuttgart-Süd 2, die voraussichtlich im November diesen Jahres abgeschlossen sein werden. Nach der Fertigstellung wird die Anlage eine Deckenhöhe von zehn Metern…

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