SEGRO’s multi storey development “Grand Union” at Park Royal, London, will have units available to let in Q1 2024. SEGRO V-Park Grand Union is one of London’s most sought-after industrial areas. The building fronts onto the North Circular Road, and the nearby A40 road, a major trunk road connecting London and Wales. The M25 motorway orbiting…
Royal Mail has made an agreement to lease two units at SEGRO Park Deptford, in South East London, that will become the company’s new delivery office. The new office, made up of two units totalling over 9,000ft², will replace its existing facility in Deptford – currently located on Creek Road. With each unit being recently…
SEGRO has secured a BREEAM rating of ‘Outstanding’ after refurbishing a 25 year old warehouse in Ealing, West London. The company has said that it turned the 25-year-old, 33,000ft² industrial unit at Greenford Park, into a ‘sustainable’ facility, and it will be the first industrial refurbishment of this type in the world that is completed…
Following the ‘successful’ deployment of Dexory’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and integrated data platform in its Kettering warehouse in January, Maersk UK&I is expanding its use of this technology across all its warehouses in the UK and Ireland. The combined solution consists of Dexory AMRs and the DexoryView platform, which work together to “help Maersk measure,…
Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk has taken a 685,000ft² pre-let warehouse at the 700-acre East Midlands Gateway scheme in the East Midlands. The unit will be completed in June and will be constructed to be net-zero for both embodied and operational carbon. It will incorporate a full roof-mounted PV array and extensive use of…
Intralogistics provider Fives has been chosen by DHL e-Commerce Solutions to automate its Coventry based mega-hub and support its growth plans across the UK. DHL e-Commerce Solutions recently announced a €560m investment plan across its UK e-commerce operation, DHL Parcel UK. The expansion plans are a result of continued company growth and overall demand for its…
DHL eCommerce Solutions selects Fives to support its UK business expansion. Fives, one of the world’s most preferred partners for transforming supply chain facilities, has been selected by DHL eCommerce Solutions to automate its Coventry mega-hub and support its ambitious growth plan in the UK. DHL eCommerce Solutions, one of the divisions of DHL, recently…
DHL has committed to invest £482 million across its UK e-commerce operation, DHL Parcel UK. The investment follows a 40% volume uplift since the start of 2020 and increasing demand for the company’s e-commerce and B2B services. Nearly half of the investment will be used for a 269,097ft2 hub in SEGRO Park Coventry Gateway, located…
Maritime Transport is set to double rail freight capacity SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway in the first deal since the designation of the East Midlands Freeport. The partnership which includes the long-term lease of a new, 17-acre intermodal rail terminal and wider management role for Maritime, which covers the rail infrastructure on the logistics…
Construction company, Glencar, has today announced that it has been awarded a contract to construct 155,000ft2 of Grade A industrial and distribution space in a range of units from 5,000-85,000ft2 at a site in Croydon. The development – which is being marketed as Segro Park Croydon – is situated on a seven-acre site at Redhouse…
Realterm, a vertically integrated owner and manager of high-flow through (HFT) logistics facilities serving the transportation industry, has instructed Colliers and LSH to let two warehouses in Warrington (257,319ft2) and Long Eaton, Nottingham (261,904ft2). The freehold Warrington unit, WA257, located three miles east of Warrington town-centre in a prime North West logistics location, Hardwick Grange…
A massive 2.8 million ft2 bespoke warehouse has secured planning at SEGRO’s Northampton Gateway scheme in the East Midlands. The high-tech distribution and logistics facility will comprise a footprint of 694,530ft2 of ground floorspace, including ancillary office space, car parking and service yard area for loading and unloading. The building will include three further mezzanine…
Recipe box company, HelloFresh, is opening a new distribution centre in Derby (Spondon) from late spring, creating 450 new operation, distribution and management jobs for local people. The 118,000ft2 facility has been named ‘The Orchard’ by current HelloFresh colleagues after a naming contest. It will be located at SmartParc SEGRO Derby, a high-tech food manufacturing…
Investor developer SEGRO has secured planning for a multi-storey warehouse building in Choats Road, Dagenham. The 109,016ft2 facility will be on the 4.65-acre site known as Plot 3 at SEGRO Park Dagenham and will divided into two units of 42,732ft2 on ground and first-floor level. It will be built to BREEAM ‘Excellent’. The unit will…
Future Cube, a new innovation centre designed to support and cultivate London’s innovative manufacturing, logistics and construction businesses, has opened in the heart of the Thames Gateway. Located in Rainham, situated on the border of London and the wider southeast, Future Cube will be home to a range of demonstrators and tools that will help…
The news that SEGRO has let 862,000ft2 in two deals means there is only one plot left at the 700-acre site with all land and plots selling or under offer within five years of the start of construction. It was originally anticipated that the scheme would have a 10-year development programme. However, strong take-up means…
Ultra-fast grocery delivery company Getir, is taking a 2,500ft2 warehouse depot at SEGRO’s Slough Trading Estate as part of its expansion plans in the UK. Getir has secured a five year lease on the unit which will be used as a fulfilment centre, enabling the company to reach customers and deliver orders in the Slough…
Never before has logistics been more critical. Yet outdated perceptions persist to the detriment of progress. Liza Helps reports Blot on the landscape. Monstrosity. Horrific. Oppressive. Troubling. Unsightly. Totally inappropriate. Just some of the words used to describe logistics warehousing in the UK. In itself, this is not anything to cause undue anxiety – these…
Mixed use developer and member of the Berkely Group, St George and SEGRO, have formed a 50:50 joint venture to bring forward their first urban multi-storey industrial development in North West London. The development is set to measure 134,500ft2 of light industrial space over six storeys, and will support up to 500 jobs and apprenticeships….
Schroder UK Real Estate Fund (SREF) has announced that it has completed a significant swap deal with SEGRO plc which involves seven industrial assets based across the UK. The recently completed transaction consisted of the sale of Matrix Park, in Park Royal London and a £65 million capital payment in exchange for the simultaneous purchase…
Online grocer Ocado has taken a new 52,806 ft2 warehouse at logistics real estate specialist SEGRO’s urban logistics and light industrial development Origin scheme in Park Royal, London. The new facility, taken on a 15-year lease, is rated BREEAM Excellent and will serve as an extension to Ocado’s existing site totalling 68,392 ft2, which it…
Construction has started on the 35-acre strategic rail freight interchange at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton Gateway. As part of the development, SEGRO is investing £190 million into infrastructure, including the new SRFI and significant improvements to the surrounding road network. The 450-acre state-of-the-art multi-modal logistics development next to junction 15 on the M1 motorway, will…
Ultra fast German grocery delivery company Gorillas has taken a five-year lease on a unit at SEGRO Park Deptford in south east London. It is the latest in a plethora of app-based grocery delivery companies to have set up in London in the past year following Dija and Weezy. Gorillas will employ around eight people…
SEGRO is to build its first speculative development at its 700-acre East Midlands Gateway scheme in Leicestershire as vacancy rates fall to their lowest levels since 2016. The developer investor will create over 220,000 sq ft of modern warehousing which SEGRO will market to potential or existing customers. The building is scheduled to be ready…
40 million sq ft of new warehouse space is scheduled for completion in 2021, compared to 20 million sq ft completed last year according to Knight Frank as a direct result of online growth. Much of this new space is already committed, with retailers and distribution companies opting to satisfy their requirements through build-to-suit solutions….
XPO and Nestlé have unveiled their flagship distribution and technology hub in the UK. XPO and Nestlé began collaborating on the design and construction of the Digital Distribution Warehouse of the Future in 2018, together with technology partner Swisslog Logistics Automation. The 638,000-square-foot facility at the Segro East Midlands Gateway in Leicestershire includes advanced solutions…
Segro has begun construction at its urban industrial scheme at Hayes, West London. The site will be developed with four industrial units totalling 239, 665 sq ft. The largest unit which measures at 97,600 sq ft, has already been pre-let. The remaining three units are being built speculatively to meet the demand for environmentally sustainable…
A leading online retailer has secured a 150,000 sq ft pre-let at SEGRO’s East Midlands Gateway scheme in Leicestershire. While the name of the retailer has yet to be released, the pre-let will include double-deck parking for 200 electric vans. At present no other online retailer bar Amazon uses double decking for electric vans. A…
The pandemic has put supply chains under strain highlighting vulnerabilities and exposing weaknesses – in particular the reliance on just-in-time (JIT) logistics solutions. When up and running JIT – where operations receive inventory only as it’s needed for production – is efficient and cost effective but can fail or falter when faced with disruptions. And…
Developer investor SEGRO has completed its first “zero-carbon in operation refurbishment”, repositioning its 45,000 sq ft unit at Premier Park, Park Royal, as a state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient warehouse space. The unit, originally constructed in 2000 has now achieved a BREAAM ‘Excellent’ rating and is one of the first zero carbon industrial refurbishments to be delivered…
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