Andrew Dickman, FPDSavills Freelance

Development: speculation continues, but is the trend set to change?

12 May 2000

While developers up and down the country have to opt for the pre-let route, the Greater Manchester industrial market – and the north-west business space sector generally – is experiencing a strong, successful trend for speculative primary properties in good locations. But is the future bright for speculative developments, or will developers in Greater Manchester be forced to follow the national trend and pre-let?The amount of speculative industrial development varies in size from