Stuart Watson
MarketsLiverpool 2 ready to greet the world
Five giant red Megamax cranes now dominate the waterfront at Liverpool’s docks, evidence of the progress that owner Peel Ports has made at Liverpool 2, the city’s new container port.
MarketsRoyal burial helps revive Leicester
It may be overstating it to say that Leicester’s long ‘winter of discontent’ is going to come to an end thanks to the discovery and ceremonial reburial of the body of Richard III in the cathedral earlier this year.
MarketsIs the big-box era over?
Many developers got their fingers burned when the crash put an end to the speculative mega-shed boom. What lessons have been learned?
MarketsBattle over the future of Manston airport heats up
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) failed to make the gains it hoped for in May’s general election, but the party’s attempts to take control of Thanet in east Kent have created a political storm that has engulfed the developers of the former Manston airport.
InsightMagna’s battle to maximise its space
Magna Park in Leicestershire sits apart from the nearest town of Lutterworth in the south Leicestershire countryside.
MarketsHelical Bar’s industrial evolution
Helical Bar has not been a name associated with the industrial property market in recent years.
MarketsHutchison Ports and ABP embark on investment push
Many ports have suffered from a lack of land for distribution uses, constrained as they are by sea on one side and the towns and cities that have grown around them on the other.
MarketsRoxhill circles over Coventry Airport scheme for second time
The big-shed developer is “not giving up” but is turning its attention to Howbury Park.
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MAG’s World Logistics Hub attracts small tenants ahead of completion
Plans to build 75,000 sq ft of speculative offices at Airport City Manchester grabbed headlines last month at Mipim, but it is the development’s logistics park that has led the way in terms of construction activity.
MarketsStorage rides the wave of economic recovery
The economic recovery has led to a resurgence in the self-storage market, but the shortage of land may pose a major problem.
MarketsVanguard Self Storage keeping it in the family
Almost anyone who has travelled in or out of London on the A40 Western Avenue through Greenford in west London will recognise the name Vanguard Self Storage.
MarketsDevelopers launch spec schemes to cope with trade counter demand
Resurgent demand from trade counter occupiers is prompting developers to press ahead with speculative schemes in the south east of England.
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Kier goes on the offensive in bid to fuel trade park partnership
The developer has bought a 10-acre site in Thurrock, Essex, has several speculative schemes under way and is looking to acquire more land to fuel the £100m trade park development partnership it established with financier Investec last year.
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Trade parks expected to outperform standard industrial
Trade counter schemes remain popular with investors, although few assets have become available recently for the funds to buy.
MarketsWinvic's David Ward: Getting to know the go-to guy
In 1995, David Ward, then a project manager at contractor Birse, built his first big shed for Asda in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot.
MarketsRoads and rail back on the political agenda
In the run up to Christmas, “infrastructure” was British politicians’ most overused buzzword.
MarketsWhy wind power could be a breath of fresh air for Humberside
Ever since the Cod Wars of the 1970s devastated the fishing industry, the Humber ports have sought a new industry to sail in and arrest their long-term decline.
MarketsWill Heathrow expansion plan ever be ready for take-off?
Should Heathrow airport be expanded? It is the question that refuses to be shirked.
MarketsConfidence grows in the East Midlands office market
Investment levels are on the rise in the region’s three main urban centres. Stuart Watson reports
MarketsProspects very different for rival Northamptonshire schemes
Fallout continues over decision to grant approval to the Rushden Lakes complex, writes Stuart Watson
