First tenant revealed at Burton Gateway
St Modwen has secured the first letting at Burton Gateway commercial business park in Burton-on-Trent.
The scheme is one of the largest warehouse developments in the Midlands, providing 1m sq ft of industrial and distribution space.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics will become the first tenant at Burton Gateway. The company has taken a 10-year lease at the 87,716 sq ft unit, known as BG87, which was developed speculatively.
Previously a 280 acre wasteland site, St Modwen carried out extensive highway works to support the regeneration of the area and, in turn, accelerate a key location for commercial and residential development, having worked with the local authority and key stakeholders.
St Modwen has also recently submitted a detailed planning application for the first phase of development at its 35 acre site close to the M42, known as Tamworth Logistics Park. Phase one comprises 90,000 sq ft of three proposed which units between 12,375 and 49,000 sq ft while outline planning consent for industrial, storage and distribution uses for the full 677,000 sq ft site was obtained in January 2017.
Ian Romano, development director at St Modwen, said: “The letting to Hellman Worldwide Logistics at Burton Gateway for their next distribution hub demonstrates the ongoing demand for logistics and distribution space in the Midlands area.
“We will shortly submit further planning applications for four more industrial units ranging from 25,000 sq ft up to 110,000 sq ft which will be available from Autumn 2018.”
Andrew Sulston, director of contract logistics at Hellman Worldwide Logistics, said: “The opening of this DC at Burton Gateway represents the second brand new warehouse for the UK Contract Logistics division of Hellman Worldwide Logistics within the last two years and gives Hellmann the capacity to continue this rapid growth in the UK Contract Logistics market. We have worked with St Modwen to ensure the building meets our existing and future business needs and we are delighted with the result. We are looking forward to the opportunities created by the move and the continued development of the Burton Gateway business park.”
