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Take-up of I&L space increased 22% in 2025 - SEGRO and SmartParc team up for hi-tech food facility - Prologis UK senior VP Robin Woodbridge on its plans for growth - Five Minutes With Trammell Crow Company development VP Tom Kiss

The East Midlands led as 99 deals were struck for 100,000 sq ft-plus units – the highest yearly figure since 2022.

Trammell Crow Company's VP for development investment on learning curves and Grand Designs.

Potter Space managing director Jason Rockett explains what government and industry must do to realise the potential of I&L, particularly sub-100,000 sq ft spaces.

Interest rates are coming down and demand for industrial and logistics (I&L) space in the UK appears to be stable.

Resilience has become the default shorthand for last-mile and urban logistics.

After a turbulent few years characterised by supply chain constraints and shifting occupier priorities, the UK’s industrial and logistics (I&L) sector is stepping into 2026 with a sense of cautious but genuine optimism.

After a difficult couple of years, Prologis UK struck one of the largest warehouse development deals of 2025. Robin Woodbridge, the firm’s senior vice-president and head of capital deployment, tells Andrew Saunders about its plans for growth.

I&L giant SEGRO has teamed up with SmartParc to create a state-of-the-art food manufacturing facility in Derby. Lewis Berrill finds out what makes this site unique.

In a rapidly evolving industrial and logistics (I&L) sector, resilience has steadily become one of the most important measures of value.

Landlords in the booming urban industrial sector must still respond to evolving tenant needs to stay ahead

Big-box lettings on course to hit three-year high - Data centre schemes are being brought forward at a rapid rate - Indurent’s Tom Olsen on the business’s plans for growth - Tritax Big Box Developments MD Jonathan Wallis

Tom Olsen, chief financial officer at Indurent, tells Property Week's Lewis Berrill how the merged I&L asset owner is wasting no time in growing its portfolio.

Industrial and logistics (I&L) is the engine room of the UK economy, powering digital transformation and ecommerce, sustaining supply chains and enabling everything from advanced manufacturing to data infrastructure.

Savills’ figures show take-up bouncing back, with the 2025 total set to top 30m sq ft for the first time since 2022.

I&L developers are playing an increasingly prominent role in the creation of the data centres.

The government has set itself ambitious environmental and sustainability targets. However, its objectives cannot be met without further investment in the National Grid and considerable policy reform.  

Over the past 18 months, geopolitical volatility has had a significant influence on where investors are parking their money.

The Tritax Big Box Developments MD on logistics, planning reform and face-to-face communication.

Landlords must carefully navigate the potential pitfalls associated with granting consent for solar panel installations on their buildings, along with the legal, financial and practical considerations.

Chinese ecommerce firms set to disrupt UK sheds market - UK Warehousing Association CEO Clare Bottle's I&L mission - Five minutes with Alice Harman of Investec's real estate team

The UK and its NATO allies are preparing for a new era in European defence and security.

Last month, the government published its eagerly awaited 10-year industrial strategy.

Clare Bottle, chief executive of the UK Warehousing Association, talks to Property Week's David Parsley about making it to the top in a male-dominated industry and raising the government’s awareness of the I&L sector.

The UK industrial and logistics (I&L) sector is one of the most compelling commercial property investment stories.

Investec's originator for real estate finance on mentoring, country music and her love of Argentina.

With Chinese e-tailers such as Shein and AliExpress gaining a greater foothold in the UK, could they become the next major warehouse occupiers?

Simplified Planning Zones can radically cut red tape for industrial and logistics developments. So why aren’t they used more widely?

Jonathan Holland; Jenna Strover; Mark Shepherd - Rents for spec-built and modern warehouses outpace older stock - Simplified Planning Zones are no silver bullet for I&L schemes - ARGO CEO Crispin Gandy on the firm’s £500m refurb push - Forsters’ co-head of I&L Victoria Towers

The partner and co-head of I&L at Forsters on hard work, Aston Villa and her fight against the clock.

ARGO chief executive Crispin Gandy tells David Parsley why the firm has ramped up its investments in the urban logistics sector in the past two years and about its ambitious plan to deploy £500m to buy and refurbish warehouse stock.

Rents for spec-built or modernised units have increased 6.9% since 2020, outpacing rises for older warehouses.

As industries evolve, it can be easy to lose sight of what came before, but within every site lies a story. Today, developers are increasingly recognising the responsibility they bear in not just building for the future but acknowledging the past.

The industrial real estate sector has long been viewed as a stable, income-generating component of a diversified portfolio.

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill now going through parliament is intended to streamline the slow and complex planning system and is certainly a step in the right direction.

She joins from Bridge Industrial, where she was vice-president and head of planning.

The pair will fund, develop and operate the low-carbon heat network, which they said would be the first to draw waste heat from data centres.

The big stories from across the I&L sector - Strong Q4 take-up rounded off 2024 recovery for big-box market  - Patrick Stanton; Claire Williams; Bruce Topley; James Watson - Smaller and smarter I&L sites are springing up in urban areas - Panattoni’s Tony Watkins on the firm’s big UK ambitions Prologis UK head of planning Caroline Musker

Increased demand for industrial and logistics space in inner-city areas is leading to a rise in the construction of high-tech, smaller-scale warehouses.

Last year was challenging for the UK distribution sector, with economic and political uncertainty continuing to weigh on occupational decision-making.

Prologis's head of planning for the UK on inclusivity, time travel and her love of the Cornish coast.

Europe's largest logistics developer is gearing up for a big year in the UK, with major projects underway in Swindon and Doncaster. London and South East development head Tony Watkins tells Property Week's Andrew Saunders about its plans.

Mature yet continuously innovative, UK ecommerce is world-leading. By total value, it is third only to megamarkets China and the US, with revenues expected to increase to over £230bn by 2025.

When the government pledged at the start of the year to boost economic growth through long-term artificial intelligence (AI) investment, it once again raised questions about grid capacity.

For years, ecommerce and B2C distribution have been the primary drivers of growth in the UK’s industrial and logistics real estate market. However, manufacturing is increasingly emerging as a powerful force, reshaping occupier demand.

A strong Q4 rounded off a better year for the large warehouse market, with take-up rising 18% from 2023 figure.

The star lot was an office investment in Covent Garden, which sold for £5.46m.

The star lot was a postal sorting office in London, which sold for £4m.

The five-storey property totals 16,025 sq ft.

In response to the National Insurance rise from April, the group will reduce staff numbers and continue to invest in automation.

The two institutional investors have entered into a JV to build up a portfolio of industrial and logistics assets, which will be managed by M7 Real Estate.

The portfolio comprises a mix of multi-let estates and mid-box warehouses located across the UK.

TR Property Trust has reduced its exposure to the industrial and logistics sector, results for six months to end of September show.