Glencar confirmed that it has been awarded a contract by Baytree Logistics Developments to construct two new prime industrial units of 7,087m2 and 13,515m2 at a prominent industrial development site in Leeds.
The development to be known as Baytree Leeds is located within the Stourton Industrial area, c. 4.5km southeast of Leeds city centre and is being constructed speculatively. It will feature a best-in-class specification, built to BREEAM ‘Outstanding, EPC A and WELL ready standards.
Construction is expected to begin on 6th November 2023 and take 37 weeks to develop with the buildings expected to be ready for occupation by July 2024.
Commenting on the repeat instruction, Glencar CEO Eddie McGillycuddy said: “Baytree are at the absolute vanguard of cutting edge sustainable development, creating technology enabled buildings designed with flexibility for future change and with the health and well-being of building users firmly in mind. As such, Glencar are delighted to be working in partnership again to bring forward this impressive scheme. This will serve as the third instruction we have received to date, following impressive schemes in Milton Keynes and more recently in Nuneaton for Rhenus in what is one of the most sustainably advanced buildings of its type anywhere in the world."
Casey Ferguson, Baytree’s Development Manager for the Baytree Leeds development said: “We are looking forward to starting on site at Baytree Leeds and bringing forward the first phase of this market leading scheme. The first phase will consist of two units totalling 222,000 sq. ft (c. 20,625m2), providing premium warehousing in an unrivalled location in West Yorkshire, capable of accommodating both national logistics and urban warehousing requirements. There is currently a significant lack of supply for good quality buildings in the Leeds and West Yorkshire market, and we are hoping to capitalise on this supply imbalance by providing best in class buildings in a market that still shows strong demand."
The scheme has a strategic significance due to its proximity to Junction 7 of the M621 motorway, located immediately to the north-west which links in to the M62 for destinations north and west, and to the M1 motorway heading south. The A639 trunk road provides a link through to Junction 44 of the M1 motorway approximately half a mile to the east.
The M1 motorway (north) provides links through to North Yorkshire and the North East of England. Major occupiers close by include Royal Rail, Sheffield Insulation Group, Tuffnells Express Parcels, ARLA Foods, CEMEX, Kloeckner Metals, Steaper Group and First Direct. The Leeds Rail Freight Terminal lies immediately to the north of the site and a purpose-built Royal Mail depot is immediately to the east.
