Start on site at Panattoni Wakefield 500
Completion for Yorkshire’s largest speculative logistics unit is targeted for May next year.
Panattoni acquired the 23-acre site from Delin Property in May this year, and Colliers, Commercial Property Partners, and Knight Frank have been appointed as leasing agents for the 500,000 sq ft scheme.
Located at Wakefield Europort adjacent to Junction 31 of the M62, Wakefield 500 has access to the M1 and A1(M), as well as the site’s high-capacity rail freight terminal.
The cross-docked facility will include 150metre clear internal warehouse height, high specification grade A offices, 56 dock doors, eight level access doors, yard depths of up to 50 metres, 62 HGV parking spaces, 384 car parking spaces, 79 EV charging points, 50 kN per sq m floor loading, and a 2.5 MVA power supply.
The scheme is targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, an EPC A+ rating (on the offices), and net zero carbon in construction.
Sustainability features will include roof-mounted solar panels, rainwater harvesting, water leak detection, sub-metering of energy consumption, and 15% rooflights to the warehouse.
The development will be another large-format speculative scheme in Yorkshire for Panattoni, which recently completed on its largest speculative logistics build to date, the 783,000 sq ft Central A1(M) unit near Doncaster, and comes at a time when supply of this size remains constrained.
Chris Brown, development director at Panattoni, said: “Starting construction at Wakefield 500 is an important milestone for Panattoni and for the Yorkshire logistics market. There is no comparable speculative unit of this scale currently under construction in the region, and we are bringing forward a best-in-class building in a proven distribution location with direct access to the M62, the M1, the A1(M), and rail freight.
“Large-scale occupiers are focused on resilience, labour, power, sustainability, and the ability to serve major consumer markets efficiently.
“Wakefield 500 has been designed around those requirements and will give occupiers a rare opportunity to secure approx. 500,000 sq ft of future-proofed space in one of the North’s strongest logistics corridors.”
