(LONDON) – Hines, a global real estate investment, development, and property manager, in response to continued demand from global occupiers, continues to grow its logistics development presence in the UK and Europe via the expansion of its joint venture with Clowes, the UK property investor and developer, to develop a total of 1.15 million square feet (107,000 square meters) of modern, leading-edge logistics space across the East Midlands in England.
The expanded joint venture will fund the development of state-of-the-art warehousing across 8 units, each of which will be developed to a high specification and target BREAAM ‘very good’ certification. EV charging infrastructure will be installed across the portfolio, and the units are designed to support the installation of solar panels.
The new facilities will service the high levels of demand Hines is experiencing among occupiers seeking logistics space in supply-constrained areas. This initiative increases the initial commitment to deliver 772,000 square feet (72,000 square meters) of logistics space across four UK business parks, which was reached in September 2021.
195,000 square feet of space (18,000 square meters) has already been delivered by the joint venture at Dove Valley Park in South Derbyshire. Located in one of the country’s most important logistics areas, Dove Valley Park allows occupiers to access a catchment of 48 million people within a four-hour drive time, with excellent connectivity via the M1, M6, A50 and A38. Müller, Meg, Futaba, Tophat, JCB, Truma and GXO are already occupiers at the Park.
The remaining units under development by the joint venture will be completed during 2023.
Greg Cooper, managing director at Hines, commented: “The expansion of our joint venture with Clowes to develop a total of 1.15 million square feet (107,000 square meters) of high-quality logistics space in the East Midlands is a testament to our ongoing conviction in the logistics sector and developing best-in-class spaces that occupiers will call home. Within our network of customer and occupier relationships, we continue to see strong nationwide occupier demand, and the Golden Triangle provides fantastic access to all of the UK within 4 hours by car, carving it out as a standout location.”
James Richards, director at Clowes Development, added: “This expanded partnership with Hines will allow us to continue to collaborate to develop best-in-class warehousing at well-located sites across the East Midlands. The expansion will unlock new opportunities within the UK’s logistics ‘golden triangle’, as well as in other locations benefiting from strong transport links and favorable local supply and demand drivers. We are confident that our teamwork and close collaboration will continue to bear fruit.”
BentallGreenOak provided the acquisition and development financing packaging and Geldards LLP represented Clowes Developments on the transaction.
About Hines
Hines is a global real estate investment, development, and property manager. The firm was founded by Gerald D. Hines in 1957 and now operates in 28 countries. We manage a $92.3B portfolio of high-performing assets across residential, logistics, retail, office, and mixed-use strategies. Our local teams serve 634 properties totaling over 225 million square feet globally. We are committed to a net zero carbon target by 2040 without buying offsets.
Since entering Europe in 1991, Hines has grown its European platform to include offices in 17 cities as well as a presence in 79 cities in 14 countries. Hines oversees investment assets under management valued at approximately €25.3 billion and provides third-party property-level services totaling 4.7 million square meters in Europe, in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom.
To learn more about Hines, visit www.hines.com and follow @Hines on social media.
¹Includes both the global Hines organization as well as RIA AUM as of June 30, 2022.
