Caunton are supplying the steelwork for a new 250,000sq ft. warehouse complex for major logistics provider Norbert Dentressangle at Grand Central, Trafford Park in Manchester. Caunton are designing and constructing the 800te steelwork framework for main contractor Winvic Construction.
It will feature 237,000 sq. ft. of portal-framed warehouse space together with 13,000 sq. ft. of office space arranged over two storeys. It is reported that Norbert Dentressangle has agreed terms on a 15-year lease with Evander Properties, the logistics and industrial property developer, and Legal & General’s Industrial Property Investment Fund (IPIF), and plans to use the facility to distribute the on-line products of fashion retailer Missguided. The growth in on-line retailing is clearly continuing.