SEGRO has pre-let a 685,000 sq ft warehouse to Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (SLPEMG).
The unit, which will complete in June, is being constructed to be net zero for both embodied and operational carbon.
Andrew Pilsworth, managing director, national logistics at SEGRO, said: “SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway is especially attractive to customers like Maersk due to the development’s scale, connectivity and our determination to develop to the highest quality and sustainability standards. The extraordinary pace at which we have delivered this scheme illustrates this.
“We are very excited to welcome Maersk to SLPEMG and as a new customer to SEGRO. We also welcome the additional employment and economic activity it will bring to the East Midlands, building on the 6,000 jobs already created at SLPEMG.”
Paul Woolass, head of logistics and services products UK and Ireland at Maersk, added: “SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway is very much the perfect blueprint for optimising connectivity and flexibility within supply chains. Not only is it ideally positioned in the UK, but the vast infrastructure and cutting-edge technology across the site means operations on UK shores can be done from one place in the most sustainable way possible. It is the epitome of two of Maersk’s key visions for the future: integrating logistics and reaching net-zero emissions by 2040.”
