Appointment made for Milton Keynes distribution park

GMI Construction has been awarded the contract to deliver high-specification warehouse units totalling over 16,258m² at Precedent Drive, Milton Keynes.

Working on behalf of developer DV5 Last Mile Developments, the £20 million redevelopment will transform the site into a state-of-the-art industrial and logistics hub, which is expected to create 300 jobs.

The Precedent Drive project involves the demolition of existing vacant office buildings to make way for three warehouse units offering 4,876m², 4,743m² and 6,776m² of space respectively.

Unit 1 has been pre-let to a green-tech manufacturer, with the remaining two units to be built speculatively. Unit 1 will have a clear height to the underside of haunch of 12m, while units 2 and 3 will be 15m from the finished floor level and will include integral two-storey offices.

The units will feature roof lights for natural illumination, and a solar photovoltaic (PV) array to align with BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ sustainability standards.