Investment secured for West Midlands logistics hub

Oxford Properties Group and Logistics Capital Partners (LCP) have formed a new investment joint venture to acquire a 734-acre site near Birmingham, which they will develop into a major new logistics hub with an associated rail freight terminal known as West Midlands Interchange.

Oxford and LCP will jointly invest £1bn to bring forward the project over a number of years. It is said that the West Midlands Interchange will be a technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable development, which meets modern occupiers’ efficient operational and environmental requirements.

Planning consent has already been secured by the vendors, which allows for the delivery of around 740,000m² of prime logistics space and provides flexibility around the project timeline and scale of units. Infrastructure works are expected to commence in the first half of next year with the first buildings starting on site in 2022 ready for occupation in 2023.

The site can accommodate new warehouses ranging in size from 18,500m² to over 90,000m², with building heights up to 30m. This scale and flexibility will create space for some of the most efficient operations in the country, maximising cubic storage capacity and the possibility for occupiers to deploy the latest technology.