Distribution
The logistics park is
said to offer unrivalled
connectivity.
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Apr 20 May 20
Icon Industrial – a joint venture
between Stoford Developments and
TPG Real Estate – is continuing the
expansion of its Manchester Airport
logistics park.
Two new BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rated
distribution warehouses, known as units
three and four, are set to complete later this
year, both of which are steel-framed units
offering ample column-free floor space and
integral offices.
Commenting on the scheme, Dan
Gallagher, Joint Managing Director
of Stoford Developments says: “Icon
Manchester Airport is a hugely successful
scheme that continues to stimulate the
Greater Manchester economy through the
flexibility the site offers to its tenants.
“The scheme has understandably
attracted significant demand from
businesses keen to locate here, given the
strong list of existing occupiers and the
site’s unrivalled airport connectivity.”
Icon Manchester Airport is a 45-acre
build-to-suit logistics park located next to
the World Freight Terminal.
The site is said to offer excellent road, air
and rail connections, with immediate access
to junction 6 of the M56 motorway and
Greater Manchester, as well as benefiting
from the £290M A6 Manchester Airport
Relief Road that links the A6 and M56.
Main contractor Winvic Construction
started on site during August 2019 and
initially had to import 26,000m3 of material
to build up the levels above the airport’s jet
fuel line.
Known as the Manchester Airport
Pipeline System (MAPS), it is owned by
Manchester Jetline and consists of a highpressure
fuel pipeline that provides a supply
of product to Manchester Airport. It runs
in an approximate ‘L’ shape across the site,
effectively cutting the plot in two.
“As part of the project we installed a 3m
wide, 300mm thick, reinforced concrete
bridging (‘protection’) slab across its
entire length, circa 500m,” says Winvic
Construction Project Manager Matt
Percival.
Located adjacent to Manchester Airport, one of the North West’s
most strategically-located logistics parks is expanding with two
new steel-framed distribution centres.
FACT FILE
Icon Manchester
Airport
Main client:
Icon Industrial
Architect: Webb Gray
Main contractor:
Winvic Construction
Structural engineer:
Complete Design
Partnership
Steelwork contractor:
Caunton Engineering
Steel tonnage: 1,000t
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