SEGRO is to build nine speculatively-built industrial units that will provide highly- sustainable space for a wide range of businesses at Slough Trading Estate.
The project will see the land formerly occupied by a single building at 136 Edinburgh Avenue redeveloped to create over 107,000ft2 of warehouse space.
SEGRO is purposefully designing the units in varying sizes, ranging from 2,000 to 10,000ft2 – suitable for smaller and growing enterprises – to larger units of 32,000 and 45,000ft2 to accommodate larger operations.
The units will target BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and EPC ‘A+’ ratings and will demonstrate the company’s Responsible SEGRO commitment to Champion low-carbon growth.
Units will boast excellent sustainability features such as source heat pumps, EV charging points to 20% of parking spaces at Day One, smart building sensors and controls and over 2,000m2 of PV panels generating energy savings of over 350,000kWh per year and annual CO2 savings of over 42,000kg.
All units will also offer showers and the development will benefit from ample secure bike storage including electric bike chargers to encourage customer employees to cycle to work.
It is also SEGRO’s intention to reduce embodied carbon by procuring steel produced using an electric arc furnace – which generates fewer carbon emissions – and using concrete containing recycled aggregates.
The development is anticipated to reach practical completion by January 2025.
Jo Jackson, director of Thames Valley at SEGRO, said: “In the current market there are relatively few speculatively- built schemes underway in the UK, which underlines our confidence in demand from existing and potentially new customers to take space on the Slough Trading Estate.”
SEGRO reckons that Slough Trading Estate is the largest privately-owned business park in single ownership in Europe, and over 30% is less than 10 years old. Over 96% of space at the site is let.
