Glencar granted funding to build major new logistics hub in Sheffield

Construction firm Glencar has been awarded its second contract in succession by investors Trammell Crow Company (TCC) to build a 367,000sq ft logistics facility at its site in Sheffield.

The project includes site access improvements, estate roads, an 83m deep service yard with HGV and trailer parking, car parks, landscaping and security fencing.

TCC’s Shepcote Lane site is half a mile from junction 34 of the M1 and includes tenants such as Clipper Logistics, Pretty Little Thing and Great Bear.

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Pete Goodman, Glencar MD, said: “So soon after being awarded our first project for TCC at Merton Drive in Milton Keynes we are absolutely delighted to receive this second, subsequent instruction in Sheffield, which serves as TCC’s second logistics site in the UK and fourth in Europe as its continues to expand rapidly.

“By virtue of its outstanding position and easy access to the M1, the Shepcote Lane scheme is ideally placed to serve the growing requirements of occupiers seeking high quality, state of the art logistics accommodation.”