THE UK’S PREMIER LOGISTICS / DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPMENT RAIL CONNECTED / M1 J18 BUILD TO SUIT FROM 100,000 - 1.6 MILLION SQ FT THIS IS LOGISTICS Why DIRFT? DIRFT is the UK’s premier logistics park: FLEXIBILITY LOCATION READY FOR LABOUR RAIL FREIGHT DEVELOPMENT Building sizes from Park life & amenity Building plateaus prepared Strongest 30 minute Direct access to West 100,000 - 1.6 million sq ft labour catchment Coast Main Line, the UK’s Just 4 miles from M1 / 38 MVA already live on site primary rail freight route Lease length M6 / A14 Interchange Highest availability Roads and infrastructure in place of truck drivers 3 rail freight terminals Building height Reach 47 million within the estate provide customers in under Growing local population supply chain resilience 4.5 hours (HGV drive time) On time services (within 15 mins) 94% right time departures 87% right time arrivals It’s the hub location for leading brands The success of Prologis RFI DIRFT is primarily due to its optimum location for warehousing and logistics in the centre of Britain, with strategic road communications to the M1 (adjacent to J18) and M6/A14 interchange (within 4 miles). Discover more reasons why DIRFT is the UK’s premier logistics development Grangemouth GLASGOW Coatbridge EDINBURGH Mossend Hillington (Deanside) KEY Elderslie Sea Port & Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal Port of Tyne Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal NEWCASTLE West Coast Main Line (W10) Teesport Wilton Wilton Tees Riverside Intermodal Park Leeds West Coast Main Line Leeds LEEDS Selby Wakefield Stourton Europort UK’s Primary Rail Freight Route Seaforth Port of Liverpool MANCHESTER Doncaster Destinations include (north to south): Trafford Park 1 & 2 Doncaster / Barton Dock Railport Immingham Garston SHEFFIELD • Grangemouth - 7hrs Rossington LIVERPOOL (Inland Port (for Edinburgh and eastern central belt) Trafford Park Doncaster) Markham Vale Ditton Widnes (Mersy • Mossend and Coatbridge - 6hrs Multimodel (for Glasgow and western central belt) Gateway) • Teesport - 7hrs Castle Donington NOTTINGHAM (gateway to the North) Gateway • Seaforth / Liverpool - 5hrs East Midlands (for Liverpool and North West) Birch Coppice Corby (Cirft) • Felixstowe - 5hrs BIRMINGHAM (deep sea port) Lawley Street Ely Hams Hall • Wentloog - 4hrs (for South Wales and West) Daventry Felixstowe • Thurrock and Barking 3-4hrs (for London and South East) Harwich / • London Gateway - 4hrs Avonmouth / Bathside Bay Portbury (deep sea port) OXFORD Dagenham Thamesport Central Park SWINDON Barking Wentloog • Southampton - 4hrs Bristol Parson Street Willesden London Gateway (deep sea port) BRISTOL Erith CARDIFF (Howbury Park) LONDON • Channel Tunnel - 5hrs Chatham / Sheerness (for Europe and Silk Road) Bristol Dover Tilbury Port of Southampton Folkestone Channel Tunnel Portsmouth The ultimate road and rail served location! We know our customers need the ability to move How can DIRFT benefit your business? goods quickly across the UK. DIRFT is at the heart • Unrivalled connectivity for Port Traffic of the UK domestic intermodal sector, enabling • Exceptional flexibility and resilience for occupiers to respond quickly to changing demand customer supply chains and reduce carbon emission throughout their • Same day delivery of fresh produce operations and supply chain. Thanks to its proximity • Private estate enables movement of to the M1 and the West Coast Main Line, DIRFT is containers via red-diesel powered tugs already an important and growing part of the logistics • Ability to move overweight containers from supply chain for customers like Sainsbury’s, Tesco building to rail terminal and Eddie Stobart. • Access to Channel Tunnel (Silk Road) • Fast Freight – into urban areas With planning and infrastructure in place, we’re ready to go A new state of the art Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal Q. What planning is in place? Q. How will a new ‘Prologis’ building A. DIRFT has planning consent under a help our business? Development Consent Order (DCO). A. As the UK’s leading developer and owner One of the benefits is a quick passage of industrial and logistics property, Prologis EXPANSION OR BUILD TO SUIT FROM 100,000 - 1.6 MILLION SQ FT through planning, which means 8 weeks know what works best to meet the demands WITH UP TO 21M to get detailed consent for bespoke build of our customers today and into the future; CLEAR INTERNAL HEIGHT to suit buildings. to name a few, 42% lower energy cost, READY FOR DEVELOPMENT greater versatility and sustainability. Q. Can buildings be delivered to a fixed timeline? Q. Who manages the estate? A. Yes, with access roads and fully prepared 534,744 SQ FT (49,679 SQ M) A. Prologis take the long term view - we own, UNDER CONSTRUCTION building plateaus installed, DIRFT provides manage and maintain the estate, offering a the certainty of delivery required. range of park services designed to support the business operations of our customers and create a high quality working environment Q. Securing power can slow things - which is a benefit to our customers and down, is this the case here? their workforce. 189,124 SQ FT (17,568 SQ M) FULL PLANNING AND TENDERED A. No, DIRFT has already secured an additional 38 MVA for new customers, Q. Is using rail freight compulsory? so its plug and play without delay. A. No. Using rail is your choice (and you only pay per use). Other customers at DIRFT benefit from using rail to give their supply chain resilience, increasing access to the UK’s urban Estate Office and Centre for Learning areas, reduced reliance on HGV’s and speed. The labour pool stats speak for themselves Labour Force Growth Workforce in 30 mins Wage Growth There is a growing The 30 minute drive As an established location, workforce to supply catchment from DIRFT wage growth is limited DIRFT comparable to is greater than when compared to competing schemes competing schemes competing schemes Wages Workforce in 45 mins Wage levels at DIRFT The 45 minute drive are comparable with catchment from DIRFT competing schemes is comparable to competing schemes DIRFT is competitive on every level DIRFT has several competitive advantages Public Training for transport logistics skills Amenities Improved access to bus stops Prologis provides an on site training • Houlton, an adjacent housing with multiple stops and frequent facility and proactive assistance development, providing 6,200 services towards Rugby, Daventry with training for employers, helping new homes complete with new and Northampton. to up-skill and build the future schools and community centres logistics workforce. • Lilbourne Meadow provides 173 acres of open space with walking trails and cycles routes to Rugby via a link road • Two leading hotels; ibis and Green Retaining Holiday Inn travel plan quality labour • Gasrec natural gas and biogas refuelling station Employees at DIRFT have the DIRFT has been designed to • Two truck stops; established benefit of an active car sharing create an attractive and high Stobart Truck Stop and new community and assisted green quality working environment with DIRFT secure lorry park travel planning. significant welfare both in the buildings and across the wider • Save money by sharing estate - making it a place people travel costs want to work and want to stay. • Cut congestion and pollution NOTTINGHAM More than 60% of the workforce at DIRFT travel less than BURTON UPON TRENT 30 minutes to work LEICESTER NUNEATON CORBY BIRMINGHAM Highest availability of truck COVENTRY KETTERING RUGBY drivers in the region Prologis RFI DIRFT ROYAL DIRFT LEAMINGTON 33,028 SPA East Midlands 31,919 DAVENTRY NORTHAMPTON Magna Park 28,545 PP Northampton 14,966 BEDFORD 30 MINUTE Midlands LP 10,775 DRIVE TIME BANBURY MILTON KEYNES 45 MINUTE Source: Hickley & Associates DRIVE TIME 173 acre (70 hectare) area Lilbourne Meadows of open space A secure Lorry (HGV) Park will form part of the development, HGV Park providing space for some 300 HGVs to use. A new state of the art Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal Computer generated image EXPANSION OR BUILD TO SUIT FROM 100,000 - 1.6 MILLION SQ FT WITH UP TO 21M CLEAR INTERNAL HEIGHT READY FOR DEVELOPMENT Indicative image Direct access to the new adjacent Rail Freight Terminal 534,744 SQ FT (49,679 SQ M) UNDER CONSTRUCTION 189,124 SQ FT (17,568 SQ M) Estate Office and FULL PLANNING AND TENDERED Centre for Learning Houlton, Rugby 6,200 new homes www.houltonrugby.co.uk Sainsbury’s Rail Freight Terminal Tesco Rail Freight Northampton Loop Line Terminal West Coast Main Line Potential Service Station UK’s Primary Rail Freight Route Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal Operated by Malcolm Rail INDICATIVE MASTERPLAN N 0m 250m 500m Prologis is a long term owner of the buildings that • Customers have direct access to our dedicated • Private estate road management safeguards against it develops – this model enables us to create unique in-house property and facilities management obstructive parking to ensure free flow traffic single ownership parks that offer market leading team with a customer focused approach and services and property management, delivering unrivalled knowledge of the logistics sector – • The private estate roads also allow for transportation tangible benefits to our customer’s operations this means ongoing support throughout your between buildings and the rail freight terminal and their staff. occupation of the building with tugs and red diesel to dramatically reduce costs • Fully serviced with pro-active security and estate • Access to Prologis’ comprehensive and low cost management services