Darlington scheme underway

By Liza Helps Property Editor Logistics Matters

KNOWN AS  Greenbox Darlington, the ESG-led development will provide three state-of-the-art, Grade A industrial and warehouse units on a 24-acre site, delivered ready for occupation in December 2024.

The units will target BREEAM Excellent and EPC A+ ratings and will also aim to achieve Net Carbon Zero in Operation. They will have 12.5 - 15m haunch heights, 50m yard depths, 50Kn per m2 floor loading, 3.5MVA power capacity, a mix of ground level and dock loading doors and high-quality office space. The roofs will be 100% photovoltaic panel ready, 10% of parking spaces will be for electric cars (future-proofed for all spaces), and CAT-A fitted office space is proposed with LED lighting and air-source heat pumps.

Construction of all three units is well advanced and is on schedule for completion in December 2024. Winvic, the UK’s leading industrial and Net Zero specialist in the sector is the main contractor for the scheme.  Savills and HTA Real Estate are joint agents.

HTA Real Estate Director Nick Atkinson said: “Darlington and Tees Valley is desperately in need of new high specification industrial development to compete with other regions and attract high quality employment to the North East.”

Greenbox Darlington follows on from the platform’s debut acquisition, Greenbox Thirsk, a development in North Yorkshire  with outline consent for the whole, proposing three new industrial warehouse units delivering to the same sustainability standards and totalling 825,000 ft2.