Industrial and logistics finance in the North East

With about 2.8 million residents, the North East is the least populous English region and contains Hadrian's Wall and the Cheviot Hills. We arrange the full range of industrial and logistics finance across the North East, from the commercial mortgages that buy and hold a unit, a warehouse or an estate to the bridging, development, mezzanine and equity behind a refurbishment, a distribution scheme or a yard. Industrial and logistics market data is published nationally and regionally by CBRE, Knight Frank, Savills, Colliers and MSCI, so the figures above are presented as clearly-labelled benchmarks, with the regional figures attributed to their sources, while the planning and housing-transaction data is genuinely local for the towns we track.

Affordability and tight supply keep the North East attractive to occupiers, and Knight Frank forecasts among the strongest regional rental growth in 2026 as new development stays scarce.

Nationally, forecast logistics rental growth runs at 2.7% (Savills, Big Shed Prospects 2026, 2026 forecast), against UK logistics vacancy of 7.08% (CBRE, UK Logistics Q4 2025, Q4 2025) and a prime distribution yield of 5% (Knight Frank, UK Logistics Market Dashboard, Jan 2026). That supply and demand picture is the backdrop to every regional appraisal we run.

Development activity is visible across the region: we track 12 recent industrial planning applications in the North East through council planning registers, part of a national feed covering more than 100 local authorities.

Benchmark figures from Allsop, Northern Industrial spotlight; CBRE, UK Logistics Q4 2025. Regional commentary draws on Allsop (Northern Industrial spotlight, Q1 2025); Knight Frank (LOGIC North East and UK Logistics Market Dashboard, 2025 to 2026); Cushman and Wakefield (Prime industrial rents, Q3 2025).