£11.75/sq ft
Prime rent (North West)
Region
Industrial and logistics finance in the North West
The North West is the strongest big-box logistics market outside the South East, with prime rents on the Warrington and M6 axis the highest of any region beyond London and the home counties.
5.25%
Prime yield (North West)
7.08%
UK logistics vacancy
46,576
House sales, 12m (tracked towns)
The North West contains the Lake District, home to Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and Windermere, the largest natural lake in England. We arrange the full range of industrial and logistics finance across the North West, 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.
Take-up eased in 2025 and availability rose, lifting vacancy to around 6.9%, but the region carries one of the strongest medium-term rental-growth outlooks in the UK.
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 56 recent industrial planning applications in the North West through council planning registers, part of a national feed covering more than 100 local authorities.
Benchmark figures from CBRE, UK Logistics Q4 2025. Regional commentary draws on CBRE (UK Logistics Q4 2025, Feb 2026); Knight Frank (UK Logistics Market Dashboard, Jan 2026); Colliers (Industrial and Logistics Rents Maps H2 2025, Jun 2025).
Key markets
Industrial and logistics markets in the North West
The principal industrial catchments across the region.
- Warrington and Omega
- Manchester (Trafford Park and Airport City)
- Liverpool and the Port of Liverpool
- the M6, M62 and M56 corridor
- Wigan and Knowsley
- Deeside on the border
By county
Industrial and logistics finance by county in the North West
Choose a county for its towns, demand signals and local market profile.
Finance
The finance we arrange in the North West
Industrial and logistics commercial mortgages
We arrange commercial mortgages secured on industrial property across the UK, from a single unit or workshop to a multi-let estate, a trade counter or a let distribution warehouse.
Owner-occupier industrial mortgages
We arrange commercial mortgages for businesses buying the industrial unit, workshop, warehouse or trade premises they operate from.
Industrial and logistics acquisition finance
We arrange funding for the purchase of industrial and logistics investments across the UK, from single let units and multi-let estates to distribution warehouses and open storage yards.
Industrial bridging loans
We arrange fast, short-term bridging loans secured on industrial units, workshops, warehouses, estates and yards across the UK.
Industrial development and refurbishment finance
We arrange funding for ground-up industrial unit schemes, trade parks, logistics and distribution warehouses, and the refurbishment or extension of existing units across the UK.
Industrial and logistics refinance and equity release
We arrange refinancing for industrial units, estates and distribution warehouses: better terms at maturity, capital raised against rental income, and clean exits from bridging or development debt.
Industrial and logistics portfolio finance
We arrange facility-level funding secured across mixed industrial and logistics portfolios, replacing a patchwork of loans with one structure sized on the whole income.
Mezzanine, equity and JV funding
We arrange junior debt, preferred equity and joint venture capital that stretch the funding on industrial and logistics developments and acquisitions beyond what senior debt alone will reach.
Funding an industrial unit in the North West?
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