Industrial and logistics finance in the West Midlands

The West Midlands is crossed by the River Severn, the longest river in the UK, and is home to the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. We arrange the full range of industrial and logistics finance across the West Midlands, 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.

With more than half of 2025 take-up speculative and availability the only region to fall over the quarter, Savills expects West Midlands vacancy to keep falling, supporting prime rents around £10.25/sq ft.

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 23 recent industrial planning applications in the West Midlands 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).