Planning permission has been granted to British Land for a c. 140,000sqft multi-level last-mile logistics scheme on Mandela Way, Southwark, which is the latest scheme in British Land’s 2.9m square foot pipeline.

The site located near the junction of New Kent Road, Old Kent Road and Tower Bridge Road will deliver a last mile logistics hub for Southwark and central London.

Southwark Council car pound is to be redeveloped featuring four floors of flexible and high-quality sustainable logistics space with access to local consumers and central London.

This will make it suitable for a range of prospective occupiers and the asset’s ground floor logistics space provides access to a variety of distribution vehicles including HGVs and cargo bikes, while upper floors will be served by lifts.

British Lands has a “Greener Spaces” pillar, part of its 2030 sustainability strategy with the scheme targeting a BREEAM Excellent rating and implementing low-carbon materials, and a circular economy strategy to lower embodied and operational carbon emissions.

Mike Best, Head of Logistics at British Land, said: “Mandela Way is the latest scheme in our London urban logistics pipeline to receive planning consent following approvals at both Paddington Central and Enfield earlier this year, enabling us to bring forward another high quality logistics project and continue to address the acute undersupply of sustainable, modern warehousing in Greater London.

“We continue to explore new opportunities to leverage our longstanding investment and development expertise to source and execute acquisitions which unlock opportunities to densify London’s logistics supply.”

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