The Manchester City Council has approved the planning application for the £100 million World Logistics Hub, a 305,000 square meter logistics project set for development in the free-enterprise zone near the Manchester Airport. To comprise small and medium warehouses ranging from 700 to 20,000 square meters in size, the complex will more than triple the area of Manchester Airport’s current World Freight Terminal.
The World Logistics Hub’s site forms part of the £650 million Airport City Manchester plan. This is the focal point of Greater Manchester’s Enterprise Zone, designated by the UK government in 2011 in recognition of its potential to attract investment, create jobs and boost the regional and national economy. With its easy access to the airport apron, rail station and highway network, it will combine with the existing terminal to offer a full range of air-to-road transfer, assembly and processing activities for forwarders and other logistics business.
Airport City Manchester has pledged to deliver up to 500,000 square meters of new business space over the next 10 to 15 years and aims to create a highly connected commercial location, the first of its kind in the UK that will compete for international business against similar airport city projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Düsseldorf and Copenhagen.
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