2025 was the strongest take-up year in three years, reaching 33.4m sq ft, up 14% year-on-year and 29% above the pre‑2020 average.

  Welcome to latest edition of The Big Shed Briefing, which examines the UK logistics market for units over 100,000 sq ft.

There are many bright spots in the data, including a rise in take-up for existing units and falling vacancy in a number of regions. However, a stuttering start to 2025 has seen investment volumes fall.

Moving into the second half of 2025, we expect stronger levels of take-up as meaningful discussions continue around sizeable build-to-suit deals.