IN Brief:
- Pulse, Wolverhampton would deliver three units from 21,000 sq ft to 80,000 sq ft on a 10-acre site at Pendeford Business Park.
- The scheme targets BREEAM Excellent and sits firmly in the mid-box industrial and logistics band, where occupiers still favour modern regional stock.
- With occupation targeted for Q3 2027, the project would arrive in a West Midlands market that led UK leasing volumes in Q4 2025.
Erdgard Development and the Richardson family business have submitted planning for a £36 million industrial and logistics scheme in Wolverhampton, in the latest sign that developers still see room for well-located regional warehouse space despite a more selective market. The project, branded Pulse, Wolverhampton, is proposed for a 10-acre site at Pendeford Business Park and would deliver three units ranging from 21,000 sq ft to 80,000 sq ft.
If approved, the development would bring a redundant site back into commercial use and add around 160,000 sq ft of new stock to the local market. That matters less as a headline number than as a unit mix. This is not another oversized speculative shed. It is a mid-box scheme, shaped around the size range that continues to attract regional distribution operators, light industrial occupiers, and businesses that need motorway access without taking on the cost and commitment of a national fulfilment hub.
Location is doing a fair amount of the work here. Pendeford Business Park sits within reach of both the M54 and the M6, giving occupiers access to the wider West Midlands conurbation, the Black Country, and north-south trunk routes. Erdgard has already described the site as capable of serving a wide range of occupier requirements, and the appointment of Savills and CBRE as joint leasing agents suggests the developer expects competition for that space to be broad rather than niche.
Specification is also central to the offer. The units are targeting a BREEAM Excellent rating, which is now less a badge of virtue than a basic threshold for many modern occupiers and investors. In a market where secondhand availability has risen, new-build schemes need to justify themselves with better energy performance, better working environments, and cleaner operational economics. Developers can no longer rely on scarcity alone.
The wider market picture helps explain why this scheme is being brought forward now. CBRE’s latest UK logistics update shows 2025 take-up reached 25.6 million sq ft, up 22% on 2024, while the West Midlands recorded the highest leasing volumes in Q4. That came alongside a national vacancy rate of 7.1%, driven by rising secondhand space, which makes the region’s performance more telling. Demand has not disappeared. It has become more specific.
That is the backdrop for Pulse, Wolverhampton. Occupiers are still moving, but they are choosier on building quality, ESG performance, and network fit. Erdgard’s scheme appears designed for exactly that environment: not the loudest project in the market, but the sort of mid-sized, high-spec space that can still move when sentiment is uneven. The current target is occupation in Q3 2027, assuming the planning application clears.
