IN Brief:
- Indurent has completed three lettings across its South East portfolio.
- Arcese has taken around 51,000ft² at Indurent Park Purfleet on a 10-year lease.
- InPost and Beaconplus have also taken space in Hemel Hempstead and Leamington Spa.
Indurent has completed three lettings across its South East logistics and industrial portfolio, bringing assets in Purfleet, Hemel Hempstead, and Leamington Spa to full occupancy.
The transactions include a new 10-year lease with Arcese at Indurent Park Purfleet in Essex. The Italian logistics business has taken a unit of around 51,000ft² as a pre-let ahead of practical completion following a comprehensive refurbishment.
Further lettings have been completed at Maxted Court in Hemel Hempstead and Precision Park in Leamington Spa. InPost has taken around 12,000ft² at Hemel Hempstead, while Beaconplus has taken approximately 60,000ft² at Leamington Spa.
The three deals cover more than 123,000ft² of space and point to continued occupier demand for well-specified logistics buildings in locations with strong access to consumer markets, parcel networks, labour pools, and trunk road infrastructure.
Purfleet gives occupiers access to the M25, Dartford Crossing, London, and Thames-side logistics corridors. For a 3PL such as Arcese, the combination of refurbished specification and proximity to dense demand centres supports regional distribution and customer-facing contract logistics activity.
The InPost letting at Hemel Hempstead sits within a different part of the market. Out-of-home delivery networks, lockers, returns handling, and ecommerce fulfilment models are driving demand for smaller, strategically located facilities that can support fast injection into local delivery routes.
Leamington Spa adds a Midlands dimension to the portfolio activity. The region continues to attract industrial and logistics occupiers because it offers access to national road networks, manufacturing clusters, and labour markets without the same spatial constraints as parts of the South East.
UK logistics property is becoming more selective even where occupier demand remains strong. Building quality, energy performance, yard depth, dock access, power availability, staff facilities, and readiness for automation or fleet electrification now influence leasing decisions alongside location and rent.
That shift sits behind From Sheds to Systems: Fit-Out Is the New Frontier in UK Logistics, which examined how automation, electrical design, fire protection, and futureproofing are being pulled earlier into industrial property decisions. Indurent’s latest lettings follow the same direction, with occupiers seeking space that can move quickly from lease agreement to operational use.
The South East remains one of the UK’s most constrained logistics markets. Land supply is tight, planning can be slow, and competition for sites is driven by ecommerce, food distribution, parcels, industrial services, and manufacturers needing access to London and the wider region. Full occupancy across the three assets suggests demand remains resilient where location and building specification are aligned.
The deals also show how logistics property requirements are fragmenting. Large fulfilment centres still dominate debate, but smaller and mid-box units are increasingly important for regional distribution, repair networks, returns, parcel consolidation, and service-led logistics. Operators need buildings close enough to end markets to protect delivery performance, while preserving enough flexibility to absorb changes in volume, customer mix, and delivery models.
Indurent’s South East lettings strengthen its position in a market where occupiers are balancing availability, connectivity, and operating cost. The next test for fully occupied assets will be whether they continue to support more demanding logistics operations as automation, fleet transition, and service expectations raise the technical standard for industrial space.
