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DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

Examples of work undertaken by our lawyers

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  • Completed the £15m acquisition of the European HQ and distribution centre for a property investment company. 

  • Completed the £40m acquisition of a large distribution centre. 

  • Secured new leases for distribution centres at an airport for a European shipping company. 

  • Advising on the property portfolios of numerous retail clients including the acquisitions and disposals of distribution centres.

  • Drafting and negotiating a favourable rent for an unused distribution centre as part of a client’s estate rationalisation process.

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Legal issues that may arise

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  • Acquisition of a distribution centre or buildings suitable for use as a distribution centre

  • Disposal of distribution centres.  

  • Obtaining planning permissions to build a distribution centre on land

  • Drafting and negotiating construction contracts including FIDIC, NEC, IChemE, GC/ Works, JCT, ICE, RIBA and RICS

  • Drafting and negotiating leases of a distribution centre or part of the distribution centre

  • Advice on environmental issues including contamination, nuisance and rights to light

  • Negotiating and drafting overage agreements

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Distribution centres stock a variety of goods to be redistributed to retailers, wholesalers or directly to consumers. The largest distribution centre in the UK is made up of 5 buildings and stores over a million square feet of products, making it also one of the largest in Europe.

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ABOUT DAVITT JONES BOULD​

As the largest, most experienced law firm specialising in real estate in the UK, we have been trusted advisors to the real estate market for 25 years. We have over 75 lawyers, all of whom joined us from senior in-house or private practice roles, and bring an average of 25 years’ post qualification experience each. With their expertise and commercial experience, we advise a prestigious client base in the public and private sector on the full spectrum of real estate legal issues, including commercial property, planning, property litigation, construction, environment, real estate finance and other related areas. Operating in our specialist area uniquely positions us to help other professional firms, and through our Real Estate Support solution we support teams in the silver circle, UK Top 30, US Top 50, the Big Four and beyond.

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