Big sheds

"Last year Scotland experienced encouraging take-up which has tightened supply to an all-time low. With no sign of speculative development we will continue to rely heavily on the Build-to- Suit market to satisfy occupational demand"

"Investor appetite for industrial ahead of other sectors, combined with capital growth and rising rents, has almost doubled industrial property’s market share, a trend we expect to continue into 2018"

"Build costs and programme delivery time scales have stabilised into 2017"

"Conflicting signals but strong start expected"

"With no sign of over development in the sector, the market is well positioned to ride out a short period of subdued occupier demand"

"Whilst there has been a paucity of transactional evidence in the first half of 2017, requirement levels are generally strong, meaning we expect a strong second half of the year, as was the case in 2016"

"The fact that the East Midlands is well supplied with units across size ranges will put the market in good stead to capture more footloose requirements"

"With take-up in the West Midlands already eclipsing the annual long term average it is clear there is occupier demand for the right product in the right location"