Garbe Industrial Real Estate UK has expanded its presence in the United Kingdom with the acquisition of a 49,000-square-metre site in Skelmersdale, located northeast of Liverpool. The site will be developed into a logistics centre offering approximately 23,000 square metres of total floor area. The location’s strong transport connections played a key role in the acquisition. The site is situated adjacent to the M58 motorway and offers direct access to Junction 26 of the M6—one of the region’s key logistics routes. “Facilities of this size are in very limited supply in the Liverpool–Manchester–Birmingham corridor,” said Chris Hornung, Country Head and Managing Director at Garbe Industrial Real Estate UK. “Securing this site supports our strategy of investing in underserved logistics markets.” The planned facility will include 22,000 square metres of warehouse space and 1,000 square metres of office space. It will feature 18 dock levellers, three ground-level doors for heavy goods vehicles, and parking for 189 cars and 27 HGVs. Twenty electric vehicle charging stations are also included in the initial design, along with photovoltaic panels to support renewable energy use. Full planning permission has already been granted. Garbe intends to develop the property to meet high sustainability standards, targeting BREEAM Excellent certification and an EPC A rating. Designed to appeal to a range of potential tenants, the facility will offer a warehouse height of 15 metres and a power capacity of 1.5 MVA, making it suitable not only for logistics and e-commerce but also for light manufacturing with high energy demands. This marks Garbe UK’s second major investment in the country since entering the market in August 2024, following the acquisition of the Worksop Link project—an 8,000 and 43,000-square-metre two-unit development expected to complete in August 2025.