Chancerygate starts on 53,000 sq ft Old Trafford industrial
Contractor Stainforth is on site at the UrbanX development, which comprises units of 30,200 sq ft and 22,800 sq ft.
Industrial & logistics specialist Chancerygate acquired the site from Landmark Group in May 2025, declaring its intention to deliver UrbanX, a last-mile logistics scheme with a GDV of around £15m.
Plans were then lodged in August, and approved in December. The pair of units are available leasehold, and the sustainability aspirations for the scheme are EPC A and BREEAM Excellent
Located on Brindley Road, less than one mile from Manchester city centre, the two-acre site is adjacent to the Bridgewater Way arterial route and the established Trafford Park and Salford Quays areas.
Stainforth Construction expects to achieve practical completion early in 2027. BC Real Estate and Savills are instructed as joint agents.
Chancerygate’s Warrington-based development manager Andy Farrer said: “Our UrbanX scheme will provide Grade A urban logistics accommodation in a strategically, well-connected location, enabling occupiers to efficiently serve Manchester city centre.
“With the ongoing regeneration plans around Wharfside and Old Trafford football ground, the development also offers impacted businesses the chance to remain in the same area as their existing premises.
“We now look forward to delivering this prime, sustainable urban logistics site which will become a long-term economic asset for the Old Trafford locality.”
In the UK, Chancerygate currently has around 2.2m sq ft of urban logistics space under construction or ready for development across 15 sites ranging from Leeds to Croydon.
Sorry to detract from the story, but how did Bridgewater Way ever get built without a footpath? and why has one never been added retrospectively? There’s plenty of space for one.
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Also sorry to detract from the story but just wanted to comment on the great shot of Manchester city centre in the background. The city centres transformation over the last 30 years has been truly remarkable. I remember the city centre in the 1970s and 80s when it was pretty grim.
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It is incredible but it needs more height, colour and textures to blend everything in. What it really needs is some nice brick mid rise to compliment Manchester’s history.
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