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FARRRS link road set to be extended to airport

The next stage of work to enable completion of the link road from the motorway network to Doncaster Sheffield Airport has received the green light. Work on the first phase of the Finningley And Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS), which is creating a three mile route from junction 3 of the M18 to Parrott’s Corner

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FARRRS road scheme starts topping out process

Another important milestone has been reached on the Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) with construction of the road starting on top of the recently completed eight metre high embankment between Junction 3 of the M18 and Rossington. Tarmacking of the first section of dual carriageway will provide access into Verdion’s £400million iPort project

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Doncaster Presented to a Global Audience at MIPIM UK 2014

Private sector partners Verdion and Harworth Estates joined Greg Clark MP today on the Sheffield City Region (SCR) stand at MIPIM UK 2014 to promote the City Region located at the strategic heart of the Country – with Doncaster as its main focus. The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister for Universities, Science & Cities

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Verdion starts £21m infrastructure works at iPort, Doncaster

Verdion has commenced the next phase of its iPort project in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, with £21 million being invested in infrastructure works, making the logistics and distribution site ‘oven-ready’ for the delivery of up to 6 million sq ft (570,000 sq m) of bespoke, rail connected warehouse units.

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Verdion hosts St Leger’s Agents’ Event for iPort

Verdion hosted an agents’ event on Ladies Day at Doncaster’s famous St Leger’s Stake to celebrate the start of iPort, its £400 million Inland Port project in Rossington near Doncaster. The good and the great of the industrial real estate agency world attended from across the country, visiting the iPort site before being whisked away

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iPort Doncaster Developer Verdion Joins the Logistics Hub UK Partnership

Verdion, the developer behind Doncaster’s iPort Strategic Intermodal Logistics Park has become the latest major company to join Sheffield City Region’s Logistics Hub UK partnership. Located at M18 junction 3, iPort is a key component in Doncaster’s fast-developing multimodal logistics hub. The 337 acre (net developable) greenfield site has outline planning consent for up to

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Connections made on road to jobs and growth

Important connections are being made on the Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) link road which will transform the south of Doncaster by removing the barriers that for decades have restricted access and held back regeneration. Significant progress has been made at Junction 3 of the M18 where the three mile stretch of road

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iPort is Number One in the Country

iPort is officially the largest outstanding commercial development with planning permission in the UK. The development, which is being delivered by Verdion, the specialist European logistics developer, includes a rail freight terminal served by rail and road, 562,000m2 of warehouses and over 100 hectares of ecological enhancements. It will be served by the Finningley and

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Introducing iPort – Verdion hosts agents’ breakfast briefings in Leeds, Birmingham and London

Throughout May and June Verdion has been pushing forward with the marketing of iPort, holding breakfast events across the country. Verdion’s CEO Michael Hughes, European Development Director John Clements and the scheme’s letting agents Gent Visick, Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE played host to local agents in Leeds, Birmingham and London. The events were all

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Verdion and HOOPP fly into Doncaster for iPort Development Update

Representatives from Verdion and its funding partner the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) were in Doncaster this week to check out progress on site at iPort, their 6 million sq ft (570,000 sq m) Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) scheme. Michael Catford, HOOPP’s Vice President, Real Estate, Mike Hughes (Verdion), Nick Macrae (HOOPP) and

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