- Construction starts on facility at Andover Business Park, as Berry Bros. & Rudd take space
- Warehouse set to be the largest fine wine storage facility for private clients in Europe
- Strategically-located space ideally placed to serve the South East and West of the UK
- Carbon-neutral site to generate its own energy supply
Goodman has broken ground on a 117,500 sq ft warehouse at Andover Business Park for Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, Berry Bros. & Rudd.
The bespoke warehouse is set to be the largest fine wine storage
facility for private clients in Europe, with the capacity to store more
than 14 million bottles of wine at optimum temperature in a
humidity-controlled environment.
Spanning almost 100 acres of highly sought after serviced land, Andover
Business Park is ideally placed to serve the South East and West of the
UK. A prime e-commerce and distribution destination, already home to the
Co-operative Group and global bakery firm Rich Products, those
operating from the area benefit from direct access to the A303 and close
proximity to the M25, A303 and A34, providing links to Southampton via
the M4 and M40.
The leading-edge facility will be carbon neutral, generating its own
energy supply alongside utilising rainwater harvesting and electric
vehicle (EV) charging points.
George Glennie, Development Director at Goodman, said:
“Our approach is to meet the increasing demand for strategically located
logistics space with easy access to large consumer markets.
“This site at Andover Business Park is set to become the largest fine
wine storage facility in Europe. On completion, it will provide Berry
Bros. & Rudd with state-of-the-art, flexible and carbon neutral
space to service their clients’ rising demand.”
Edward Rudd, Business Investment Director for Berry Bros. & Rudd, added:
“To offer the largest fine wine storage facility for private clients in
Europe will help us realise our ambition to support fine wine collecting
now and in the future. We are delighted to make this investment to
position the UK as a leader in Europe and the world for fine wine
collecting.”
Winvic’s Director of Industrial, Distribution and Logistics, Danny Nelson, commented:
“We have a lot of experience with temperature-controlled facilities, so
we’re delighted to be working with long-standing client Goodman once
again on this cutting-edge fine wine storage warehouse.
“This project offers us the opportunity to showcase our strong BIM Level
2 skills and digital design resource – as well as expertise in
delivering carbon neutral projects – and we are looking forward to
delivering this ultra-secure facility in Andover for Berry Bros. &
Rudd.”
Goodman and its construction partner Winvic are delivering the facility,
with Berry Bros. & Rudd set to be operational in Summer 2022.