Market report

The Lanarkshire industrial property market

An industrial market report for Lanarkshire, with the finance we arrange across 5 industrial catchments in the county.

5
Industrial catchments
£7.53/sq ft
Avg multi-let rent (Scotland)
9.4%
Industrial vacancy (UK, MSCI)
5.45%
Prime multi-let yield (UK)
Matt Lenzie
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging commercial property finance

Lanarkshire sits within the Scotland industrial market. Lanarkshire grew prosperous from the mid eighteenth century on its rich coal seams, helped by the Monkland Canal completed in 1793. We arrange acquisition finance, commercial mortgages, bridging, development finance, mezzanine and term debt on light industrial property across the county, tracking 5 industrial catchments, led by Bellshill, Motherwell, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld and Hamilton.

The market figures below are reported nationally or at regional level by the industry's research sources, attributed to each source, and used as context rather than a Lanarkshire-specific measurement. The planning data and housing-transaction context is genuinely local and sourced from council planning registers and HM Land Registry.

Industrial locations and landlords across Lanarkshire

Industrial demand concentrates along the M74 J5, A725, A8, M74 J6 and A723 corridors, where road access drives occupier demand for units and yards. Established industrial locations such as Eurocentral are the natural home for workshops, trade counters and multi-let units, and the first places a valuer looks for rental comparables. Multi-let landlords with estates across the county include Flexspace, Indurent and Mileway.

Rents, vacancy and yields

The UK multi-let industrial market runs to 500m+ sq ft of space (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let, Winter bulletin 2024). Regional multi-let rents average around £7.53/sq ft (Scotland multi-let average, Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024), with the region's top prime rents at £15/sq ft (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024), and prime multi-let equivalent yields sit around 6% (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, Q3 2024). Nationally, MSCI put industrial vacancy at 9.4% (MSCI UK Quarterly Property Index, Q4 2025 results, Dec 2025), and forecast multi-let rental growth runs at 4.6% (Gerald Eve (Newmark), Multi-Let Winter bulletin 2024, 2024 to 2028 forecast).

Light industrial finance in Lanarkshire

We arrange the full lifecycle of light industrial finance across Lanarkshire: commercial mortgages for owner-occupiers and investors, acquisition finance for units and estates, bridging for auctions and vacant property, development and mezzanine finance for builds and refurbishments, and term debt for the long-term hold. Send us the deal and we will come back within one working day.

Industrial market figures are published nationally or at Scotland level (Gerald Eve Multi-Let; MSCI; Savills) and are presented as context for Lanarkshire rather than a county-specific measurement. Housing-transaction figures are HM Land Registry price paid data for the towns we track.

By town

Light industrial finance by town in Lanarkshire

Each town carries its own catchment profile, demand signals and market context.

Finance

The finance we arrange in Lanarkshire

Eight products across the whole light industrial lifecycle.

Property types

Industrial property types we fund across Lanarkshire

Every format is underwritten differently. We know which lenders back each one.

Funding an industrial unit in Lanarkshire?

Send us the outline and we will come back with a view on fundability and likely terms.