The Lothian industrial property market

Lothian sits within the Scotland industrial market. Lothian comprises Edinburgh together with East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian, and is widely held to have become part of Scotland after Kenneth II received the territory in 973. We arrange acquisition finance, commercial mortgages, bridging, development finance, mezzanine and term debt on light industrial property across the county, tracking 4 industrial catchments, led by Edinburgh, Grangemouth, Livingston and Bathgate.

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 Lothian-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 Lothian

Industrial demand concentrates along the M8 J3a, M8 J4, A89, A801 and M8 J1 corridors, where road access drives occupier demand for units and yards. 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 Lothian

We arrange the full lifecycle of light industrial finance across Lothian: 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 Lothian rather than a county-specific measurement. Housing-transaction figures are HM Land Registry price paid data for the towns we track.