The answer to the puzzle 'Who will take the first units at the 6M SF East Midlands Gateway' could be Amazon.

Amazon is close to taking a 500K SF warehouse at Segro's 700-acre East Midlands Gateway inland port.

The Amazon signing would be the debut deal at Segro's 6M SF rail freight terminal near Nottingham, Midlands Business Insider reports. A second deal, which would see third-party logistics provider XPO sign up for 700K SF. Neither tenant has been confirmed by the developer, although they have said that deals with a leading online retailer and a third-party provider were imminent.

The site, one of the fruit's of Segro's partnership with Roxhill, was launched in October.

Segro is funding £100M of infrastructure at East Midlands Gateway including a 50-acre rail terminal and extensive road improvements, designed to give the best possible connectivity to the 10 plots now available to occupiers.

A partnership with Highways England and other highways authorities means there will also be £35M of road improvements associated with East Midlands Gateway, including better connections at Junction 24 and Junction 24A of the M1.