Gravity has been shortlisted by Property Week for the ‘Deal of the Year: Industrial and Logistics’.
Salamanca Group is proud to share that its principal investment, Gravity, has been shortlisted by Property Week for the ‘Deal of the Year: Industrial and Logistics’ category. The award shortlisting reflects the sale of 308-acres of the Gravity Enterprise Zone to Agratas, Tata Group’s battery manufacturing subsidiary.
The deal provided Agratas with the land, connectivity and access to power to develop the UK’s largest battery manufacturing facility, representing a £4bn investment, creating up to 4,000 on-site jobs and many more thousands in the supply chain.
This shortlisting follows Gravity’s win at the Insider South West Property Awards 2024, where it secured the title of ‘Property Deal of the Year’.
Martin Bellamy, Chairman and CEO of Salamanca Group and Gravity, commented: “Salamanca Group welcomes Property Week’s shortlisting for this prestigious award. We are proud to be nominated alongside other transformational opportunities.”
The award ceremony will take place on 1st July at Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
Read the Property Week press release here.
About Salamanca Group
Salamanca Group is a UK-based strategic investor, focused on investing in transformational opportunities that intersect real estate, energy, and infrastructure.
We stimulate economic uplift by creating sustainable employment opportunities for future generations in clean growth industries. We also address the need for quality homes and leisure environments, fostering long-lasting positive social impact.
We work with governments, investors, and local communities to accelerate strategic sites that align with our vision. Our experience and expertise underpin how we transform underutilised locations into globally competitive destinations.
Our work ensures that leading global companies are drawn to invest in the UK, establishing economic hubs that deliver sustainable employment for future generations while fostering long-term economic prosperity and growth.
About Gravity
Gravity is the UK’s first strategic commercial smart campus and a blueprint for a ‘cleaner’, smarter future. Anchored by the 40 GWh Agratas battery manufacturing facility, the campus is now the catalyst for economic transformation across the South West. Delivering the Gravity campus will support the wider efforts towards transport decarbonisation as well as the UK’s acceleration progress on electrification.
Our site is at the heart of an ideal ecosystem and is the platform of choice to stimulate home-grown advanced battery manufacturing, it offers unrivalled connectivity, planning flexibility and access to world-class assets and talent pool with expertise in innovation and clean growth. Underpinning the ability to serve a multitude of customers across sectors in the transition to a net zero economy.