Proximity is a decisive factor in the urban industrial and logistics sector. In Proximity Matters! we discuss why this sector is in demand with investors and showcase our urban market scoring tool.
- The resilience of the urban industrial and logistics sector is driven by structural market drivers; ongoing urbanisation, long-term growth in the e-commerce sector and the insufficient supply of space in terms of quantity and quality.
- Recent geopolitical upheavals, and the pandemic, have exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains. In order to make them more resilient, re-shoring and near-shoring trends are coming into focus.
- Occupiers are increasingly thinking about proximity to (end) customers. This strengthens our theses that occupiers will continue to compete strongly for higher quality, operationally efficient urban sites.
- Our industrial & logistics scoring tool has been established to enable us to recognize that urban centres differ in terms of size, structure, growth prospects and maturity as investment markets. Our approach also enables us to think about the classification of markets, such that we can appraise them and target them consistently.