All Industrial & Logistics supplement articles
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InsightThe regional space race
As occupiers compete for space in UK cities, investors are looking beyond traditional hotspots such as London to the regions.
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The rise of vertical farming
The recent boom in warehouse take-up in response to unprecedented levels of online shopping has been well documented over the past 16 months.
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Rental growth set to exceed forecasts
Predicted 3.6% growth per year to 2025 likely to be exceeded amid record-low vacancy levels and high demand.
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Parking sites are in demand
A sustained increase in demand from consumers for speedy deliveries has put pressure on logistics operators to further expand their vehicle fleets. So, it is not surprising that we are now seeing a new trend emerging in the logistics sector of increased requirements from operators looking for land specifically for ...
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The changing face of the logistics market
It’s no secret that the industrial and logistics sector is booming. Take-up in the first half of the year continued to soar and investment activity also sky-rocketed to a new record high of £6bn, according to data from Knight Frank. That’s 54% more than the previous high recorded in H1 ...
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Businesses must consolidate deliveries to cut emissions
Efficient estate management makes good business sense, and the extent to which building management can also support businesses in achieving their ESG and net zero carbon ambitions is coming into sharp focus.
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It’s not easy being green
As developers are forced to undertake costly biodiversity assessments on new schemes, Property Week reports on the long-term implications for the sector.
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Beds and sheds: a capital idea?
Regal London planning director Steve Harrington tells Property Week about its Wembley and Orchard Wharf schemes and the challenges of delivering large-scale beds-and-sheds developments in the capital.
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Industrial & Logistics supplement September 2021
Rents set to outstrip predicted 3.6% growth per year to 2025 - The drive to improve sector’s biodiversity - Investors are looking beyond usual hotspots - Regal London planning director on beds-and-sheds push - Five minutes with Bridget Outtrim, director in Savills’ I&L team
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Things to be wary of when trading places
It is amazing how quickly half-truths can turn into seeming full truths. Commercial landlords will certainly already be tired of the column inches committed to condemning Covid-19 for choking the life out of traditional retail models.
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Home truths on the MMC revolution
With the government and housebuilders promoting modern methods of construction to help boost affordable housing supply, are we about to see housebuilding factories spring up across the UK?
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Reaping freeport rewards
Plans to create eight new freeports in England should benefit businesses that choose to locate themselves in these areas as well as generate jobs, but will they generate much-needed investment?
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Steel shortage is starting to driving up costs and delays
A perfect storm of supply chain issues means a steel shortage is holding up projects and driving up costs in the industrial sector.
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Five minutes with… Tessa English, JLL’s head of urban and city logistics
JLL’s head of urban and city logistics on tech, her dream job and why she wants to meet the Queen.
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Building a ‘house of brands’
Another retailer enters administration. Jobs to be lost.” It’s a familiar headline, but while it is easy to blame the pandemic, there were plenty of failures pre-Covid, with changing customer habits, online, digital integration and poor proposition and management some of the factors to blame.
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Industrial & logistics sector continues to boom
Industrial & logistics is one of the few sectors to have emerged strongly from the pandemic. Indeed, such has been the boom in demand for shed space, mainly from ecommerce retailers but also cold storage operators and data centres, that speculative development is booming, too.
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UK sees a shed spec development boom
A number of developers are ploughing ahead with their aggressive speculative development plans as demand for logistics space continues to outstrip supply across some parts of the country.
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Interview with BentallGreenOak’s Toby Phelps
BentallGreenOak’s Toby Phelps discusses the international investor’s move into the UK warehouse market with Property Week and explains why it is far from done investing in the industrial sector despite how hot it now is.
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What lies ahead for the industrial and logistics sector post the pandemic?
Unlike other areas of the property industry, the industrial and logistics sector has only been boosted by the likes of Covid-19 and Brexit. However, a number of issues are on the horizon. Property Week, in partnership with Dentons, recently brought together a virtual panel of experts to ask what the ...
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Lights, camera, action!
Film and TV studio space is in demand, and firms such as Location Collective are changing their approach to leases. What could that mean for traditional shed occupiers?
