All Industrial & Logistics supplement articles – Page 12
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News
No end in sight for spec space race
Developers and investors are optimistic about the sector’s short- and long-term prospects.
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Insight
Cubic feet vs square feet: entering a new dimension?
As automation accelerates the rise of multi-level warehouses, arguments for valuing assets in cubic not square feet have resurfaced.
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South East councils need to take a risk
The industrial and logistics sector is forecast to be in the upper quartile of asset performance in 2019 and is currently faring well considering the market uncertainty and political situation.
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Insight
Six in the city: sheds of the future
Property Week and Savills asked six architecture practices to design an ultra-urban logistics hub and residential hybrid for a 2.5-acre site in London. Here they present their forward-thinking concepts.
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Airbnb can show us the way forward
The UK real estate market has traditionally enjoyed long-term leases, making it a haven for global investors attracted by long-dated income.
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Affordable warehouse space crisis
With London industrial rents heating up, small businesses are being priced out of the market. Could ‘affordable warehouses’ be the solution?
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Occupational demand stayed strong in 2018
Last year saw the third-highest annual take-up of big-box units on record, according to JLL data.
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Insight
‘The world’s most sustainable shed’
Office buildings have undergone a wellbeing revolution but the industrial sector has been slow to catch up. Baytree hopes to be ahead of the curve with its innovative new warehouse.
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Deliveroo: hungry for more
Deliveroo’s success with its Editions formula has pitted it against the big players in the hunt for suitable industrial sites. Mia Hunt reports
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Electric avenue: local authority investments
Councils are attempting to cut pollution levels by encouraging businesses to use electric vehicles. Nick Hughes considers what this could mean for logistics companies
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Local authority investments: too hot to handle
Councils have been widely buying up shopping centres and offices but are showing more caution when it comes to industrial assets. Adam Branson asks if the public sector should embrace the logistics market
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Insight
Five minutes with Jonathan Maher
Bericote Properties’ development director on diving, driving and the devil in disguise
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Markets
Take-up tumbles in the erratic West Midlands logistics market
While other regions have outstripped 2017 figures, the West Midlands seems to be lagging behind.
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Insight
Logistics supply comes under pressure across Europe
Savills believes continental European markets are approaching a similar ‘inflection point’ to the UK.
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Markets
Spotlight on studios
A severe studio shortage is a major threat to the UK’s booming film and TV industry. Simon Creasey asks whether enough new space can be delivered
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Insight
Industrial and logistics: investors and occupiers continue to pile in
At a time when the UK’s industrial and logistics market is typified by high demand and lack of supply, it’s little wonder that rents are sky high.
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Grade-A shed take-up tops 2017 levels
Almost 16m sq ft of large warehouse space was leased in the first nine months of 2018.
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Markets
Scannell scales up: Amaury Gariel interview
US developer Scannell Properties plans to expand into Europe by building industrial units mainly aimed at the food distribution sector, which it believes is ripe for growth.
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Markets
How sustainable are rising rents?
Rents have risen substantially in recent years. Adam Branson asks whether increased supply and resistance from occupiers will cause rental growth to slow.
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Insight
Rapid change calls for greater innovation
As everything in life continues to speed up, there is more and more demand from online customers to receive goods faster.