All Industrial & Logistics supplement articles – Page 15
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InsightDon’t ignore tech disruptors
As consumers increasingly turn to online or mobile retail as well as become accustomed to one-hour delivery services, the logistics real estate sector has undergone significant transformation - and undoubtedly more change lies ahead.
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Lack of industrial space is a wake-up call
We live in an age where we can access anything at our fingertips, regardless of the time of day or our location, and we absolutely take it for granted.
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Excess space solution: FLEXE appeal
A new online marketplace connects businesses in need of additional shed space with those that have excess capacity.
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Are flying warehouses just pie in the sky?
It seems that the only way is up for warehouse stock.
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Shed of the future: automatic for the people
A driverless vehicle docks at a remote warehouse in the Scottish Borders. Inside the four-storey facility, a workforce of more than 1,000 robots simultaneously picks items of stock and packs them into boxes ready for delivery to customers’ houses via an army of unmanned drones.
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Sally’s new army: Sally Duggleby interview
There are plenty of examples in the agency world of people who have previously worked for landlords, developers or both.
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AI, drones and smart technology are reshaping the warehouse
A few short decades after scientists began working towards its invention, artificial intelligence (AI) is finally here - and it is set to transform manufacturing plants and distribution centres.
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MEES regulations: it’s not easy being green
A fifth of industrial buildings could need alterations to meet new energy regulations - are landlords ready?
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Fearless symmetry: db symmetry interview
Christian Matthews tells Property Week why db symmetry is confident its spec development push will pay dividends.
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Five minutes with: Don Bailey of Delin Capital
Delin Capital’s development director on skiing for food, his dislike of vagueness and false modesty.
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Amenities: work and some play in logistics
For developers of new offices in London and other major cities, the provision of amenity space for occupiers’ employees is increasingly the done thing.
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Video: Talking Sheds - challenges & solutions in logistics
With the 2017 PW Sheds Conference highlighting the sector’s continued growth, Property Week exclusively spoke to SEGRO COO Andy Gulliford and Savills’ commercial research director Kevin Moffid about the biggest challenges and solutions are ahead for the industrial logistics sector.
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Secondary and tertiary sheds: time for a makeover?
Barry Woods is a happy man. The director at property group Parabola took, in some people’s view, a gamble.
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Amazon: tough act to follow for industrial sector
An exceptional year of expansion by Amazon in 2016 helped the sector achieve a record-breaking level of take-up.
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Don’t gamble with the planning process
One thing is certain. The planning process is a gamble with a binary outcome - either developers achieve planning permission or they don’t.
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Slough Trading Estate: estate of evolution
At 97 years old and covering some 5.6m sq ft, Slough Trading Estate is one of the oldest and largest industrial business parks in the UK, and one of the biggest in single ownership in Europe.
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Developers shy away from spec
A lack of institutional funding and Brexit jitters have held back speculative development.
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Consolidation centres: why offsite is on trend
The rise of ecommerce has led to a big increase in deliveries, with negative implications for traffic levels and the environment. Could consolidation centres be the answer?
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Work-life balance: solving the sheds space shortage
The industrial and logistics sector is going great guns - and it has not gone unnoticed by investors and developers.
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Indoor farming: on to pastures new
In the drive for sustainability, new operators are looking to indoor farming to bring food closer to consumers.
