All Industrial & Logistics supplement articles – Page 17
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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.
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Digital era brings growth
The digital era has transformed both the expectations of consumers and the demands on retailers and distributors as people expect faster delivery and greater variety, all of which has had a profound impact on the property market.
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Keep the industrial faith – it will pay off
Industrial and logistics real estate is undergoing a transformational renaissance. Warehouses now form the spine of a modern supply chain.
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Sheds and beds: solving the capital’s space dilemma
It’s a London thing. Such little supply and such voracious, global demand - a housing crisis, a drastic need for more employment land and one of the world’s biggest ecommerce consumer bases shopping 24 hours a day.
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The Distribution Revolution: impact of tech on logistics
The rise of ecommerce has revolutionised the way we shop - but it has also transformed property logistics. Technology is helping retailers and carriers to manage stock movements, in-store click collect and home deliveries, but it is also a costly investment.