All Industrial & Logistics supplement articles – Page 7
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Fired up for expansion in industrial development
Firethorn Trust is new to the industrial development scene, but has already closed a string of deals. Property Week talks to founders Peter Mather and Chris Webb
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Five minutes with… Vivienne Clements, executive director of HBD
The HBD executive director on hiking, boom and bust cycles and why property needs more diversity.
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Is the future for industrial and logistics still bright?
Last year was a record-breaker for the sector as the combination of a global pandemic and looming Brexit sent take-up through the roof.
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Take-up boom expected to continue after record-breaking 2020
Pandemic-accelerated ecommerce demand led to record take-up last year, a trend set to continue in 2021, writes Grace Howarth
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Founder of Valor Real Estate discusses how the firm built a €1bn portfolio
Valor Real Estate Partners founder Christian Jamison joins Property Week to discuss the company’s path to a €1bn I L asset portfolio, its recent joint venture with Quadreal and its ambitions for the year ahead.
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White paper overlooks industrial sector
In launching the ‘Planning for the future’ white paper, housing secretary Robert Jenrick set out how reforms would simplify the planning system and support recovery from the pandemic. But the white paper has nothing to say about the industrial and logistics sector.
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Last-mile hits the accelerator
Covid-19 and its lockdowns have had a significant impact on the demand for last-mile delivery. Over the past year, we’ve experienced a surge as consumers have been forced to shop online, often for the first time.
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Industrial & Logistics sector looks set to buck the economic downturn
The responses to Property Week, Savills and Tritax Symmetry’s fourth annual market census, in association with Analytiqa, suggest the industrial and logistics sector is in good health and has a positive future outlook.
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Logistics operators target surplus retail space
The pandemic has meant retail units are no longer in demand but logistics centres are needed. Is it time to invest in converting one into the other?
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Why port-centric logistics is growing in popularity
The effects of Brexit, Covid-19 and the ecommerce boom are making port-centric development an increasingly attractive prospect.
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Five minutes with Olivia Hinds
The GLP associate on the ecommerce boom, an interview with a twist and her hopes for the future
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Navigating market volatility with data
The industrial sector is booming and technology has definitely supported the transformation of this part of the industry.
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Covid-fuelled demand spike set to spark logistics space shortage
New data from Savills shows I L space under construction for 2020-21 is down almost 50% on last year.
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Industrial and Logistics supplement November 2020
Almost every part of the property industry has been detrimentally affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Food and beverage operators have spent more days closed this year than open, retailers have shuttered stores after going under or entering into CVAs and administration and offices have lain empty during the biggest WFH ...
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How digital economy and WFH are fuelling demand
The data centres sector was growing exponentially before Covid-19 and should have come of age during the pandemic. If only there were enough to meet demand.
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Exodus to countryside creates new logistics demand
As Covid-19 boosts ecommerce and many city dwellers seek a better quality of life in the countryside, some are predicting a boom in rural logistics facilities across the UK.
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Why trade counters buck Covid downturn
Back in January, when I was interviewed by this magazine (‘ Hobby reveals trade secrets of Dunmoore ’), I said I viewed trade counters “as part of the last- mile logistics business” and that I believed “they will play a big role in the future supply chain”.
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Old boxes, new tricks
On the outskirts of central London sit tired industrial estates. Once used to store products and manufacture traditional goods, these stale grey boxes that housed industrial operators now have a new lease of life, thanks to Millennials and Gen Z and the enormous growth of sectors including ecommerce and food ...
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Interview with duo bringing big US player to UK
Industrial real estate developer BRIDGE is a fixture in the US but a relative unknown here. That could be about to change. Simon Creasey talks to the two men heading its newly opened UK office
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The challenges involved in becoming Covid-safe
The pandemic has led to the introduction of a raft of additional health and safety measures. Mitchell Labiak finds out exactly what has changed