Amazon. com Inc.’s decision to throttle back on its e-commerce operations threatens to slow the growth of the industrial-space sector, one of the hottest areas of commercial property.
A supply chain crisis and severe labor shortages are creating mega challenges for developers—but industrial projects are pushing through. Demand for industrial space is so strong, and as a result the asset class remains “unencumbered” by labor shortages, according to Louis Archambault, an attorney at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr.
Landlords of warehouse and distribution properties may look to shorter leases to capitalize on burgeoning e-commerce-driven demand, with the pace at which average lease terms are shortening picking up major speed. A new analysis from Moody’s Analytics notes that pricing and fundamentals of the sector never decreased as a result of the pandemic, and instead
Any hope, faint as it might have been, that industrial supply would start to catch up with demand this year should be already dashed by now. The National Association of Realtors reported data through March 4, finding that industrial supply continues to lag demand. Namely, as of the beginning of this month, the vacancy rate
With cold storage warehouse space in the US jammed to capacity from coast to coast, the pace of temperature-controlled industrial warehouse acquisitions, expansions and new facilities will accelerate in 2022. The demand for freezer space at cold storage warehouses may soon exceed their capacity as US consumers who have gotten used to purchasing groceries online
