Industrial Real Estate 2018: Disruptions and Structural Shifts
Posted on April 5, 2018
By: Aaron Ahlburn, JLL
Supply chain advances and new technologies are affecting how, where and what types of industrial facilities are being built.
Much of the media coverage of industrial real estate today is overwhelmed by e-commerce oriented topics. Retailers continue to build out their delivery, fulfillment and return capabilities, in ways that are having significant impacts on the industrial supply chain and, consequently, on the location and design of buildings. E-commerce is undoubtedly driving significant change within the industrial property sector, but real estate developers and investors should also consider a variety of other disruptions and structural shifts.
These include key changes being made along the supply chain and how those changes are affecting where and how new industrial facilities are being developed today, as well as where and how they will be developed in the future.