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UK logistics sector continues to reach new heights with third record-breaking quarter in 18 months, CBRE reports
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By Steve Farrell2021-04-16T11:41:00+01:00
Pure online retail accounted for the largest proportion of take-up at 48.2%
Logistics space under offer soared to record levels at the end of quarter one of this year, driven primarily by demand from pure online retail.
Some 16 million sq ft across 55 units was under offer, compared with 11.5 million sq ft across 23 units at the end of quarter one of 2020, according to data from real estate advisor CBRE, which tracks warehouses over 100,000 sq ft.
The amount of space subject to a completed deal was down year on year, at 5.2 million sq ft in the first quarter of 2021 compared with 6.4 million sq ft in quarter one of 2020. However, the number of individual deals completed had more than doubled year on year to 25, signalling a higher volume of transactions across smaller units.
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Liza Helps investigates.
It has been a tumultuous year and what we envisioned only a short six months ago is nothing like our reality now. Back in January and February, the prospects looked promising after the stop/start 2019 plagued with political uncertainty, then the coronavirus struck, and the country was plunged in to lockdown – it looked a bit grim.
But the pandemic has turbo charged the supply chain industry – the question is: is this the new normal?
“Across the board, property consultants,” says Paul Weston, Regional Head of Prologis UK, “are reporting record take-up.”
Indeed, the latest research from CBRE notes that take-up of UK logistics space is 111% higher than this time last year. Third-quarter take up levels have surpassed the record-breaking take-up levels in the second quarter of this year to reach a total of 13.33 million sq ft.
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