The warehouse real estate market has been in active development the entire year. Indeed, the previously announced large facilities are steadily being opened, thus hundreds of thousands of square meters of quality warehouse premises are entering the market. Experts confirm that the rate of growth in 2006 of the warehouse …

The high level of investment activity that seemed to be a trend on the warehouse real estate market has given way to an information vacuum. For the past six months now no new deals have been announced on the market. Despite this fact, specialists continue to speak of this sector’s …

The warehouse real estate market is developing actively. However, not all projects announced by developers have been realized subsequently. What are the main difficulties in developing warehouse premises?

With the spread of business activity from the capital to Russia’s regions, the deficit of quality warehouse facilities has become an increasingly pressing issue. This is particularly so in the Ural regions, where the lack of quality warehouse infrastructure and the slow pace of warehouse development pose a serious threat …

Logistics parks or hubs are an essential component of national logistics chains and a top priority in many economies. The Russian industrial market, however, had a late start, and such large­scale logistics projects have yet to be developed in the country. Luckily, a number of warehouses are scheduled for delivery …

Excellent transportation access and clear traffic movement on a complex’s territory is the most important feature of any warehouse project, without which a logistics complex simply cannot operate properly. Despite the basic importance of this feature, transport problems specifically are often the stumbling block to warehouse projects, noticeably decreasing investment …

The present situation in the Urals warehousing sector is far from rosy, as local retailers are crammed into old-format warehouses waiting patiently for the construction of new complexes. Federal retailers, on the other hand, have already grown frustrated in the queue and are putting their expansion plans on hold. According …

Many developers announced their plans of building Class A logistic complexes in regions. However, very few have put their plans into practice. We decided to count the sparse warehouse properties currently available on the regional market and give a detailed report on several completed warehouse terminals.

Logistics services providers, manufacturers, retail chains and other companies generating demand for warehouse space, when deciding to invest money in building their own logistics complexes often consider rebuilding old existing warehouses. In which cases does rebuilding an old warehouse complex make financial sense, how much cheaper is it to modernize …

The situation with warehouse real estate in Russia’s northwest varies considerably, given that whereas there is considerable dynamic development of logistics complexes in St. Petersburg, there is a very obvious lag in the development of this sector in other major northwestern cities, such as Murmansk, Archangelsk and Kaliningrad. According to …