Industrial Real Estate

Commentary

 
This fall, what will become the Kansas City Intermodal Facility will be a loud and busy place as BNSF’s newest intermodal terminal roars to life. But what is more noteworthy is the planned adjoining park for multiple large distribution centers.

News & Analysis

 
13 Jun 2013
Crawford Diamond Industrial Park, a 1,800-acre industrial site in Callahan, Fla., with dual Class I rail access, has received “megasite” certification from McCallum Sweeney Consulting.
 
07 Jun 2013
After declining steadily for 30 years, manufacturing employment in the U.S. is stabilizing and will have a positive impact on the economy and on demand for industrial real estate space in the coming decade, according to a study by the NAIOP Research Foundation.
modern empty warehouse
 
07 Jun 2013
With pension funds and investment trusts buying more warehouses and distribution centers, “true” developers of industrial real estate are becoming harder to find, according to industry executives.
Empty warehouse
 
06 Jun 2013
The U.S. industrial real estate industry has entered a period of strong net absorption, declining vacancy rates and increasing rents for warehouse and distribution facilities, according to a top industry executive.
 
05 Jun 2013
Lineage Logistics will begin construction of a new 420,000 square foot multi-use cold storage warehouse in Colton, Calif.
 
05 Jun 2013
Brookfield Asset Management, through its private equity group, has acquired the stock of Millard Refrigerated Services – Canada.
 
05 Jun 2013
Antwerp, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf are the best logistics hubs in Europe, but they face a growing challenge from emerging hubs in the east of the continent, according to a report by Colliers International, a global commercial real estate company.
 
04 Jun 2013
The Railway Association of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities have unveiled land use guidelines and a website intended to promote best practices and awareness about the issues...
 
31 May 2013
Lineage Logistics, the world’s second-largest cold storage company, has added another space to its portfolio, acquiring the real estate and assets of a facility in University Park, Ill. Financial terms of the transaction weren not disclosed.
Warehouse interior
 
23 May 2013
When Jones Lang LaSalle, the Boston-based commercial real estate services firm, released its first quarter industrial real estate market report, several facts underscored the recovery taking place throughout the United States: sustained declines in national vacancy rates, increased absorption of existing space, rising rental prices and a surge in construction that, in the first three months of the year, stood at a five-year high.