Industrial real estate

The amount of available warehouse and distribution space in the United States hits a 16-year low.

Online marketplaces and mobile apps are challenging decades-old business models for industrial distributors as use of e-commerce channels grows, a UPS survey finds.

<p>With industrial inventory at record lows, BCOs and NVOs who seek&nbsp;distribution space must be ready to pay higher rents.&nbsp;</p>

The move to Kansas City is part of a national migration to the American heartland as retailers, wholesalers, and third-party logistics providers consolidate warehouses into larger, centralized, state-of-the-art facilities.

It’s the first time the community has responded this way to a new fulfillment center in what is already a major US inland logistics hub.

Demand for warehouse and distribution space was unabated in the first quarter despite low vacancy rates and increasing rents.

Prologis says first US port-adjacent, multi-story distribution facility in Seattle could be followed by others in major port cities.

<p>A directory of more than 150 warehousing service providers across the United States.</p>

The locations broadly reflect the scramble by e-tailers and support logistics industries to find warehouse space of all sizes.

A new tenant plans to build the largest-ever speculative building constructed in the area.

Investment continues to pour into the China logistics sector to support rapidly growing e-commerce and the demand for modern warehousing.

High demand for warehouse and distribution space means shippers must act quickly.

The bull run of the industrial real estate sector is expected to continue well into 2017 as importers and exporters seek quality sites for warehouses and distribution centers close to major seaports and inland hubs, but also in secondary markets.

Famous Footwear and other specialty retailers are turning to pool distribution to get more precise control over inventory and fulfillment.

Next-day shipping isn't just for online retailers. The parts division of $19 billion heavy truck maker PACCAR designed its latest distribution center to speed delivery of aftermarket components to customers.

China's shift to automated factories will keep transportation supply chains in place.

Tightening space and rising rental rates in Vancouver are driving some Western Canadian importers to move their distribution hubs inland — roughly 604 miles inland to Calgary.

US experiencing generally strong demand for warehouse and distribution space, with demand in Canada and Latin America choppy.

Precariously low West Coast vacancy rates for warehouse and distribution space are sending a stark message to shippers: Expect to pay even more to carry your goods, or rework your containerized supply chains.

The need to keep e-commerce inventory on hand is driving a surge in demand for US warehouse and distribution center space.

The most dynamic expansion in industrial real estate in the United States is happening in so-called second-tier markets with close access to big population centers.

The intensity of industrial real estate activity around the Georgia port underscores the strong demand nationally for logistics properties as well as shipper implementation of long-term plans to use Southeast versus West Coast ports to access inland markets.

Logistics property developer makes $1.1 billion acquisition of US portfolio.

A new white paper commissioned by the Van Horne Institute and completed by JOC outlines how Canada can build on its success in creating inland ports.

Retailer tightens control over delivery times, flow of inventory from warehouses as e-commerce grows.

Logistics property developer GLP has entered into a long-term agreement with box-maker China International Marine Containers.

Retailers such as Wal-Mart want to reduce inventory while offering more products.

Net absorption of warehouse and distribution space in the U.S. during the first six months of 2016 was the strongest since 2007.

Surging e-commerce demand and spending in Asia has logistics companies looking to the future.

Absorption of warehouse and distribution facilities is expected to exceed delivery of new space.

Investment continues to pour into Japan’s undersupplied warehouse sector.

Rents for multitenant distribution center space in 2015 grew faster than those of any other property type.

Urgent need for modern warehousing space in Japan as e-commerce demand rises.

Domestic consumption in China gives GLP a solid annual earnings report.

Mention Indianapolis and its famous speedway comes to mind, but so should supply chain velocity, warehousing and freight.

Warehouse capacity in the U.S. is at the tightest level "ever observed," one real estate firm says.

Could U.S. freight volumes rise and overall economic growth slow?

A sharp turnaround in industrial real estate activity around the Savannah port underscores the white-hot demand nationally for logistics properties as well as shippers putting in place long-term plans to use Southeast versus West Coast ports to access the regional market.

LF Logistics has opened a 1-million-square-foot logistics facility in Singapore, the largest automated and customs bonded distribution warehouse in the city state that will target surging e-commerce growth in Asia.

The market for industrial real estate is booming nationwide, with record occupancy rates at the start of 2016 that are fueled in part by demand from logistics companies, two recent commercial real estate reports say.