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Increased investment into logistics and industrial real estate will continue as investors seek to diversify portfolios into this asset class. Accelerating e-commerce, an increasing middle class, and rapid urbanisation are propelling the demand for logistics and industrial growth. Investors and owners need creative approaches to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. More demanding consumers are necessitating modern logistics hubs with sustainability, technology and robotics as the new standard.

Capital deployment in the sector will double within the next three-to-five years to AUD$70-80 billion.

Investors need to realign their logistics strategies

Traditional investment approaches are being challenged and investors need new strategies to drive returns and reduce risk.

Reposition

Recalibrate your asset and capital strategies
Diversify

Mitigate risk and generate greater returns
Repurpose

Build resilience to withstand future unknowns

Recalibrate your asset and capital strategies

Mitigate risk and generate greater returns

Build resilience to withstand future unknowns

Reposition

Is it time to consider sale and leaseback strategies?

Competitive markets require more creative investment strategies such as joint ventures, re-capitalisations and platform investments and sale and leaseback strategies. Additionally, there is potential for more sale and leaseback transactions in the sector across Asia Pacific. Many owner occupiers are exploring this option to free up capex to upgrade facilities and implement new technological solutions into warehousing and supply chain management.

Diversify

Is it time to consider how you diversify your portfolio and increase your exposure to logistics?

Increasingly, institutional capital is hunting for opportunity in logistics and industrial assets due to its accelerating growth trajectory. However, many investors are finding entry or expansion into the sector a challenging prospect given that favourable demographics and prospects of greater consumption are creating a mismatch between available supply and surging demand for assets.

Repurpose

Is it time to repurpose your assets to modern logistics hubs that remain relevant in a competitive market?

Given the accelerated shift in occupier expectations, investors will need to repurpose existing assets to build resilience across their portfolio and drive performance. More demanding consumers are necessitating modern logistics hubs with sustainability, technology and last-mile capability as the new standard.

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