Key findings

• The sustained demand for logistics real estate and the continuous development of new logistics facilities have led to political restrictions being imposed on new logistics developments.
• Power grid limitations and limited land availability are also increasingly constraining the capacity for new developments. 
• New developments will increasingly take place outside the established hotspots. 
• The continuing scarcity of logistics real estate will cause rents to rise even more sharply. 
• Demand for logistics real estate remains buoyant, partly due to e-commerce. Consumers want to receive products as quickly as possible and businesses want to store inventories closer to home. 
• Solutions will ultimately have to be found to prevent excessive divergence between supply and demand. 
• These could include tight control of multifunctional land use, with users, investors and policymakers having to agree joint solutions. 

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