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Warehousing supply to grow 13-15% in eight primary market in FY24: Report

The industrial and warehouse logistics park supply is likely to grow 13-15 per cent in this fiscal in the eight primary markets to around 435 million square feet, with nearly 52 per cent to come up in grade A capacity, according to a report. However, the incremental absorption is likely to remain flat at the FY23 levels of around 39 million sq ft, Icra Ratings said in the report. The warehousing sector continues to witness a sustained demand from the third-party logistics (3PL) and automobile sectors, which together accounted for 53 per cent of the total leased warehousing area as of March 2023. Additionally, the rapid expansion of new sectors like e-commerce and allied services, the growing needs of the consumption market and the government's focus on manufacturing will boost demand. The agency expects the grade A warehouse stock across the top eight primary markets to grow by 17 per cent to 195 million sq ft by March 2024 from 167 million sq ft in March 2023. For the incremental

Demand for warehouses in India reached record high in 2022-23: Report

All sectors saw a rise in warehouse demand but the e-commerce sector saw a decline in demand in FY23, primarily due to early capacity building

Warehousing demand in Bengaluru exceeds new supply by 55% during 2018-22

Leasing of warehousing space in Bangaluru exceeded new supply by 55 per cent during 2018-22 period, resulting in lower vacancy level and increase in rental, according to India Sotheby's International Realty report. Property consultant India Sotheby's International Realty on Wednesday released a white paper 'Ahead of The Curve - Bengaluru Warehousing'. The IT city is likely to witness a surge in investment for development of premium warehousing park to meet growing demand for storage space from e-commerce and third-party logistics players, the paper said. The consultant has taken inputs from real estate data research company CRE Matrix in the white paper. "The demand-supply trend of the last five calendar years (2018-22) shows that demand has outstripped new supply by far, resulting in very low vacancy levels in existing warehousing parks and a decent growth in rentals," the consultant said. The cumulative absorption of warehousing space in Bengaluru during the 2018-22 period stood

Lease of industrial-warehousing space up 11% annually in 5 cities: Colliers

Leasing of industrial and warehousing space rose 11 per cent year-on-year to 7.2 million square feet during the January-March period across five major cities on higher demand form third party logistics and e-commerce firms, according to Colliers India. Real estate consultant Colliers tracks the demand and supply of premium industrial and warehousing spaces, which are primarily being developed in the adjoining micro-markets of five major cities -- Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. The January-March period saw the highest leasing compared to the previous eight quarters. "This sustained streak in leasing was backed by 3PL (third party logistic) operators who continued to expand across large markets, forming 41 per cent of total leasing during the quarter. This was distantly followed by the FMCG sector at 12 per cent," Colliers said. Interestingly, demand from retail and FMCG sectors saw a three-fold rise YoY (year-on-year), as they expanded their footprints in larger ...

Welspun One, GRT Group ink Rs 700 crore deal for Tamil Nadu project

The projects are being developed by Welspun as part of the memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government to invest around Rs 2500 crores in the state

RIL to set up $2.4-3 bn InvIT to monetise retail warehousing assets

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has started the process to set up an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), under which the group can monetise the backend warehousing and logistics assets of its retail business, said industry sources. Reliance Retail, the company which operates the retail business of the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, has already registered a trust with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in February this year, they added. The trust will store the warehouse assets that the group intends to monetise. According to a media report, the value of the assets that could be transferred to the InvIT is USD 2.4-3 billion (Rs 19,000-25,000 crore). More assets are likely to get added as they become operational, it added. An e-mail sent to Reliance Retail could not elicit any reply. Reliance Retail, which is aggressively expanding its presence across the channels, is investing in backend infrastructure such as warehousing, supp

RIL readies $2.4-3 bn Infra Investment Trust for retail warehousing assets

Reliance Industries Ltd has already begun setting the framework for the potential infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) of its warehouse assets

Warehousing developer Pragati Group raises $200mn from Singapore based fund

/ -- NCR-based Industrial and Logistics real estate developer Pragati Group, has raised $200 Million of equity capital from a Private Equity fund based in Singapore. Pragati has been offering customized warehouse development solutions since its inception in 2010 to top MNCs like Amazon India, Flipkart, DHL-Bluedart, Bosch, Daikin, and many more. The Singapore based fund has committed to invest $200 Million with Pragati Group towards development of industrial and logistics real estate assets as per the deal signed in Q3 FY 2022. Part of the deal involved acquisition of 2 international grade operational assets of approx. 2 million sft of GLA in NCR, Pragati One & Pragati Farukhnagar Logistics Parks, providing successful exit to the previous financial partner Morgan Stanley. Part of the deal also saw this fund acquire an equity stake in Pragati. Col. Jitender Yadav, Founder of Pragati Group said, "Pragati's vision is to be one of the top 5 industrial & logistics real estate ...

Ekart to offer warehousing services to brands, manufacturers and retailers

The end-to-end warehousing services by Ekart will include ready-to-use warehousing space, order management, integrated logistics, and inventory management

UP govt's new warehousing, logistics policy will encourage pvt sector: MoS

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel, on Sunday, praised the efforts of Uttar Pradesh in achieving the national target of reducing logistics costs

UP govt approves Warehousing Logistics Policy 2022; aims for $1 trn economy

The Uttar Pradesh government's Cabinet on Thursday approved the 'UP Warehousing and Logistics Policy-2022', state's industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta said, stressing that the move will help it become a "USD 1-trillion economy". The policy's approval comes ahead of the Global Investors' Summit scheduled to be held in Lucknow in February 2023. "The objective of this policy is to create a strong transport infrastructure network, upgrade and improve the existing warehousing and logistics infrastructure," Gupta said. He said the 'Uttar Pradesh Warehousing and Logistics Policy 2022' will prove to be very useful in creating an international-level business environment and developing logistics ecosystem in the state in view of the development of new technologies in the rapidly changing global economy. "On the other hand, the infrastructure of facilities like storage facilities, logistic park, dry ports and cargo terminal etc. will get an expansion. It will help in making the

Office net absorption set to rise 50% YoY in 2023 to 40 mn sq ft: JLL study

Home sales to hit 200,000 units by 2022-end, the highest in over a decade

PE investment in real estate down 17% to $5.13 bn; inflow up in warehousing

Private equity investment in real estate fell 17 per cent this year to USD 5.13 billion as investors turned cautious amid geopolitical and inflationary concerns, according to Knight Frank India. Private equity (PE) investment, in both pure equity and debt form, declined in housing, office and retail segments during 2022, whereas it increased in warehousing assets when compared with last year. As per the Knight Frank data, PE investment in warehousing increased 45 per cent to USD 1,907 million this year from USD 1,313 million last year. In office assets, PE investment dipped 19 per cent to USD 2,331 million this year from USD 2,882 million in 2021. PE inflows were down 50 per cent in the housing segment to USD 594 million in 2022 from USD 1,187 million last year. In retail assets as well, PE investment declined 63 per cent to USD 303 million this year from USD 817 million in 2021. Overall, PE investment has fallen to USD 5,134 million (USD 5.13 billion) this year from USD 6,199 .

Warehousing and logistics supplies likely to double by 2030: Report

Warehousing and logistics supplies are likely to double to cross 700 million square feet by 2030, for which more than USD 20 billion additional investment is needed, a report said on Thursday. According to a report by the CBRE Group, which is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, during the first nine months of 2022 saw the sector getting only about USD 144 million across greenfield and brownfield assets from global investors. The report said that leasing activity in the segment grew 40 per cent to 9.2 million square feet in the third quarter over second quarter. The warehousing and logistics sector requires at least USD 20 billion of fresh investments by 2030 to develop incremental warehousing spaces, most of which will be needed in tier-II and III cities, said the report. It is also estimated that the warehousing and logistics stock will double by 2030 to cross 700 million square feet as occupiers continue to expand across segments such as ...

Amazon faces $280 mn lawsuit from Vietnamese supplier for post-Covid cuts

Gilimex Inc. said it was a key partner of Amazon from 2014 to 2022, investing tens of millions of dollars in manufacturing facilities to build the steel-and-cloth storage pods

Indian warehousing needs $3.8 bn to meet 223 mn sq ft demand in next 3 yrs

Top-3 sectors, namely, 3PL, e-commerce, and manufacturing & automotive, account for a 78 per cent share of warehouse leasing space across seven cities

Here is why bidders are keen on Future Group's logistics, warehousing arm

Sources say these companies have expressed their interest in Future Retail assets in the hope that they will acquire assets of Future Supply Chain Solutions as well

IndoSpace to invest Rs 3,000 cr in warehousing, logistics space in K'taka

Industrial and logistic parks developer IndoSpace on Friday announced that it will invest Rs 3,000 crore in Karnataka's warehousing and logistics space. The firm already has a strong footprint in the state with its Grade-A industrial parks operational in Bommasandra, Nelamangla I and upcoming facilities in Nelamangala II and Naraspura. IndoSpace said it has signed an initial pact with the Karnataka government for this proposed investment in the state. The pact is for a period of seven years and expected to generate 14,000 new jobs. This investment will help attract further investments in the state and help meet the increasing demands of industries linked with warehousing and logistics, the company said. Karnataka has a growing base in sectors like automobile, electronics, aerospace, agriculture, textiles and engineering and IndoSpace looks to help these industries with warehousing and logistics facilities, said Rajesh Jaggi, Vice Chairman for Real Estate, Everstone Group. IndoSpa

Warehousing biz grows 45% in first 9 months of 2022 amid headwinds: Experts

Net absorption could reach an all-time high of 43 million sq ft by 2022-end as businesses open up and consumer demand improves

P&G India set up Rs 200-cr 'Technovate Fund' to solve business challenges

The firm has also committed to spend more than Rs 1,300 crore in business solutions through its 'vGrow' platform