Investor Perspectives Podcast

Fresh perspectives on the trends and investment strategies shaping the future of commercial real estate. Expert opinions. The latest market insights. Asia Pacific focused.

Author: JLL Asia Pacific

A new decade is already delivering new challenges and opportunities alongside inevitable complexities. How should commercial real estate investors respond? Are we seeing an acceleration of trends that were forming before the COVID-19 pandemic? What opportunities will emerge from dislocation and distress in the market? How are capital structures evolving? We dissect real estate investment trends developing across Asia Pacific, country-by-country, and sector-by-sector. Join us. Listen in. For more expert perspectives and research to help you take on whatever comes next, visit us at www.jll.com/conversations.
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The rise of the automated dark store
Episode 11
Tuesday, 23 November, 2021

As the shopping season ramps up, what does everybody want this year? Ultra-fast online deliveries, of course.Consumer expectations for on-demand shopping are on the rise. And to fulfil those demands quickly, so are dark stores. These micro-warehouses filled with goods for online shoppers are developing fast in established markets like the U.S and Europe, and also spreading to new markets in Asia Pacific. “We’re about to see the largest disruption to retail and the supply chain that we have ever witnessed,” says Brittain Ladd, global strategy and supply chain consultant, referring to the high levels of automation feeding a consumer culture. “What we’re about to see through the rest of the 2020s is more changes in retail and business than we have seen in the prior 100 years.” The changes come amid a sustained boom in the logistics real estate sector. According to JLL’s Future of Global Logistics report, 74 percent of surveyed professionals expect demand to continue grow at pace over the next five years.What do the latest developments with dark stores mean for the world of logistics and supply chains?Listen to Ladd and Michael Ignatiadis, head of supply chain and logistics solutions for Asia Pacific at JLL, discuss how automation is reshaping dark stores, the companies already doing it well, and what it means for the future of industrial and retail real estate.