VIDEOS
Video: Warehouse vs Distribution Center vs Fulfillment Center: What Do These Terms All Mean?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=teday6bmoy4
Video: The Industrial Land Crisis: Uytae Lee's Stories About Here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHpifQ-A6HU
Video: The architecture of industrial real estate
https://renx.ca/the-architecture-of-industrial-real-estate
Podcast: Colliers Talks: The Pursuit of Downtown Vibrancy in Calgary and Vancouver, With Susan Thompson (Colliers, Research), Eric Aderneck (Metro Vancouver, Regional Planning), and Thom Mahler (City of Calgary, Downtown Strategy), December 2023.
'Will slower market sap industrial intensification in B.C.'s Lower Mainland?’, RENX: https://renx.ca/will-slower-market-sap-industrial-intensification-in-bcs-lower-mainland
‘Green shoots for industrial strata as normalcy returns to market’, Western Investor: www.westerninvestor.com/british-columbia/green-shoots-for-industrial-strata-as-normalcy-returns-9191468
'Post-Pandemic: The Current State of Vancouver's Office Market', Daily Hive, Eric Aderneck, December 2023.. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-office-market-conditions-state
'Metro's Industrial Lands Crisis', Article with Eric Aderneck, Vancouver Sun, Dec 2019
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/conversations-that-matter-metros-industrial-lands-crisis
METRO VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL LANDS NEWS
Industrial space shortage crimps Metro Vancouver economy
https://biv.com/article/2021/11/industrial-space-shortage-crimps-metro-vancouver-economy
Frustrated Investors Set Sights on Vancouver’s White-Hot Industrial Sector
https://storeys.com/frustrated-investors-set-sights-vancouver-industrial-sector
Seeking a large industrial space in Vancouver? There are none
https://renx.ca/seeking-large-industrial-space-vancouver-there-are-none
Industrial developers circle as Metro votes on 617 acres
Metro Vancouver approves industrial land uses for South Campbell Heights
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/south-campbell-heights-industrial-park-metro-vancouver-approved
Metro Van votes to allow release of rural land for industrial use
www.westerninvestor.com/british-columbia/metro-van-votes-to-allow-release-of-rural-land-for-industrial-use-4709653
INDUSTRIAL LANDS
What is Industrial Real Estate?
www.commercialsearch.com/news/frank-crivello-what-is-industrial-real-estate
Industrial Design Trends
www.linkedin.com/pulse/industrial-design-trends-frank-di-roma-aibc-aaa-nlaa-maa-oaa
The Rational Exuberance Around Industrial Real Estate
www.commercialsearch.com/news/the-rational-exuberance-around-industrial-real-estate
How the Supply Chain Crisis Impacts Industrial Real Estate
www.commercialsearch.com/news/how-the-supply-chain-crisis-impacts-industrial-real-estate
Let’s replace the industrial shortage blame game with solutions
www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/news/creating-industrial-land
Another real estate boom in Canada is being fuelled by our insatiable appetite for online shopping
Pandemic drives surge in industrial land demand
https://biv.com/article/2021/08/pandemic-drives-surge-industrial-land-demand
Industrial Tenant Survey Report: Where do we grow from here?
https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/research/rems-industrial-recovery-report-summer-2021
GWL: A New Approach For Quantifying Industrial Demand
NAIOP: The Evolution of the Warehouse: Trends in Technology, Design, Development and Delivery
www.naiop.org/Research-and-Publications/Reports/The-Evolution-of-the-Warehouse
Industrial Recovery: Inventory, Demand, and Space Needs
www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/research/industrial-recovery-report-fall-2020
JAPA: Do Industrial Preservation Policies Protect and Promote Urban Industrial Activity?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2020.1753563
ULI: Planning for a Next-Generation Industrial Space
NAIOP: Change Accelerates in Supply Chains and Industrial Real Estate
NAIOP: Are 'Seamless' Floors a Smooth Choice for Industrial Properties
Last Mile: The Most Challenging Piece of the Logistics Puzzle
Office-to-Industrial Conversions: A Niche Market Worth Exploring
When Retail and Industrial Merge
Commercial Property Executive: The Future of Industrial Real Estate
www.cpexecutive.com/post/the-future-of-industrial-real-estate/
Accenture: The Remaking of Industries, Explained
www.accenture.com/ca-en/insights/industry-x-0/reinvention-of-industries
Colliers: How quickly are Canada’s industrial markets growing?
www.collierscanada.com/en-CA/News/vacancy-low-alternatives-few-where-to-grow
NAIOP: Raise the Roof, Boost the Value
NAIOP: Industrial Development Goes Vertical
NAIOP: What Do Warehouse Employees Want?
ULI: Sustainability Rises as a Goal for Warehouse Developers
CBRE: Canada Flexible Real Estate Report 2019
www.cbre.ca/en/research-and-reports/Canada-Flexible-Real-Estate-Report-2019
CBRE: North America Fit-Out Cost Edition 2019/2020
www.cbre.com/research-and-reports/North-America-Fit-Out-Cost-Guide-2019-2020
Colliers: GTA Industrial Spark Report: Multi-Storey Warehousing
www.collierscanada.com/en-CA/Research/spark-report-gta-industrial-multi-storey-warehousing
Colliers: Is it Time to go Vertical In Vancouver
www.collierscanada.com/en-CA/Research/spark-report-is-it-time-to-go-vertical-in-vancouver
MULTI LEVEL INDUSTRIAL
Multistory Warehouses’ Future Is Looking Up
https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/multistory-warehouses-future-is-looking-up/
How Split-level Industrial Could Work in Forgotten Industrial Sites
https://blog.naiop.org/2023/06/how-split-level-industrial-could-work-in-forgotten-industrial-sites
Amid scarce land supply, developers turn to multistorey industrial buildings
Multi-Story Warehouses Are Still a Rarity in the U.S. But That Is Changing
The Unexpected Challenges (and Solutions) of Multilevel Warehouse Design
Colliers: Going Vertical - Modernizing Industrial
https://knowledge-leader.colliers.com/editor/going-vertical-modernizing-industrial
Big Picture: Designing the warehouse of the future
www.mmh.com/article/designing_the_warehouse_of_the_future
Can Multistory Warehouses Remake Our Idea of Industrial?
Multi-storey warehouses to gain traction globally
www.theinvestor.jll/news/world/industrial/multi-storey-warehouses-to-gain-traction-globally
Vertical Urban Factory
ProLogis: Could Multistory Warehousing Be the Future?
www.prologis.com/about/resources/are-multistory-warehouses-the-future
Ware Malcomb: Industrial Buildings go Vertial
www.waremalcomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WareMalcomb_reprintfinal-1.pdf
NAIOP: The First Modern Multistory Logistics Building in North America
NAIOP: From Horizontal to Vertical: Industrial Intensification Grows Up
JLL: Why multi-story warehouses are coming to America
www.jll.cl/es/trends-and-insights/investor/Why-multi-story-warehouses-are-coming-to-America
JLL: Multi-storey warehouses to gain traction globally
www.jll.ca/en/trends-and-insights/investor/multi-storey-warehouses-to-gain-traction-globally
RENX: The prospects for large-bay, multi-storey industrial in Canada
https://renx.ca/multi-storey-industrial-large-bay-prospects-canada/
RENX: Canada’s industrial buildings of the future being built now
https://renx.ca/canada-industrial-buildings-future-develop-now/
Multi-story Warehouses Gaining Traction in Asia's Densely Populated Cities
Globe & Mail: Warehouses growing ever taller
The Future of Industrial Real Estate
www.cpexecutive.com/post/the-future-of-industrial-real-estate/
CBRE: This Innovative Industrial Real Estate Trend Has Arrived in Canada
Urban Multistory Warehouses Offer Last-Mile Solution
www.ngkf.com/insights/real-insights/urban-multistory-warehouses-offer-last-mile-solution
Same Day Delivery Is Forcing Distribution Centers To Grow Up
https://formaspace.com/articles/industrial/multistory-distribution-centers-warehouses/
Tight industrial market spurs multi-level innovation
Amazon leases new multistory warehouse in South Seattle, first of its kind in U.S.
‘Next gen’ 5-story distribution center planned for Boxwood
https://delawarebusinesstimes.com/news/boxwood-logisticenter
Burnaby: New stacked industrial building in B.C. a North American trailblazer
New York: A Look at the New Super Regional Industrial Market
https://commercialobserver.com/2020/02/column-new-super-regional-industrial-market
South Bronx: Turnbridge Completes Assemblage for Region’s Largest Multi-Story Warehouse
www.connect.media/turnbridge-completes-assemblage-for-regions-largest-multi-story-warehouse
Southern California: Multi-story Industrial Builds Are Two Years Away
www.globest.com/2018/06/12/multi-story-industrial-builds-are-two-years-away
San Francisco: When Will The Bay Area See Multistory Warehouses?
www.bisnow.com/san-francisco/news/industrial/when-will-the-bay-area-see-multistory-warehouses-101999
Los Angeles: Why Multistory Industrial Buildings Won't Be Coming To L.A. Anytime Soon
www.bisnow.com/los-angeles/news/industrial/developers-are-building-multi-level-industrial-buildings-but-its-not-coming-to-los-angeles-anytime-soon-100464
London: Developer caution slows UK growth of multi-storey warehouses
Toronto: Fully-Automated Warehouse, Office, and Showroom Facility Under Construction in GTA
www.goranbrelih.com/fully-automated-warehouse-office-and-showroom-facility-under-construction-in-gta
Australia: Last-Mile Industrial Space Faces An Uncertain Decade
https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-and-melbourne-poised-for-multi-storey-warehouses-cbre
Singapore: High-rise industrial facilities, agri-tech park feature in revamped Sungei Kadut industrial estate
India: KSIA proposes multilevel industrial complex in Mangaluru’s Baikampady area
CONVERSIONS
Are Suburban Office-to-Industrial Conversions Feasible?
https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/are-suburban-office-to-industrial-conversions-feasible/
LOGISTICS
White Paper on the New Urban Logistics
www.lvmt.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Welcome-to-Logistics-City-EN-1.pdf
E-Commerce Mobilities the Impacts on Cities
www.lvmt.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LC2021-UK.pdf
Urban Logistics and Rental Growth: Evidence from Building Level Data
www.cbre.com/insights/viewpoints/urban-logistics-and-rental-growth-evidence-from-building-level-data
Industrial land shortage sparks scramble for Metro Vancouver alternatives
https://biv.com/article/2022/05/land-shortage-sparks-scramble-metro-alternatives
Efficient and sustainable last-mile logistics: Lessons from Japan
New Prologis report addresses pandemic-driven permanent shifts for logistics real estate
Forever Altered: The Future of Logistics Real Estate Demand
www.prologis.com/logistics-industry-research/forever-altered-future-logistics-real-estate-demand
JLL Multi-Use Logistics Rediscovered
www.us.jll.com/en/trends-and-insights/research/multi-use-logistics-rediscovered
Older, Multi-Tenant Industrial Assets Attract New Demand
www.cpexecutive.com/post/older-multi-tenant-industrial-assets-attract-new-demand-jll/
Lessons from growth outperformers in logistics
Getting the price right in logistics
Answering the call for micro-fulfillment
www.mmh.com/article/answering_the_call_for_micro_fulfillment/technology
Micro-fulfillment: Where it works for retailers - and where it doesn't
A fresh approach to logistics forecasting in 2021
EcoLogistics Principles for More Sustainable Urban Freight Transport
www.planetizen.com/node/111040
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Localizing Supply Chain Report
www.netsuite.com/portal/assets/pdf/wp-localizing-your-supply-chain-a-cost-benefit-analysis.pdf
CBRE research takes a look at the increase in regional distribution models
Amazon Could Provide a Peek at Industrial's Post-COVID Future
The Geography of Transport Systems - Logistics and Freight Distribution
https://transportgeography.org/?page_id=3928
Our World Accelerated - How 120 Years of Transportation Progress Affects Our Lives and Communities
The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on global supply chains
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/ongoing-impact-covid-19-global-supply-chains
HBR: A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Prologis: The Modern Supply Chain: A New Model for Defining Logistics Real Estate
www.prologis.com/logistics-industry-research/the-modern-supply-chain
Prologis: Logistics Real Estate and E-commerce Create Sustainability Advantages
ULI: Growth in E-commerce Driving Larger Warehouse Designs
https://urbanland.uli.org/planning-design/growth-e-commerce-driving-larger-warehouse-designs
ULI: Fulfillment Centers Spur Competition for Industrial Real Estate
REIT: Warehouse Logistics Being Redefined by Prologis
ULI: Driving Hard to Secure Last-Mile Logistics
Prologis: Innovation, Disruption and the Value of Time: The Next 10 Years in Logistics Real Estate
Prologis: The Evolution of the Modern Supply Chain and Implications for Logistics Real Estate Performance
Colliers: Vancouver Strategy Last Mile
www.collierscanada.com/en-CA/Research/spark-report-vancouver-strategy-last-mile
TRADE
Reshoring - Now is not the time to be tempted by home comforts
https://investmentmonitor.ai/reshoring/covid-reshore-geographical-diversification
Mckinsey: US freight after COVID-19: A bumpy road to the next normal
Mckinsey: Globalization in transition: The future of trade and value chains
Mckinsey: Manufacturing and trade in Asia
www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/asia-pacific/manufacturing-and-trade-in-asia
E-COMMERCE
The long game of direct-to-consumer and e-commerce
The Struggle to Site Last-Mile Distribution Facilities
https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/the-struggle-to-site-last-mile-distribution-facilities
Getting to hyperlocal, fast - automated micro-fulfillment centers
https://www.mmh.com/article/getting_to_hyperlocal_fast
Getting to hyperlocal, fast - e-grocery automated micro-fulfillment centers https://www.mmh.com/article/getting_to_hyperlocal_fast
Micro-Fulfillment Centers Present Big Opportunities
https://www.cpexecutive.com/post/micro-fulfillment-centers-present-big-opportunities/
E-commerce explosion fuel warehouse building boom Canada
Fulfillment Prophecy
https://progressivegrocer.com/fulfillment-prophecy
E-commerce Driving More Automation at Logistics Sites
www.cpexecutive.com/post/e-commerce-driving-more-automation-at-logistics-sites-report
MFCs (micro fulfillment centres) promise to revolutionize grocery e-commerce. That doesn't mean they're right for everyone
The reinvention of retail - Everybody needs to rethink both digital and in-store sales
Logistics Real Estate - Sizing the Retail Conversion Opportunity
Retail-to-Logistics Conversions Won’t Be Quick or Easy
www.cpexecutive.com/post/retail-to-logistics-conversions-wont-be-quick-or-easy-prologis
CBRE: The Line Between Retail and Industrial Real Estate Has Been Blurred Forever
Last-Mile Industrial Space Faces An Uncertain Decade
NAIOP: Retail-to-Warehouse Conversions Gain Momentum
OPEX: A Micro-Fulfillment Solution in UNDER 5,000 SQ. FT.
www.opex.com/micro-fulfillment-solution
GWL: Keep Your Receipts: Retail Returns and The Rising Demand for Reverse Logistics
Financial Post: ‘It’s all about beds and sheds’: How e-commerce is fuelling a real estate revolution
WORKFORCE / OFFICE / CO-WORKING
The Big Shift: Changes in Canadian Manufacturing Employment, 2003 to 2018
https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/publications/big-shift
Global workforce expectations are shifting due to COVID-19
www.jll.ca/en/trends-and-insights/research/global-workforce-expectations-shifting-due-to-covid-19
Remote working is here to stay. But who will be doing it?
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/remote-working-who-will-be-doing-it
What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and 9 countries
5 remote-working myths under the microscope
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/slack-remote-employee-index-myths
Return to the Office at a Trickle, CoreNet Global Finds
www.cpexecutive.com/post/return-to-the-office-at-a-trickle-corenet-global-finds
Tech Tenants Likely to Shed Significant Office Space
www.cpexecutive.com/post/tech-tenants-likely-to-shed-significant-office-space-savills
Microsoft makes remote work option permanent
www.bbc.com/news/business-54482245
The Future of the Office: Not What You Might Think
www.brookfield.com/future-office-not-what-you-might-think
Why The Office Simply Cannot Go Away: The Compelling Case For The Workplace
JLL: The future of global office demand
www.jll.ca/en/trends-and-insights/research/future-of-office-demand
www.jll.ca/content/dam/jll-com/documents/pdf/research/jll-future-of-office-demand.pdf
NAIOP: Profiles in the Evolution of Suburban Office Parks
Colliers: Canadian Flexible Workspace and Coworking
www.collierscanada.com/en-CA/Research/National-Flex-Office-and-Coworking-Report
McKinsey: Getting practical about the future of work
McKinsey: The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow
Gensler: Giving Talent What They Want
www.gensler.com/research-insight/publications/dialogue/34/giving-talent-what-they-want
NAIOP: Coworking Flexes its Muscles
GWL: From Freelancers to Fortune 500 Clients: The Evolution and Future of Coworking
RENX: Making smart real estate decisions for coworking
https://renx.ca/making-smart-real-estate-decisions-for-coworking
JLL: Fostering communities within coworking spaces
www.us.jll.com/en/views/fostering-communities-within-spaces
Deloitte: It’s time for a workplace intervention
www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/real-estate/articles/workplace-intervention.html
JLL: 2050 What workplaces, buildings, and cities may look like then
www.us.jll.com/en/views/how-humanity-is-shaping-the-real-estate-landscape-of-2050
JLL: How can workplace design cut stress levels?
www.jll.ca/en/trends-and-insights/workplace/how-can-workplace-design-cut-stress-levels
Colliers: Millennials - Then & Now
www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/research/spark-report-millennials-then-and-now
Deloitte: It’s time for a workplace intervention
www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/real-estate/articles/workplace-intervention.html
Deloitte: Building Value: Real estate investments that increase productivity
www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/real-estate/articles/commercial-real-estate.html
EY: The attractiveness of world-class business districts
NAIOP: Profiles in the Evolution of Suburban Office Parks
www.naiop.org/Research-and-Publications/Reports/Profiles-in-the-Evolution-of-Suburban-Office-Parks
BUILDING TYPOLOGIES
Typologies of logistics facilities
www.ecommercemobilities.com/a-new-system
Logistics Facilities - From Sprawl to Proximity
www.ecommercemobilities.com/from-sprawl-to-urban
Logistics Facilities – Vertical Facilities
www.ecommercemobilities.com/vertical-facilities
Industrial Intensification Primer, London UK
https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/osd19_industrialintensificationprimer_copy.pdf
TECHNOLOGY / AUTOMATION
Automation in Canada
https://www.conferenceboard.ca/focus-areas/innovation-technology/future-skills/automation-in-canada
The imperatives for automation success
Prologis report examines how automation can augment logistics real estate challenges
How Automation Can Help Navigate Urgent Supply Chain Challenges
How Flipkart is using automation to delivery your products on time
How mobile robots empower the workforce
www.mmh.com/article/how_mobile_robots_empower_the_workforce
Automation Accelerated: Make Way For The Cobots
Lift Truck Tech: Trends Converge Around Labor Efficiencies
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/lift_truck_tech_trends_converge_around_labor_efficiencies/automation
There’s No Stopping Warehouse Automation
www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/theres_no_stopping_warehouse_automation/automation
Industrial Real Estate Will Need More AI and Robotics
www.cpexecutive.com/post/industrial-real-estate-will-need-more-ai-and-robotics-naiop
NAIOP: Preparing Properties for Greater Connectivity in the Future
NAIOP: Autonomous Vehicles Will Drive Change in CRE
McKinsey: The impact and opportunities of automation in construction
Automation will change the workforce — in some cases, it already has — but not as quickly as you might expect
AP News: As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt
https://apnews.com/056b44f5bfff11208847aa9768f10757
Supply Chain Dive: Patent Pending: Is warehousing Alphabet's next moonshot?
www.supplychaindive.com/news/patent-pending-warehousing-alphabet/569704
Deloitte: 2020 Technology Industry Outlook
DC Velocity: Driverless forklifts are now a thing
www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20200106-driverless-forklifts-are-now-a-thing
McKinsey: Modular construction - Priorities for real-estate developers
JLL: The state of construction technology - 2019
www.jll.ca/en/trends-and-insights/research/the-state-of-construction-technology-2019
McKinsey: Getting ahead of the market - How big data is transforming real estate
Supply Chain: Increased use of robotics led to worker displacement
CBRE: North America Tech Trends 2019
www.cbre.us/research-and-reports/North-America-Tech-30-2019
CBRE: Canada Scoring Tech Talent 2019
www.cbre.com/report-download?PUBID=c688e6e4-cf85-47d1-8435-9ddaa96cf781
EY: Can Real Estate Tech Return More Than Just investment?
Avison Young: The Rising Warehouse: Man and Machine
www.avisonyoung.co.uk/documents/38901/21491301/11887+Research+Robotics+and+Automation+v8.pdf
ULI: Industry Outlook for Property Technology: Americas
https://urbanland.uli.org/news/product-council-outlook-for-property-technology-americas
SUSTAINABILITY
The Productive City – a future inspired by the past
https://www.iba27.de/en/hans-drexler-the-productive-city/
How cities are leading the energy transition
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/role-of-cities-in-the-energy-transition/
How we'll move around in a clean, green future
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/carbon-emission-electric-vehicles-biofuels-elctrofuels
NAIOP: Integrating WELL into Industrial Properties
ECONOMICS
Avison Young 2020 Forecast / Canada and Vancouver Market Outlooks - Ten Trends You Need to Know About for 2020
www.avisonyoung.com/documents/20342/71093301/AY2020Forecast_Canada_Vancouver.pdf
RBC: Navigating the 2020s - Now Canada can thrive in a decade of change
www.rbc.com/economics/economic-reports/pdf/other-reports/navigating-2020s.pdf
ULI / PWC: Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2020 (including Vancouver and Industrial Lands)
www.pwc.com/ca/en/industries/real-estate/emerging-trends-in-real-estate-2020.html
CoStar: 2020 Economic Outlook
www.costar.com/can/2020economicoutlook
PWC: Insights - 2019 Industry Trends
www.strategyand.pwc.com/gx/en/insights/industry-trends.html
PWC: Industrial Manufacturing Trends 2018-19
www.strategyand.pwc.com/gx/en/insights/industry-trends/2018-manufacturing.html