News / Ecommerce surge boosts investor interest in warehousing and distribution

14/07/2017

Growth in ecommerce and strong occupier demand is behind investor decisions to broaden their involvement in regional and last-mile logistics facilities.

Pacific and Industrial Logistics REIT (PILR) is looking to raise £110m for acquisitions whch include logistics facilities valued at approximately £170m.

Since listing last April, the company has built up a portfolio of 15 logistics assets to take advantage of the growth in ecommerce.

According to a statement released by PILR, the last-mile industrial and regional logistics real estate market currently ...