Warehouse co-dependence
Warehouse & industrial
(Left) Jan Zombirt, director of the market research and consultancy, JLL; (Right) Paweł Sapek, board member and head of Prologis in Poland
POLAND According to the ‘E-commerce Logistics in Poland’ report, which has just been published by JLL and Prologis, e-commerce is to generate 700,000 sqm in terms of demand for warehouse space over the next five years. However, the authors of the report claim that internet sales will not have a negative impact on shopping centres. The two markets are to develop in parallel rather than in competition with each other.
Stable growth
By 2020 the internet retail market is to keep growing at the same rate, i.e. app. 15 pct per year. “In 2020 e-commerce will reach 10 pct of the entire retail sales in the country,” says Jan Zombirt, the director of the market research and consultancy at JLL. “The growth of the e-commerce market in Poland will, however, be based on the growth of the number of internet users. At the moment 65 pct of Poles use the internet every day,” he adds. Logistics operators do not believe that the amount of warehouse space could be a problem in terms of the development of online sales over the next five years. “The market is adjusting and it is possible to build more space quickly if need be,” states the report. A warehouse area of 280,000 sqm is currently under construction. “50 modules of a minimum of 5,000 sqm will be ready for lease within six months,” emphasises Paweł Sapek, a b
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