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The sector’s future remains bright, says Savills’ director Marcus de Minkckwitz, despite a challenging year accelerating a number of trends.

Knight Frank’s UK capital markets partner, Johnny Hawkins, sees many trends accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic over the past year.

Hodes Weill’s vice-president Michael Lisa sees significant capital looking to join the party in the industrial real estate sector.

Expect capital providers to flock to a market in which the narrative around e-commerce has only become clearer as a result of the pandemic, predicts Panattoni’s Robert Dobrzycki

Fueled by technology and the pandemic, Hines’ Logan Smith and Palmer Letzerich witness remarkable changes to industrial assets and supply chains in the urban environment

Ares’ David Roth and Wilson Lamont explain how disruptors like the covid-19 pandemic and the so-called ‘Amazon effect’ are shaping a buoyant logistics market in the US and Europe.

Covid has accelerated secular trends driving the industrial real estate sector and growth is expected to continue long-term, believes Crow Holdings CEO Michael Levy

Electricity supply is an important differentiating factor for warehousing sites and investors are becoming more aware of the opportunities it brings, say Oxenwood’s Jeremy Bishop and Peter Day

Asia-Pacific’s heterogeneous markets have handled the pandemic differently, but the same underlying factors are driving markets across the region, say Jeffrey Shen and Stuart Gibson.

LCP’s James Markby and Kristof Verstraeten are finding new opportunities in this space and expanding their strategy and capital position for long-term exposure to the booming sector.