Welcome Welcome to Jones Lang LaSalle's new three-part white paper series on global e-commerce and retail logistics.
In this first white paper,
we establish our view of the overall dynamics,
the rapid evolution,
and finally the impact of e-commerce on the industrial real estate sector with a special focus
on the emergence of logistics or distribution properties
as a new distinct asset class within the sector.
This will unfold differently around the regions of the world based upon a myriad of factors, and, as such, we include a number of country profiles. In our subsequent white papers, we consider what this evolving business paradigm will mean for the occupiers of this new class of logistics properties(part two) and the owners and developers of the same(part three). We seek to differentiate our approach along three main lines: Firstly, our spotlight