Industrial Real Estate News

Singapore-based Global Logistic Properties and China Investment Corp. will buy 15 logistics facilities in Japan from LaSalle Investment Management for $1.6 billion.

Lowe’s says its inventory in the third quarter was up 5.2 percent year-over-year and the home improvement retailer is “more aggressively ramping up for winter.”

Retailer Home Depot is stepping up mechanization of the rapid deployment centers it credits with supply chain improvements that helped the company boost third quarter

Caterpillar says it will shift some manufacturing from Japan to North America to bring production closer to customers in the Americas and Europe.

ProLogis has sold 90 percent of its share of a major Brazilian logistics hub to PREVI, the pension fund for the employees of the Bank of Brazil, for an undisclosed sum.

The industrial real estate market is one quarter away from reabsorbing the space that went vacant during the 2008-2009 downturn, as about 86 percent of the space made vacant during the recession has b

Bob Evans Farms is serving up a portion of its distribution network, selling its Springfield, Ohio, BEF Foods distribution center to Millard Refrigerated Services.

Semiconductor giant Intel, projecting caution across the technology sector despite its own record sales in the third

Monsoon floods in Thailand are disrupting the supply chains of multinational companies including Apple, Ford Motor, General Motors, Nissan Motor, Honda, Toshiba, Toyota Motor and Western Digital, acco

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s is closing 20 underperforming stores in 15 states and cutting its plan to open up new stores after lowering its

Clothing retail giant Gap will close more than 100 of its Gap stores in North America as it expands overseas and increases online sales, the company said Thursday.

Kuehne + Nagel’s new 32,808-square-foot logistics and distribution center at Colombia’s Port of Cartagena positions the Swiss forwarder for growing trade generated by the

Kuehne + Nagel entered into an agreement to acquire Carl Drude, a logistics provider in the center of Germany, for an undisclosed sum.

The refrigerated warehouse industry, like the rest of the cold chain, came through the recession without the dramatic drops in business seen in the rest of the global economy, and recovered lost busin

Two of the world’s largest candy makers say they will work together to sweeten their supply chains and reduce their carbon footprint in North America.

The CEOs of most logistics providers are bullish about the financial prospects of their companies over the next one and three-year periods and are most optimistic about business in Asia, according to

The opening of Kerry Logistics' regional hub in Singapore in the fourth quarter of 2012 w

Food logistics giant Martin-Brower is acquiring the distribution assets of Keystone Foods, adding distribution centers in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Wholesale business inventories rose for a 19th consecutive month in July while sales were flat, the Commerce Department said, increasing concerns that companies may cut back on restocking.

California’s top lawmakers appear lukewarm to Amazon.com's offer to hire 7,000 workers and build at least two giant distribution centers in exchange for the state holding off on collecting sales

The transportation and warehousing sector shed 2,400 jobs in August, for a drop of 0.06 percent from July, as larger drops in air and trucking employment offset mild gains in rail, water and warehouse

Globe Express Services opened an 110,000-square-foot facility in Miami and added two offices in China, as the freight forwarder works to expand its stations to 50 from 42 by the end of 2011.

Penske Logistics will handle the Brazilian distribution of LG Electronics products that are produced in the country and imported from South Korea.

Kerry Logistics will open a 32,808-square-foot logistics center in northern Vietnam in November, as the company completes its warehouse network in the

Logistics real estate provider ProLogis, adjusting its holdings after merging with AMB Property, says it will sell 13 warehouse properties across the United States to Clarion Partners for $118 million

Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics opened a 215,000-square-foot logistics center in Hefei, China, for the growing automotive industry in Anhui Province, west of Shanghai in central China.

British contract logistics operator Wincanton will pull out of mainland Europe under an agreement to sell its business there to Germany’s Rhenus for $107 million.

Saddle Creek is adding facilities in Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., expanding its network of contract logistics and distribution

Vacancy rates for warehouses and distribution centers near U.S.

Orders to U.S. factories fell 0.8 percent in June, according to the Commerce Department, indicating a slowdown in manufacturing, which has been one of the strongest engines of economic recovery.

Liberty Property Trust gained first inland port access by buying 1.2 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space adjacent to BNSF Logistics Park-Chicago for $60 million.

Locating close to customers often is more important than tax and financial incentives in choosing distribution facilities, shippers told The Journal of Commerce Inland Ports conference in Chicago this

Inventory restocking seems to be on summer vacation.

In any economy, inventory management must strike a balance between costs and cutting into sales.

With the retailing sector already in the midst of a shaky recovery, the seismic shift to online sales is changing the retail distribution model.

Cautious optimism is turning into genuine belief as the industrial real estate sector finds itself in a long-awaited recovery mode.

The expanded Panama Canal and higher fuel costs will boost demand for U.S. warehouses and distribution centers, a new report says.

CEVA Logistics US said it will close a logistics center at West Chester, Ohio, following “a very recent decision by Dell Computers to transfer operations from the facility to a new location.&rdq

The State Department designated Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Miami logistics warehouse as a Consolidated Receiving Point facility, allowing the company to act as a subcontractor for high-security lo

A showdown between Amazon.com and state governments is spreading as the online retailer threatens to shutter more plans for distribution centers in disputes over demands that the company collect taxes