As ecommerce continues to grow, the race to get the product to the consumer faster than ever is on. Warehouses have "gone vertical", with an increasing number of commercial real estate developers coming to notice the benefits of multi-storey logistics facilities, according to a blog by US property firm Coldwell Banker Commercial. The company said that in 2013, there were more than 1,000 such facilities across North America, and it expects this figure will rise significantly over the next few years. They can also be automated, as evidenced by Amazon's use of Kiva robots on the first floor of one of its UK warehouses.
Warehouses have "gone vertical", with an increasing number of commercial real estate developers coming to notice the benefits of multi-storey logistics facilities, according to a blog by US property firm Coldwell Banker Commercial. The company said that in 2013, there were more than 1,000 such facilities across North America, and it expects this figure will rise significantly over the next few years. They can also be automated, as evidenced by Amazon's use of Kiva robots on the first floor of one of its UK warehouses.