3. 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 UK property firm Amazon . Located closer to customers, with a smaller footprint, vertical warehouses cut costs, are more environmentally friendly and offer the chance for businesses to move into urban environments. They can also be automated, as evidenced by Amazon 's use of Kiva robots on the first floor of one of its US 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 UK property firm Amazon . Located closer to customers, with a smaller footprint, vertical warehouses cut costs, are more environmentally friendly and offer the chance for businesses to move into urban environments. They can also be automated, as evidenced by Amazon 's use of Kiva robots on the first floor of one of its US warehouses.