India’s warehousing and logistics real estate segment
has benefited immensely from the expansion in e-commerce over the last
two years. The emerging retail segment took up about 1.7 million sq. ft.
of warehousing space across Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and the Delhi
National Capital Region in 2014, according to a report by CBRE, a
leading commercial real estate services and investment firm. The report
said that almost 25 per cent of the total warehousing/logistics space
uptake across India in 2014 was by e-retail players, while the uptake in
logistics space rose by more than seven times over that of 2013.
The
last few years saw the segment becoming a new addition to the mix of
major office space demand drivers in India as online retailers increased
their footprints for front-end as well as back-end requirements.
“By
the end of 2014, approximately 3.5 million sq.ft. of office space had
either been leased or was in various stages of negotiation by e-commerce
firms across the country, a growth of more than 400 per cent year on
year,” the report titled, ‘Indian Online retail driving realty,’ said.
India’s
online retail sector saw exponential growth as a number of local
market-specific services — cash on delivery (COD), multiple payment
options, and EMI options — assisted in developing the growth curve of
ecommerce in the country. Online retail as a sector is still at a
nascent stage in India, as leading players try to establish a strong
foothold and consumers get accustomed to this new medium of shopping.
In
the outlook for e-commerce, the report said, the sector’s future looks
buoyant and it is likely to emerge as a strong demand driver for real
estate space in the years to come. “The sector will also play a major
role in the evolution of existing logistics providers, as well as in the
development of logistics infrastructure in the country.”
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