As Sun Tzu said, "in the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity," and the age of coronavirus is providing one such moment for the industrial and logistics sector. During the time of social distancing, individuals and businesses are adapting to the digital age faster than ever before. While the demand in food retail and e-commerce has spiked industrial activity and performance, logistics and supply chain experts are wrestling with staff health and safety measures, operational viability, and protecting their business from a supply-chain shock.
Join Bisnow and our experts for a 40-minute session on the short-term and long-term future of the urban logistics industry, including the impact of Covid-19.
Agenda
Long-term implications for e-fulfillment and online food sales
Operational viability and staff health & safety measures
Space requirements for occupiers that service the offices & entertainment industries, who are temporarily suffering a downturn, as well as food retailers, who are seeing a spike in delivery requests
Post-Covid-19 repercussions on vacancy rates, rents, prices, infrastructure & planning for inner-city logistics
Paul is a corporate real estate partner and has extensive experience of portfolio acquisitions or disposals through group company structures often involving multiple jurisdictions; joint ventures including all forms of joint venture vehicles from...
Charles is the Head of Knight Frank’s UK Logistics & Industrial agency service & has worked in the sector since 1991.
Throughout his career he has acted for a range of occupiers, landlords and developers, with a focus on large scale...
Mark is a founding partner at Caisson Investment Management, responsible for delivery of the asset management strategy across all Caisson managed portfolios. He has worked in the multi let/light industrial sector since 1993, working across the UK...
Mike is UK editor of Bisnow. Before this, alongside three friends he bought pan-European property mag EuroProperty out of non-existence and re established it before selling the business to PropertyEU. Prior to that he was editor of Property Week,...
Independent Advisor - Restructuring, Globepoint Group
A senior Executive Director and Board Member, Anna has worked in both private and public sectors for 30 years successfully leading organisations through complex change and turnaround across multi-cultural and political environments.