Omni Channel Retail

Completed in 2017 as a spec development, the class-A industrial facility located in DuPage County will include more than 330,000 square feet of warehouse space, in addition to 40,000 square feet of temperature-controlled space and 8,500 square feet for corporate offices.

In December, the online retailer did away with Amazon Fresh's monthly service fee and introduced new delivery window options for Prime members.

Driverless forklifts and inventory robots are paving the way in warehouse robotics.

Industrial is suffering from a supply shortage, but in the small-box segment of the market, there is a better supply-demand balance.

Cushman & Wakefield's report Demographic Shifts: The World in 2030 analyzes the seismic shifts in international workforces as 693 million Baby Boomers reach retirement age and 1.3 billion Gen Zers begin working.

The Northeast industrial region, with more than 30.6 million consumers and more than a third of the nation's population within an eight-hour drive, has been a primary focus of industrial activity.

"We're finding that relative to our underwriting that is a really valuable tool that we are putting increased reliance on."

As investors find opportunity in cold storage investment, cap rates are pushing closer to high-quality warehouses.