Logistics & Supply Chain
Integrated Logistics & Supply Chain Strategy
Logistics Trends in 2026
Navigate the UK logistics & supply chain market: key trends and opportunities revealed in our 2026 review.
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Our logistics and supply chain expertise ensures that every property decision supports end-to-end supply chain efficiency.
We’re not just about space, we connect business strategy with your operational strategy through our supply chain insights and expertise. Whether you’re an occupier optimising operations or an investor seeking resilient assets, we help align real estate decisions with performance and growth.
That means your property decisions aren’t made in isolation, but will be integrated with the business trade-offs around costs and efficiencies, customer service, labour availability and growth goals. We go beyond finding space, helping you build high-performing logistics networks.
Collaborating with your company, we develop tailored logistics strategies that address your unique needs and objectives. An industrial property strategy is a comprehensive plan designed to align business and supply chain goals, optimise operations, and drive competitive advantage.
Logistics Industry Challenges & Trends
For logistics leaders, operating a competitive supply chain today requires constant adaptation to disruptive forces in order to drive competitive costs, achieve compliance, and retain talent.
Key challenges include:
- Rising costs, particularly in transport, energy and labour
- Steady growth in E-commerce, accelerating the need for channel cost-to-serve optimisation
- Stiff competition for skilled logistics talent
- Tougher sustainability and compliance rules
- Growing requirement to automate operations and the associated implementation risks
- Geopolitical uncertainty creating unpredictable supply chain disruptions and risk
How We Help Boost Business Growth
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Aligning Industrial Property & Supply Chain
Applying a supply chain lens to your property portfolio unlocks opportunities for proactive management and value creation.
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Network Strategy & Site Selection
Balance the trade-off between distribution costs, labour availability and site availability in selecting the best network locations for you.
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Funding, Acquisitions & Disposals
Unlock strategic growth with our teams deep market expertise, structuring and secure funding solutions for new logistics facilities.
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Building Consultancy & Project/Cost Management
Maintain safety, uptime, and operational performance while ensuring facilities attract and retain the right talent across your supply chain network.
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Sustainability & Compliance
Retrofit, repurpose or build to net-zero standards.
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Transactions & Portfolio Management
Optimise portfolio transaction management.
Specialist Support Across All Logistics & Supply Chain Segments
We offer dedicated expertise across all logistics segments, providing the deep market knowledge and tailored solutions your supply chain needs.
Logistics Real Estate Solutions for Occupiers, Investors, and Developers
Our Services: Occupier
Supply Chain Consultancy
Supply chain operations and real estate decisions are interwoven and yet often not integrated. The supply chain consulting team at CBRE work at the interface of real estate, bringing together operations and real estate to deliver an optimal network capable of supporting the growth strategies needed for companies to reach their full potential, minimising the implementation timeline and mitigating risks. Our approach centres on delivering customised solutions that align with each client’s operational goals and future growth plans. By combining global expertise with in-depth local market knowledge, our Supply Chain consulting team helps optimise infrastructure and network design to support long-term success. This enables clients to make well-informed decisions that balance the trade-off across cost, service, and risk, driving improved performance and strategic advantage.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including supply chain strategy development, network design, operations assessment, and facility concept design. Delivered through data-driven methodologies and close collaboration with internal teams, our solutions are practical, scalable, and tailored to business needs. From evaluating warehouse and transportation performance to designing facilities that enhance productivity and cost efficiency, CBRE ensures every recommendation supports measurable outcomes.
Lease vs Own – Financial & Accounting Advisory
Advising on lease vs. own strategies, sale & leaseback, and capital deployment. With our project management expertise, we streamline your logistics initiatives, guaranteeing operational excellence and delivering measurable value within budget and on schedule.
Acquisitions, Disposals & Development Funding
Unlock strategic growth with our teams deep market expertise to identify optimal sites based on logistics performance, labour availability, and land suitability. Every location is carefully evaluated to align with your brand, customer reach, and operational goals, delivering measurable value and long-term impact to your bottom line.
Helping clients identify underperforming or non-core assets and execute targeted sales strategies that align with broader business goals. Leveraging market intelligence, valuation expertise, and a deep network of buyers, we ensure assets are positioned for maximum return. Whether you're consolidating operations, exiting markets, or reinvesting in growth, our team delivers a seamless, data-driven approach to real estate divestment, reducing holding costs and enhancing financial flexibility.
Our logistics consultants structure and secure funding solutions for new logistics facilities, tailoring approaches to meet operational and financial objectives. Whether through third-party capital, joint ventures, or forward funding agreements, our team connects occupiers with the right partners and financial structures to unlock development potential. From site acquisition to build-to-suit delivery, we ensure funding strategies are aligned with long-term business goals, reducing upfront capital requirements and enhancing flexibility across your real estate portfolio.
Talent & Labour Analytics
Our insights uncover critical labour market trends, from workforce availability and wage benchmarks to commuting patterns and skill concentrations. Whether expanding, relocating, or optimising operations, our data-driven approach helps you align talent strategy with business goals, reduce risk, and ensure long-term workforce sustainability.
Building Consultancy, Project & Cost Management
Delivering expert advice on technical due diligence, ensuring buildings meet operational and compliance standards before purchase or lease. Our logistics consultants also manage dilapidations, helping clients minimise liabilities and negotiate favourable outcomes at lease end. Beyond this, we provide strategic input on refurbishment, redevelopment, and compliance upgrades, ensuring assets remain fit-for-purpose, cost-efficient, and aligned with evolving business needs. Whether you're expanding, consolidating, or divesting, our consultancy ensures your buildings work harder for your business.
From facility design to operational excellence, we provide a complete solution for your logistics needs. We design and deliver optimal facilities tailored to your specific requirements, while our consultants identify and eliminate inefficiencies in warehousing, transportation, and inventory. Operational processes optimisation can reduce logistics distribution costs, resulting in significant reductions in operational and capital expenses, allowing you to focus on your core business.
Sustainability Solutions
Integrating sustainability into every stage of the real estate lifecycle, from site selection and operational planning to smart building deployment, ensuring facilities are future-ready and aligned with evolving regulatory and stakeholder expectations. Our experts also advise on green lease clauses, renewable energy solutions, and sustainable building certifications, creating a comprehensive roadmap for long-term value and environmental stewardship.
Lease Consultancy
Maximise your logistics performance with CBRE. Our logistics consultants provide expert negotiation of service level agreements (SLAs) with contractors, driving accountability, cost savings, and continuous improvement across your operations. Logistics consultants provide expertise in negotiating service levels with contractors, ensuring that agreements are aligned with operational goals and performance expectations. Furthermore, we optimise lease terms, proactively manage liabilities, and secure best-in-market deals, creating a holistic solution for your logistics real estate needs.
Business Rates Advisory
Helping you manage and reduce business rates liabilities across warehouses, distribution centres, and manufacturing sites. We provide expert guidance on valuations, appeals, and compliance, ensuring accurate assessments and identifying opportunities for savings. Our goal is to minimise costs and support operational efficiency, so your property strategy works harder for your business.
Valuation & Advisory Services
We offer expert property valuations, market analysis, and strategic advisory services. We provide data-driven insights to inform your investment decisions, optimise portfolio performance, and maximise asset value throughout the property lifecycle. Our team's deep sector knowledge and rigorous methodologies ensure accurate and reliable results.
Transactions & Portfolio Management
Manage every aspect of your industrial real estate, from accounting and operations to sustainability and energy consumption. With scale, experience and innovative technology, our experts help you reduce costs, increase efficiencies and unlock value across your industrial portfolio.
Our Services: Investor
Capital Markets
We offer strategic financial guidance and transactional expertise to help you optimise capital structures, secure financing, and maximise returns. From land acquisition and capital structuring to disposition and investor relations, we leverage our deep market knowledge, global reach, and proven track record to facilitate successful transactions and drive your investment objectives.
Valuation & Advisory Services
We offer expert property valuations, market analysis, and strategic advisory services. We provide data-driven insights to inform your investment decisions, optimise portfolio performance, and maximise asset value throughout the property lifecycle. Our team's deep sector knowledge and rigorous methodologies ensure accurate and reliable results.
Landlord Leasing
Supporting property owners in maximising the value of their assets. From marketing and tenant sourcing to lease structuring and negotiation, we help landlords attract high-quality occupiers, reduce vacancy rates, and optimise rental income. Our deep market insight and global reach ensure your industrial and logistics spaces are positioned for long-term success.
Supply Chain Consultancy
Supply chain operations and real estate decisions are interwoven and yet often not integrated. The supply chain consulting team at CBRE work at the interface of real estate, bringing together operations and real estate to deliver an optimal network capable of supporting the growth strategies needed for companies to reach their full potential, minimising the implementation timeline and mitigating risks. Our approach centres on delivering customised solutions that align with each client’s operational goals and future growth plans. By combining global expertise with in-depth local market knowledge, our Supply Chain consulting team helps optimise infrastructure and network design to support long-term success. This enables clients to make well-informed decisions that balance the trade-off across cost, service, and risk, driving improved performance and strategic advantage.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including supply chain strategy development, network design, operations assessment, and facility concept design. Delivered through data-driven methodologies and close collaboration with internal teams, our solutions are practical, scalable, and tailored to business needs. From evaluating warehouse and transportation performance to designing facilities that enhance productivity and cost efficiency, CBRE ensures every recommendation supports measurable outcomes.
Building Consultancy, Project & Cost Management
Delivering complex property projects with precision and purpose, from new builds and fit-outs to refurbishments and upgrades. Our expert teams lead every stage, from strategic planning and procurement to construction and handover, ensuring projects stay on time, on budget, and aligned with your operational goals. Through rigorous controls, proactive resource management, and structured transitions, we safeguard your investment and maximise commercial value. With a strong focus on risk mitigation, sustainability, and long-term returns, we turn industrial visions into reality.
Providing independent advice to optimise your assets and investment decisions, our building consultancy experts deliver strategic guidance across the full asset lifecycle from technical due diligence and dilapidations to refurbishment, sustainability upgrades, and compliance to protect and grow your capital.
Lease Consultancy
We provide expert guidance to optimise lease terms, manage liabilities, and secure best-in-market deals, helping to enhance profitability and asset performance. Leveraging deep market intelligence, we deliver tailored lease strategies that protect value, mitigate risk, and unlock long-term potential across your industrial and logistics portfolio.
Sustainability Solutions
Supporting you manage sustainability-related financial, operational, and reputational risks across your real estate portfolios. Our services include data management for performance reporting and regulatory disclosures (e.g. SFDR, GRESB), actionable insights to guide asset upgrades toward net zero goals, and environmental due diligence to assess acquisition impacts and CapEx needs. We also help build climate-resilient portfolios through analysis of physical risk and renewable feasibility, and verify sustainability performance through certifications like NABERS, EPCs, WELL, and BREEAM.
Our Services: Developer
Land Acquisitions & Sales
The property life cycle starts and ends with land. CBRE’s Industrial & Logistics Land and Development team works with clients to buy or sell land, whether greenfield or brownfield, for future industrial and logistics development. We provide expert guidance throughout the process to unlock value and support long-term growth.
Combining deep sector knowledge with unmatched access to capital and market insight, we support clients with funding and joint venture structuring, as well as land promotion through the planning process. Helping you deliver strategic solutions that maximise value and support long-term growth.
Supply Chain Consultancy
Supply chain operations and real estate decisions are interwoven and yet often not integrated. The supply chain consulting team at CBRE work at the interface of real estate, bringing together operations and real estate to deliver an optimal network capable of supporting the growth strategies needed for companies to reach their full potential, minimising the implementation timeline and mitigating risks. Our approach centres on delivering customised solutions that align with each client’s operational goals and future growth plans. By combining global expertise with in-depth local market knowledge, our Supply Chain consulting team helps optimise infrastructure and network design to support long-term success. This enables clients to make well-informed decisions that balance the trade-off across cost, service, and risk, driving improved performance and strategic advantage.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including supply chain strategy development, network design, operations assessment, and facility concept design. Delivered through data-driven methodologies and close collaboration with internal teams, our solutions are practical, scalable, and tailored to business needs. From evaluating warehouse and transportation performance to designing facilities that enhance productivity and cost efficiency, CBRE ensures every recommendation supports measurable outcomes.
Capital Markets
We provide strategic financial guidance and transactional expertise to enable you to optimise capital structures, secure financing, and maximise returns on your projects. From land acquisition and capital structuring to disposition and investor relations, we leverage our deep market knowledge, global reach, and proven track record to facilitate successful transactions and drive your development objectives.
Valuation & Advisory Services
We offer expert property valuations, market analysis, and strategic advisory services. We provide data-driven insights to inform your project investment decisions, optimise project performance, and maximise asset value throughout the development lifecycle. Our team's deep sector knowledge and rigorous methodologies ensure accurate and reliable results.
Building Consultancy, Project & Cost Management
We lead project delivery with rigorous planning, controls, and proactive resource management, enabling us to project manage complex logistics and supply chain initiatives from inception to completion. We have successfully executed numerous implementation projects for clients, ensuring structured planning and seamless transitions to new operational states.
Providing independent advice to optimise your assets and project decisions, our building consultancy experts deliver strategic guidance across the full asset lifecycle from technical due diligence and dilapidations to refurbishment, sustainability upgrades, and compliance, ensuring successful and efficient project delivery.
Sustainability Solutions
We support clients in defining and delivering their carbon reduction goals for new and existing projects. Our sustainability experts help you decarbonise at scale by integrating ESG strategy, resource optimisation, and clean energy solutions. From net zero building design and retrofit projects to Scope 3 emissions tracking and green finance advisory, we simplify complexity and deliver measurable impact—aligning operational performance with environmental responsibility.
Industrial & Logistics Property for Sale or Lease
Connect with CBRE Logistics Experts
Elevate your logistics & supply chain performance with strategic real estate solutions. Optimise your operations with our unrivalled expertise and global platform.
Contacts
Paul Farrow
Head of Business Space, UK Industrial & Logistics
UK Logistics Market Insights
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CBRE's Monthly Index shows all property capital values declined by 0.1% in May, while rental values increased by 0.1% and total returns were 0.4%.
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CBRE’s latest UK Property Market Figures show diverging trends: office leasing down, logistics outperforming, retail investment falling, and Living resilient.
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UK commercial real estate investment totalled £11.1bn in Q1 2026. Living led volumes, followed by Offices and Retail.
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UK logistics take‑up totalled 5.3m sq ft in Q1 2026, driven by 3PLs and retail, with vacancy falling to 6.76%. Explore the latest regional highlights.
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Across UK logistics markets, take-up increased modestly in Q1 2026. Vacancy tightened, with the national rate falling to 6.76%, down 31bps quarter-on-quarter.
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CBRE’s latest UK Property Market Figures reveals office supply is falling, logistics strengthening, retail investment easing, and living showing recovery.
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In Q4 2025, UK logistics take-up totalled 4.3m sq ft, bringing total take-up for 2025 to 25.6m sq ft, 22% higher than 2024.
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Our 2026 Outlook highlights the key opportunities, considerations, and areas where value is expected to emerge. Explore sector‑by‑sector insights to help shape your strategy for the year ahead.
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Discover the evolving real estate market cycle for the year. Learn why elevated interest rates, income-driven returns, and proactive asset management are key. Explore growth in the living sector and data centers amidst improving financing conditions.
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The UK’s Industrial Open Storage sector is undergoing a transformation. Once considered a fragmented and informal segment of the industrial market, Industrial Open Storage is now emerging as a strategic asset class.
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In collaboration with FEDESSA, the 2025 European Self Storage Industry Report presents a comprehensive view of market dynamics, investment trends, operational performance, and consumer behaviour across 16 countries.
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Welcome to our 2025 UK Real Estate Market Outlook Mid-Year Review; in which we look back and evaluate our expectations for 2025 made at the beginning of this year.
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UK Industrial and Logistics development accelerated between 2020-2022, adding 86 million sq ft to the market. The sector’s rents continue to grow, albeit at slower pace than seen in recent years.
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In Q1 2025, UK logistics take-up totalled 5.0m sq ft, representing a 20% increase compared with Q1 2024.
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