Trade & Logisitics

Retail parks

In recent years, retail parks and logistics have developed from niches into sought-after investment targets.

Conveniently located retail parks with local retail supply (groceries & drugstores), DIY stores and often garden centres are the link between urban and rural trade and serve in particular as logistical supply hubs for sparsely populated areas.

In our opinion, sustainable retail parks planned according to ESG criteria will strongly influence investment decisions in the coming years.

Logistics

After a period in which warehousing space was reduced, demand for logistics properties has risen significantly again in the recent past.

This asset class enables the supply of the population and serves as the basis for economic prosperity in regions that are characterised by import and export business.

Currently, e-commerce in particular serves as a decisive main driver. The increased shipment of consumer goods and medical/pharmaceutical deliveries as well as online grocery shops will continue to generate a high demand for additional logistics space.

The increasing shortage of space should certainly have the potential to increase rents in the future and ensure stable returns.

We also expect sustainable strategies to become increasingly important in logistics and will take this into account in acquisition scenarios.

On behalf of funds and family offices, Alessa Capital examines Europe-wide investment options in key regions with performance potential in both asset classes and brokers suitable properties and projects according to predefined requirement profiles.

Soft Facts Retail Parks:

• Volume: From €5,000,000
• Category: Core, Core+, Value-Added
• Use: 70% of space food/drugstore, 1-3 anchor tenants
• Accessibility: Very good transport connections, good purchasing power, sustainable and stable financial performance, good demographic development

Soft Facts Logistics:

• Volume: From €10,000,000
• Category: Core, Core+, Value-Add, Opportunistic
• Region: Pan-European, individual locations with proximity to consumer centres and main transport infrastructures