Don’t Stop Me Now: Innovations driving industrial real estate

Link Logistics’ Luke Petherbridge and CBRE’s John Morris dissect the powerful forces shaping industrial & logistics real estate. They explore continued e-commerce acceleration, the transformative impact of AI, driverless trucks, evolving supply chains, changing warehouse standards and much more.* Industrial real estate had its second-best leasing year ever in 2025.* New demand is being spurred by e-commerce and reindustrialization.* Prime industrial sites are being developed for data center use, contributing to a scarcity of modern warehouse facilities.* AI and automation transform operational efficiency and future warehouse design.* Driverless trucks will eventually alter supply chain networks and spatial economics.