STRONG DYNAMICS AT THE START OF THE YEAR
At the start of the year, the Berlin logistics market (including the surrounding area) is linking up with the strong final quarter of 2018. While many other major hubs suffered a slight downturn, the German capital, with a take-up of 101,000 m², was able to exceed the result of the previous year by around 26 % and the long-term average by around 5 %. In addition to a large transaction by a company from the e-commerce sector, small and medium-sized transactions (such as the purchase of an 8,000 m² warehouse complex by Kaluza + Schmid or a lease of 7,700 m² by the logistics company Kraftverkehr Nagel) mainly contributed to the good result. The very high number of transactions registered (35) illustrates how dynamic the market was overall in the first three months of the year. In the long-term comparison only a single quarter reaches a similar level.
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