Demand for small spaces leads to bigger industrial movement

JLL recorded transactions of 1.2 million square feet of industrial space between January and the end of June 2017

Green Reit at Horizon Logistics Park near Dublin Airport

Although not as glamorous as hotels, retail or funky office buildings, first half take-up of industrial space this year is up 16 per cent year-to-date, according to the latest sectoral report from JLL.

Hannah Dwyer, JLL’s head of research, recorded transactions of 1.2 million square feet of industrial space between January and the end of June 2017. More than half of it, at 707,922 square feet, was taken up across 44 deals in ...