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Europe’s logistics market will continue to outperform all other real estate sectors in the medium-term, fueled by the growth in city urbanization and e-commerce, which will boost rents for well-located, modern industrial stock, according to the latest European Outlook report by M&G Real Estate.
Among the key takeaways, the report states the logistics sector will likely outperform all other property sectors for the sixth consecutive year in 2019. The continent’s residential market is also becoming increasingly attractive to investors as pressure on current supply levels continues to grow as new generations increasingly opt to both live and work in larger towns and cities. Amsterdam and Helsinki, in particular, are expected to deliver strong residential growth in the coming years.
In sectors such as logistics, investment performance has been fueled by the sector’s underlying strengths, the evolution of consumer behavior and heightened investor inter