Logistics property

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Main warehouse of the Gutehoffnungshütte in Oberhausen

Logistics property is the name of a property that is used for warehousing , order picking and distribution of goods.

This type of real estate largely corresponds to the type of warehouse , but the size of logistics properties is different: Warehouses often have dimensions below 5,000 m², while logistics properties are well over 10,000 m², often even 40,000 m² and in individual cases over 200,000 m².

In the Anglo-Saxon area, this area is referred to as warehousing and is assigned to the industrial area (industrial property) and separated from residential (residential property), office (office property), retail (commercial property) and hotel (hotel property).

The conception of logistics real estate is subject to change. Due to the convergence of the European markets, the change in traffic flows and the abolition of national borders, the distribution systems are being reorganized: new locations are gaining importance and traditional locations are losing importance. For cost reasons, several locations are combined and bundled in a central warehouse. When realizing new buildings, ecological aspects and sustainable construction are increasingly taken into account.

Electronic commerce ( e-commerce ) also influences logistics properties: the properties used for this are characterized by larger areas, higher numbers of employees and a higher degree of automation. The locations are on the outskirts of metropolitan areas so that the high service requirements of customers (including same day delivery , same hour delivery) can be met.

Types of logistics real estate

A wide variety of properties are subsumed under the term logistics real estate:

Transshipment halls
for the distribution of incoming goods from long-distance transport to local transport with cross docking . This is where sorting takes place, and with it the need to store goods for a short period at most. Transhipment halls therefore have a large number of gates, a low hall height and only a limited hall depth in order to achieve the shortest possible routes.
Warehouses
Depending on the storage technology used, they have greater heights but only a limited number of gates .
Distribution halls
serve the distribution of goods and thus combine the function of the warehouse as a basis with the additional function of order picking. In addition to a larger hall height, the hall depth is dimensioned much larger and the number of gates is also higher than in a warehouse.
Special bearings
for certain functions in logistics ( storage of hazardous materials , storage for substances hazardous to water, cold stores, etc.). The structural designs must be carried out on the basis of legal requirements and the framework conditions must be observed. On the other hand, there are also procedural requirements that influence the design. Cold warehouses are equipped with a minimum number of gates in order to limit cold losses.

High-bay warehouses are stores in silo design. Strictly speaking, it is a shelf with a weatherproof coating (roof and wall). The high-bay warehouse is often incorrectly referred to as a logistics property. Rather, the high-bay warehouse is an operating facility and is also treated in this way for tax purposes.

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  • Hirdes, Kern, Kohagen, Steinmüller: Internationales Handbuch der Logistikimmobilie, Munich, 2005, ISBN 3-00-017149-5
  • Münchow: Kompendium der Logistikimmobilie, Wiesbaden, 2012, ISBN 3-940219-19-3

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