Summary and analysis of the current situation in the logistics and industrial real estate market in Germany
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Germany Industrial Market Dynamics, H1 2025
In the first half of 2025 warehouse and logistics space take-up stands at 2.76 million sq.m., matching the level of the previous year.
However, this is 20% below the five-year average.
After some significant changes in recent years, prime rents remained stable in 18 out 20 regions at mid-year.
With an investment transaction volume of € 2.4 billion, the previous year's result was missed by 24%. Compared to other asset classes, logistics ranks fourth with a 16% share of the total German investment transaction volume, after Living (30%), Retail (19%) and Office (18%).
The prime yields rose by ten basis points in the second quarter.