European Retail Warehousing – 2026
Retail warehousing has proven to be one of Europe's best-performing retail formats in recent years, delivering sector-leading total returns of 7.4% in 2025.
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Retail warehousing has proven to be one of Europe's best-performing retail formats in recent years, delivering sector-leading total returns of 7.4% in 2025.
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Exceeding modest expectations neatly captures the mood surrounding the European economy.
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Growing suburban consumer belts
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Retail parks embrace a more multifunctional future
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Demographic tailwinds move closer to home
Growing suburban consumer belts
European retail park stock has now reached 51 million sq m, on the back of a 2.4% increase last year, the strongest year of development activity since 2020.
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Evolution over broad-based expansion
European retail park stock has now reached 51 million sq m, on the back of a 2.4% increase last year, the strongest year of development activity since 2020.

"Germany drives European investment transactions during 2020 as investors opt for core"

"2020: a tipping point for the data centre industry"

"Up-to-date insights from our Global colleagues show us the impact of the latest social distancing and safety restrictions on retail and leisure sectors across the globe"

"Manufacturing output returns to growth"

"Low eurozone inflation forecasts will maintain low sovereign bond yields and cheap debt levels"

"Technology and Professional Services drive European office demand during 2020"

"Covid-19 has accelerated the changes in the European retail sectors. Consumers, retailers and landlords are adapting to a 'new normal'"

"108,100 sq m of office space was delivered to the Prague market in H1 2020, representing a 35% increase compared with the same period last year. "

"Covid-19 impact to speed up European online retail sales by one year, creating new demand for logistics space"

"291,200 sq m of new industrial space was delivered to the Czech market in the first six months of 2020, showing only a mild (3%) decline in construction activity compared to H1 2019. This brought the total stock of modern rentable industrial premises in the Czech Republic to 8.77 million sq m, of which 3.17 million sq m were found in Prague."