A forklift transfers goods at a logistic warehouse in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
The View by Nicholas Spiro
Three reasons demand for Asian logistics real estate is soaring – and why investors should be cautious
The growing interest in the industrial real estate sector is part of an existing trend that has been boosted by the coronavirus
The danger is that investors could become too enamoured of the sector’s e-commerce-driven tailwinds, leading to indiscriminate buying which pushes up prices further