In Moscow and the Moscow region in the first half of 2025, the total volume of purchased and leased Class A warehouse units with an area of 1-5 thousand square meters amounted to 96.9 thousand square meters. meters. Stroygazeta was informed about this by the press service of Bright Rich| CORFAC International, specifying that the figures are 20% higher than in the first half of 2024.
Analysts noted that in the Moscow region, the total volume of warehouse transactions in January-June of this year amounted to 993 thousand square meters, which is almost two times less than a year earlier. The demand for large warehouse sections with an area of more than 15 thousand square meters decreased the most. The volume of transactions with them in the first half of 2025 decreased 2.3 times from 1.6 million square meters to 697.8 thousand square meters. meters.
Interest in warehouses from 5 to 10 thousand square meters fell by 44% year-on-year, to 89.9 thousand square meters. meters. At the same time, the demand for blocks with an area of 10-15 thousand square meters is growing. According to the results of the first half of 2025, demand for them increased by 8.5%, to 105.9 thousand square meters. meters.
Viktor Zaglumin, co-founder and partner of Bright Rich | CORFAC International, says that the high cost of debt financing forces businesses to reduce costs, including the maintenance of logistics infrastructure. As a result, companies began to optimize the space, which led to an increase in demand for small blocks. At the same time, the demand for large warehouse sections has decreased due to a decrease in the activity of marketplaces, which mainly conclude point-to-point transactions in the Moscow region to improve logistics efficiency.
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