{"id":1004733847,"date":"2024-10-30T11:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004733847"},"modified":"2024-11-15T05:45:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:45:36","slug":"last-mile-nimbyism-is-a-headache-remedies-are-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/last-mile-nimbyism-is-a-headache-remedies-are-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-Mile NIMBYism Is a Headache. Remedies Are Available."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The increasing number of products arriving via van is generating greater demand for warehouses, both of the last-mile<\/a> and bulk variety. In the second quarter of 2024, online sales totaled nearly $292 billion, a year-over-year increase of 6.7 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Digital Commerce<\/a> 360 <\/a>estimates that e-commerce averaged 21.7 percent of all retail sales, up from 14.3 percent in the second quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But that demand also creates a paradox: The same consumers who take advantage of shopping digitally often chafe at proposed distribution center developments. That\u2019s creating headaches, extra time and expense, and uncertainty for developers. \u201cPeople complaining at city council meetings is nothing new\u2014they might like the jobs a project brings, but they don\u2019t want it near their home,\u201d said Seth Martindale, a senior managing director of Americas consulting with CBRE in Los Angeles. \u201cBut we\u2019ve seen an uptick in opposition, and a few projects here and there across the country have been blocked. That\u2019s problematic for growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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To some degree, the ramped-up resistance is in response to the explosion in e-commerce during the pandemic. In turn, that drove unprecedented industrial market growth for a couple of years. \u201cWe did five years\u2019 worth of leasing in two years\u20141 billion square feet,\u201d said Craig Meyer, president of industrial brokerage for the Americas at JLL. \u201cThe demand fueled more warehouse construction, including last-mile distribution to deliver products overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the once-torrid pace of development has slowed, some warehouse opponents have moved beyond fighting individual proposals to pressing lawmakers for stricter controls on construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n