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Home » Robust Demand Reported for Warehouse, DC Space Near Top U.S. Seaports

Robust Demand Reported for Warehouse, DC Space Near Top U.S. Seaports

August 3, 2015
JLL

The seventh annual Seaports Outlook Report and index from JLL, a professional services and investment management firm offering specialized real estate services, ranks the most prominent ports in North America. According to the report, which analyzes the health of major container seaports and their surrounding real estate, occupancy levels by total square feet have surpassed 2007, which was the high-point of the last real estate boom.

“We are seeing unprecedented industrial real estate growth around our nation’s seaports,” said Mark Levy, managing director and lead of JLL’s Ports Airports and Global Infrastructure (PAGI) practice group.  “Industrial real estate occupancy has grown by 17 million square feet in the West Coast seaport markets between 2007 and 2014 and rose 15 million square feet between 2013 and 2014 alone. The East Coast and Gulf of Mexico seaports had equally impressive gains and increased by 36.9 million square feet between 2007 and 2014.”

The 15 seaports ranked in JLL’s report received a total of 43.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) containers in 2014, marking an 8.5 percent increase from 2007. West Coast cargo volume decreased by 2.2 percent over this time period; while East Coast and Gulf of Mexico cargo volume was up by 25.3 percent. Recent supply chain disruptions on the West Coast have resulted in companies re-evaluating their import strategies which JLL believes were related to TEU volumes rising faster for Gulf and Eastern Seaboard ports.

The current booming industrial real estate market will see further demand for space once the Panama expansion project completes in April next year.

“Cost, service and risk are the three perennial drivers for supply chain executives as they develop their logistics strategy,” said Levy. “As a result, the East Coast/Gulf seaports are gaining favor among industry veterans because they mitigate some risk, provide access to major population centers and connect with the optimal inland transportation mode: rail.”

The Seaports Index

For the fourth consecutive year, the Port of New York/New Jersey topped JLL’s annual Seaports Index. New York/New Jersey’s 2014 TEU volume was up 5.6 percent from 2013, and 40.9 percent from 2007, outpacing West Coast rivals Los Angeles and Long Beach. 

Perhaps most notable is the Port of Savannah coming in at number four. Savannah had TEU growth of 28.5 percent from 2007 to 2014 and industrial development has been pronounced in recent years. Savannah’s distribution center real estate market serves as a conduit to inland ports in Atlanta, where goods connect with major East Coast and Midwest rail lines, and the port’s location and proximity to Atlanta means that it will only continue to thrive once more ships begin to arrive after the new, wider Panama Canal opens next year.

Charleston (ranked 9th) and Virginia (10th) are also anticipated to see increased cargo traffic, given their rail connectivity to major markets. Both ports – like Savannah – also feature on-dock, double-stacked rail capabilities. These are strong selling points since intermodal rail provides logistics executives with a cheaper alternative to longhaul trucking.

Long Beach and Los Angeles are anticipated to remain the primary gateway into the United States in the coming years based on their infrastructure, automation enhancements and strong rail connectivity to the rest of the nation. Occupancy on the West Coast is expected to remain strong based on its established markets that are home to notable consumer bases. Additionally, much of the cargo shift to the eastern seaboard is discretionary (goods not destined for local consumption, but can move through any entry point of the shipper’s choosing).

JLL’s Seaports Index ranks U.S. seaports based on terminal operating scores (their proximity to population density, transportation networks, recent infrastructure improvements) and the port area market score (industrial space availability and suitability).

Source: JLL

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