
Dear readers! In September the CeMAT RUSSIA exhibition was held, which showed everyone that innovations and robotics are increasingly penetrating the logistics industry. We can safely say that many technologies are tested here, and only then they go out into the world. However, it is not only CeMAT RUSSIA that demonstrates the prevalence of the digital agenda.
Dear readers! This is the ninth issue of the journal, which turned out to be very rich and diverse. Traditionally, the issue is opened by an analyst. The material by Alina Nasyrova from the Market Guide Agency, dedicated to investments in warehouse complexes in Russia, recalls the importance of developing logistics infrastructure for the integrated development of regions.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the eighth issue of the magazine and its materials.
According to the report, Russian real estate investment market with a total of $4.9 bln in 2017 has recorded a 3-year maximum with a 9% growth Y-O-Y. To compare, 2016 investment volume totaled $4.6 bln, 2015 - $3.3 bln.
The volume of overseas investments reached $785 million in 2017 which is 16% in the total investment volume. Foreign investments recorded a 4.4 times volume growth and 12 percentage points increase compared to the 2016 historically the lowest result in terms of foreign investors activity.
Irina Ushakova, Senior Director, Head of Capital Markets Department, CBRE in Russia, commented: “Increasing investors’ activity in Russia, both local and international, resulted in a 3-year maximum investment volume growth since 2014. The most important trend in 2017 was the closed deals with international capital - apart from the global and European funds, which were well familiar with the Russian market, investors from Middle East and Asia were very active in 2017. The benchmarking, even the record deals the negotiation of which took for several years, were closed since the beginning of the year. Expected gradual economic recovery and recovery in all real estate fields became the positive signs for the market players and is expected to result in further investment volume growth.”