Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Expansion Reignites Demand for Last-Mile Logistics
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $15.6B across 96 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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When Amazon makes moves in the delivery business, the entire retail industry tends to reorient itself around the e-commerce giant. So, when a September report from Business Insider revealed preliminary plans for Amazo…
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