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Industrial remains a highly desirable asset class despite a cooling of demand and softened market fundamentals. Prologis’ Melinda McLaughlin and CBRE’s Chris Riley offer insights on the long-term prospects for the sector. Insights to Share:&nbsp;<ul><li>While the last 24 months have seen a slowdown of transaction activity in industrial markets, the long-term prospects remain solid.</li></ul> <ul><li>Conversions to industrial are typically viable where land comprises most of the total development costs, which usually are close to densely populated urban centers.</li></ul> <ul><li>Manufacturing and warehouse facilities have increased automation, adding technology that enables machinery to adapt to changes in the business.</li></ul>

Melinda McLaughlin is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Research, for Prologis. In addition to leading the global research team, she focuses on tracking, analyzing and forecasting logistics real estate fundamentals and structural industry trends, and translating insights into strategic decision-making for the company. Her other areas of specialization include supply chain reconfiguration, location differentiation and econometric modeling.


Melinda McLaughlin

SVP, Global Head of Research, Prologis

Chris Riley is President of Capital Markets U.S. Industrial & Logistics and CBRE National Partners. Based in Atlanta, Chris is responsible for leading a platform of professionals that offer a complete scope of services including investment sales, debt placement and structured equity sourcing. Chris is a founding member of CBRE National Partners, a collaborative national partnership formed in 2010 that focuses exclusively on industrial and logistics capital markets. Located in the ten key logistics markets, the 87 investment sales and support professionals connect local market expertise to a national capital markets perspective. 


Chris Riley

President, U.S. Industrial & Logistics Capital Markets, CBRE

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