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real estate SECTOR FOCUS

DCS experts provide targeted coverage of a limited number of real estate subsectors. Our coverage of the real estate sector has a strong nexus to our main coverage activities in the infrastructure, energy & utilities and oil & gas sectors. Our expertise in the real estate field relates specifically to projects and transactions in these primary sectors where there are significant real estate elements. For example, our ports, terminals, airport, railways, roads and downstream oil & gas infrastructure projects often involve a strong interconnection with real estate elements in the logistics, warehousing and industrial subsectors. Passenger railways, airports, urban transport and social infrastructure projects may involve a strong commercial, mixed-use and hotel & resort real estate elements. Roadways may involve interrelated commercial real estate elements related to petrol stations, retail stores, service plazas and air rights.

The following are the main industrials subsectors that we focus within:

Warehousing and Logistical
Industrial
Commercial and Mixed-Use
Hotels & Resorts
Agricultural and Forest Land

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DCS focuses on providing the above services in the real estate sector to the following categories of clients:

REAL ESTATE SECTOR

WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICAL FOCUS

dcs advisory Experts team

WAREHOUSING AND LOGISTICAL

Elena Graf-Burgstaller

Vienna, Austria

Chris Hanson

Lewes DE, USA

Lloyd Richardson

Washington NC, USA

Meet Our Warehousing and Logistical Properties Advisory Experts Team!

Within the Warehousing & Logistical real estate space, DCS provides expertise which supports our main infrastructure sectoral focus areas. Specifically, we focus on the following types of properties and development projects within Warehousing & Logistical subsector:

Maritime Port, Inland Port, Terminal and Multi-modal Warehousing and Logistics Properties: Global maritime and overland transport of dry goods is increasingly dominated by standard containerized cargo transport (which can be transferred from ship, to railway, to truck or to barge). Modern seaports, inland ports, terminals and multi-modal facilities serve as global and regional logistical hubs for import/export, transshipment and forwarding of containerized and truckload cargoes. The modern shipping and logistics industries require efficient warehousing and logistical buildings and facilities that are located on or proximate to these major logistical hubs. Port, terminal and multi-modal facilities, interconnected with well-designed warehousing and logistics facilities can significantly reduce drayage costs, fuel consumption, congestion and air pollution and emissions in and around ports. Therefore, port authorities/operators working collaboratively with regional transportation planning agencies and the private sector, who can develop their regional transportation plans in conjunction with land-use and development planning of warehousing and logistics facilities can help attract shipping and logistics tenants, who are operating in an highly competitive global environment. Our real estate focus on the warehousing and logistical segments complements our primary marine terminal and inland ports infrastructure sectoral coverage as it relates to development and improvement of port, terminal and multi-modal infrastructure. DCS assists public and private sector port and terminal owners and operators, shipping and logistics companies, municipal and regional governments, transportation and development agencies, real estate developers, investors and asset managers, lenders and other stakeholders related to warehousing and logistics projects and transactions in and around port, terminal and multi-modal facilities.

Airport Warehousing & Logistics Properties: In addition to serving passenger airline operations, most modern airports provide varying degrees air cargo operations. Certain airports may also serve as regional and global air cargo hubs, specifically catering to one or more global logistics companies that concentrate certain operations at a particular airport. Air cargo generally relates to the highest-value, lower mass and most time sensitive segment of the global shipping and logistics industry. Given these characteristics, air cargo facilities are mainly configured toward aircraft-to-aircraft, truck-to-aircraft and aircraft-to-truck transshipments serving both global connecting and local or regional 'shipment O&D' markets. Due to the value and time sensitivity demands of the air cargo industry, warehousing and logistical buildings and facilities must be configured to provide for an especially high degree of efficiency, and allow for significant automation, security and throughput. While the capacity, design and configuration of the warehousing and logistics buildings can offer attractive solutions for shipping and logistics tenants, cooperation with both the airport and regional surface transportation authorities to ensure access optimal airside and landside facilities in and around the warehouses and logistical facilities, and the local and regional roadway networks are all critical considerations as well. Our real estate focus on the warehousing and logistical segments complements our primary airports infrastructure sectoral coverage as it relates to development and improvement of port, terminal and multi-modal infrastructure. DCS assists public and private sector airport owners and operators, shipping and logistics companies, municipal and regional governments, transportation and development agencies, real estate developers, investors and asset managers, lenders and other stakeholders related to warehousing and logistics projects and transactions in and around airports.

Roadway Corridor Warehousing & Logistics Properties: In many cases, warehousing and logistics facilities may only involve only a single mode of transport and transshipments. Particularly in areas near metropolitan distribution markets, companies may elect to locate their warehousing and distribution centers adjacent to major roadways which provide convenient and efficient ingress and egress access (and compatible signalization, intersection and weight restrictions) for large trucks. These properties are often located in the suburban/exurban fringes, within industrial zones or on rural lands, which offer lower land prices and property taxes and favorable zoning and land-use restrictions which allow for the development of expansive warehousing and distribution centers and associates truck loading and parking areas and access roadways. Our real estate focus on the warehousing and logistical segments complements our primary roadways infrastructure sectoral coverage as it relates to development, expansion and improvement of roadway infrastructure. DCS assists public and private sector roadway owners and operators, landowners, shipping and logistics companies, municipal and regional governments, transportation and development agencies, real estate developers, investors and asset managers, lenders and other stakeholders related to warehousing and logistics projects and transactions within roadway corridors.

DCS assists both public and private sector port/airport/road authorities, port/airport/road operators, regional transportation authorities, shipping and logistics companies and investors, in the planning, development, financing, construction, management, operations and maintenance of essential warehousing and logistics properties and project developments which are integrated into a regional multi-modal transportation network. Warehousing and logistics properties, which are usually developed, owned, operated and maintained by the private sector are also ideally suited to be delivered as Public-Private Partnerships (PPP/P3s).

Furthermore, since warehousing and logistics properties tend to involve both large tracks of low-intensity land and expansive rooftop and surface parking lots, these properties are often ideal candidates for renewable energy projects (solar, wind and other technologies related to the generation of power and heat), energy efficiency and conservation projects and can also accommodate other ancillary uses such as placement of mobile towers and in some cases air rights can be sold for other ancillary uses, such as advertising (billboard media) and other allowed real estate developments. Such ancillary projects and initiatives can significantly improve their "bottom lines" and competitiveness of the warehousing and logistics buildings for both the owners and their tenants. As a complement to our real estate advisory services, DCS also provides the requisite expertise in the areas of renewal energy, energy efficiency and conservation, mobile towers, air rights and billboard advertising that may be relevant to our real estate clientele.

Please click on the below links to learn more about the specific services related to the warehousing and logistics real estate subsector that DCS experts can offer:

DCS focuses on providing the above services in the real estate sector to the following categories of clients: