Prologis, a major logistics real estate company, and Dynalogic, a full-service delivery specialist, have installed a 1.2 MWp solar installation at the rooftop of Prologis’ distribution center in Bleiswijk. The new system will help power Dynalogic’s warehouse operations and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. By integrating on-site solar energy, the companies are contributing to national and local energy transition efforts as well as advancing their own sustainability goals. Dynalogic operates under a long-term lease agreement with Prologis for its warehouse.

Prologis has leased 20,000 square meters of logistics space at Prologis Park Schiphol to FedEx. The facility, located at Schiphol Airport with direct access to key transport routes, strengthens FedEx’s operations at one of Europe’s most important logistics hubs. With air cargo demand expected to grow in 2025, the lease reinforces Schiphol’s position as a vital hub for time-sensitive logistics in Europe.

Prologis announced its quarterly results for the first quarter of 2025. This summary provides the key European figures.

Søstrene Grene, the Danish retail chain, has signed a long-term lease for its first distribution center (DC) outside Denmark at Prologis Park Venlo DC9.

2022 was a year of record global rent growth in nominal and real terms, since Prologis Research began tracking in 2007. Global rents grew by 30% year-over-year (real growth 21%), accelerating significantly beyond the prior record of 17% (10% real in 2021).

Logistics real estate is much more than the distribution of goods: it is an essential link in the global economy and a crucial part of the modern supply chain. But how many products (and with what value) are transported through Prologis distribution centers worldwide?

Covid-19 has conflated more than five years of evolution in the retail real estate landscape into less than five months, with the sharp rise in online spending during lockdowns piling pressuring on landlords in the sector to consider conversion of their properties to e-commerce warehouses to meet spiraling demand for high quality and infill logistics space, particularly in the ‘Last Touch®’ or ‘last mile’ distribution areas of urban conurbations.

The pandemic has accelerated changes in the retail environment, bringing significant implications for logistics real estate. In this installment, we revisit the intensity of use ratio between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar sales, examine supply chain patterns of highly impacted retailers, and provide a mid-quarter update on U.S. customer activity and utilization. Findings in these three areas add upside to logistics real estate momentum during the Recovery phase of the pandemic.

Since 2021, Prologis Benelux uses Real Estate & Customer Experience Teams (RECX) to ensure customers’ needs are met and to offer best in class and personal service. Thanks to this RECX- set-up, Prologis customers can rely on integrated, cross-functional expertise, and high-quality service. 

Due to the current climate crisis and the sense of urgency to diminish their impact on the environment, governments, consumers, and companies are looking for ways to decrease their carbon footprint. This includes logistics (real estate), which provides an opportunity to realize a significant CO2-reduction within the value chain. Prologis noticed the demand in low-carbon logistics and facilitated with the design and construction of Prologis Park Eindhoven DC4: a new generation of warehouses, offering a whole lot more than four walls and a roof. 

Partly driven by the ambition towards sustainability, companies continuously require more electricity. Preferably sustainable energy generated by the sun, wind, water, or heat. This is also – perhaps even more so – applicable to the logistics (real estate) sector, which is going through a major transition towards sustainability. 

The Rotterdam port – Europe’s largest – is known as Europe’s most important logistics gateway. For logistics companies it’s a key area to be located, and as a result the demand for logistics real estate invariably exceeds the supply. Logistics service provider GEODIS is one of those companies with a warehouse in the Rotterdam harbor, at Prologis Park Botlek, where the global operating company supports customers with customized solutions in the field of transport and logistics.