The total market for warehouse space in Russia currently exceeds 11 million square meters. The main share of the supply is concentrated in the Moscow region - about 60%, as well as in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. Other cities in Russia account for 23% of the total stock of warehouse space. The current situation on the state and prospects of the warehouse market in the regions was commented by Mikhail Agarunov, Head of the Department of Warehouse Real Estate at ILM: «The situation with the rental of warehouse premises in the regions of the Russian Federation is somewhat different from what is happening in the Moscow warehouse market. The regional market lags behind Moscow in development by several years - both in price and in quality terms. In the capital, already formed market, the requirements for warehouses are quite tough, since the demand is largely formed by Western companies whose representative offices are located in Moscow. In the regions, the construction of class B objects prevails and the quality of the warehouse real estate objects put into operation does not always correspond to the tenants' expectations. At least, this situation was observed until recently. For example, in the warehouse real estate market of Yekaterinburg there was only one speculative project of class A, the company «Eurasia Logistics». Other modern warehouses were built for their own needs and were not rented out initially. The decision to build «by itself» was dictated mainly by the lack of quality logistics sites in the region. Only in 2012 a real competitor appeared to the Pyshma logistics park (Eurasia Logistics company) - this is the Novokoltsovsky warehouse complex. Nevertheless, we are witnessing an emerging positive trend. Today, having recovered from the effects of the crisis and feeling the stable demand for Class A formed, developers have resumed the search for sites for the placement of speculative warehouses in Yekaterinburg. Thus, PNK Group declares its plans for the construction of a logistics park, and a project is being developed by an investment company at the double of the Siberian Route. Another important point is the difference in the formation of rental rates. In the Moscow region, the vast majority of high-quality warehouse tenants pay for triplenet rent. The meaning of the scheme reveals its name. «Triple net rental rate». This is the rental rate, cleared of the three main types of additional costs - taxes (VAT, land tax, property tax), operating costs, that is, the cost of maintaining the building, and utility bills. The concept of "triple net" came to us from the west and has been operating in the metropolitan area since the first professional developers entered the market. It is no secret that the main goal of the developer is to create a high-class, liquid product that will be the first to be in demand on the market by institutional investors. Investors, first of all, are interested in transparency and the level of net operating income from the rental of space, which is impossible to predict when using the «all-inclusive» scheme. In Yekaterinburg, as a rule, the rent payment is carried out under the «all inclusive» scheme. The total amount already includes the net profit of the owner, the costs of servicing the complex, and payments for utilities. Judging by the plans of large developers, the construction of new logistics centers of the highest level in the regions of Russia is considered as a priority area of ​​their activities. The emergence of a larger number of new warehouse complexes in the regions of the Russian Federation will significantly expand the scope of large Western trade and production networks, not to mention Russian companies». In general, analysts of consulting companies note that the warehouse real estate market of the regions compared to the market of Moscow and the Moscow region is rather poorly developed. Here, mainly Class B and C warehouse complexes prevail. Nevertheless, due to the growing demand for high-quality warehouse objects from the largest trading and production operators, the development of high-quality logistics in the regions will continue.  

The movement of goods is impossible if there are no places to store it, so logistics becomes a factor that determines the current state of the business. On March 20, a conference “Logistics of the Future: Reloading” was held in Krasnodar for professional market participants. The platform for business dialogue was organized by Ekbpromo Group. The main issues that were discussed at the meeting were the optimal conditions for the storage and retrieval of goods in the warehouse, as well as the use of modern processing technologies for everything that enters logistic complexes. The conference was opened by the director of the department of warehouse and industrial real estate ILM, managing partner of Skladium Alexander Perfilyev (Moscow). First of all, he gave a description of the Krasnodar warehouse market. STORAGE AREA - ON THE EDGE The annual “all inclusive” rate for class A premises is 3,800 rubles per square meter, for class B storage facilities - 3,500 rubles, and for classes C and D - 3,100 rubles. Vacancy or free areas for storage on average - no more than 2.6%. For comparison, the speaker quoted the average rental rates for class A warehouses (in rubles per square meter per year) in other regions: Ekaterinburg and Moscow - 3800; Rostov-on-Don and Novosibirsk - 3700; St. Petersburg - 3650; Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod - 3200. “The market for quality warehouse real estate in Krasnodar is one of the youngest in the country,” said Alexander Perfilyev. - But by the number of warehouses, the city is in the top ten and is on the same level with Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh. The peculiarity of the capital of Kuban is that almost all modern warehouses are located outside the city limits - on the north-eastern outskirts, along the M4 Don. If it is necessary to rent a warehouse in the city itself, you will have to choose from objects of class C or D. Due to more expensive urban land, the latter are displayed at about the same price as class B premises on the outskirts. THE RUSH IS STILL AHEAD The main players in the Krasnodar warehouse market are the companies Yugoskladservice (class B +, 18 thousand square meters), Winner (class A, 20 thousand square meters), Azimuth (class B +, 27 thousand square meters), “Kuban” (class A, 18 thousand square meters), “EvraAzEs” (class A, 32.5 thousand square meters). The undisputed leader is A2 Logistic (class A, 62 thousand square meters). The main users of warehouses in Krasnodar are retailers. Also among the largest tenants are representatives of the online sales market (Ozon), logistics (DPD) and manufacturing (BASF). “At the end of 2017, Krasnodar announced a 10-year development program for the city, which implies 136 billion rubles of budgetary investment during this period, and last year the regional capital was recognized as a millionth,” Alexander Perfilyev reminded. - These factors, together with a low warehouse vacancy, offer the prospect of rush construction of warehouse facilities. MAIN TREND - ECONOMY OF THE PLACE Sergey Fedorov, Comitas Commercial Director, spoke about the most interesting modern storage technologies and automation of warehouse processes - they make the process of equipping and working the warehouse more efficient. He also reported on the prospects for a relatively new direction: self-supporting warehouses. These are rooms in which the design of shelving is the bearing element. Such warehouses are assembled on a monolithic reinforced concrete slab of a cold-bent steel profile. No welding - fasteners provide bolted connections and hooks. As a result, construction in most cases falls within the period of up to 90 days. “When the warehouse is built, operators are faced with the task of maximally using its volume,” said Sergey Fedorov. - It is clear that the racks grow up, right up to the ceiling. But until recently, quite a large volume of the warehouse was “eaten up” by the passages necessary for movement or hoists. Therefore, modern warehouses are practically a single array of containers or goods on a pallet (up to 14 pallets deep), located in a complex system of shelving equipment. SHUTTERS IMPROVE EFFICIENCY Continuing the topic, the speaker explained that each pallet automatically receives its address on the bar code and a place in the computer database. Movements are carried out with the help of radio or satellite shuttles along rail guides. The system unloads several unnecessary pallets in order to get the right one, and then everything returns to its place. So, the work of a modern warehouse to a certain extent resembles the Rubik's cube assembly. The use of shuttles increases the speed of loading / unloading, the efficiency of using storage space directly increases - up to 85%. Shuttles make it easy to combine different types of pallets. At the same time, employees working in the warehouse use a wide range of automatic hand-held scanners to read bar codes and industrial hand-held terminals to collect information. All these data are used in specialized computer warehouse management programs. ... The conference “Logistics of the Future: Reboot” aroused great interest in the business community. For experts and business participants, it is obvious that the development and expansion of warehouse infrastructure and, if more broadly, logistics processes becomes a necessary condition for accelerating the economy of Krasnodar Region. Source: http://www.yugtimes.com/news/46567/  

Retailer "Vkusvill" is negotiating with the PNK Group to lease 104,000 square meters. m in the logistics complex "PNK Park Veshki." First, Vkusvill rents about 80,000 sq. M. m in this object, but he will have the opportunity to increase the area by another 24 000 sq. m. The deal is made according to the build-to-suit scheme, that is, the PNK Group will build an object for the “Tasteville” needs. The site PNK Group said that now in the "PNK Park Veshki" planned construction of just over 80,000 square meters. m Given the proximity of "PNK Park Veshki" to the Moscow Ring Road, the cost of rent there may be 5000-5500 rubles. for 1 square. m per year, excluding taxes and maintenance costs. The same assessment is made by Alexander Perfilyev, director of the department of warehouse and industrial real estate at ILM Russia. It turns out that Vkusvill will pay 400-440 million rubles for the warehouse rent annually, and after expansion - 520-572 million rubles. Read more: https://www.vedomosti.ru/realty/articles/2019/03/04/795640-vkusvill