REALOGIS Unternehmensgruppe<\/a> recorded take-up of 211,000 sq m in the Berlin logistics and industrial property market in H1 2026. Warehouse space accounted for 192,500 sq m or 91%, office space for 13,300 sq m (7%) and mezzanine space for 5,200 sq m (2%).<\/p>\nWarehouse take-up increased by 33,500 sq m or 21% year on year. While still 31% below the current five-year average of 277,180 sq m, the shortfall was significantly smaller than in H1 2025, when it stood at 46%.<\/p>\n
The five largest lease transactions\u2014JD Logistics with 41,430 sq m, ASML with 27,000 sq m, acut fulfillment with 11,520 sq m, Capital Baustoffe with 11,400 sq m and FST Industrie with 11,200 sq m\u2014together accounted for 49% of the Berlin letting and owner-occupier market.<\/p>\n
Alexander Ego, Managing Director of REALOGIS Immobilien Berlin GmbH, comments: \u201cTake-up over the past six months was shaped to a significant extent by a handful of large-scale deals, with owner-occupiers in particular making an exceptionally strong contribution. At the same time, demand for modern business parks remains at a high level, although suitable space is often not available in sufficient quantities in the locations in demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rents stable at a high level<\/p>\n
Prime rent remained unchanged at \u20ac10.50\/sq m in H1 2026, temporarily halting the upward trend seen since records began in 2016. It remained 10% above the current five-year average of \u20ac9.55\/sq m. Average rent also remained stable at \u20ac8.10\/sq m, 7% above the five-year average of \u20ac7.60\/sq m.<\/p>\n
Existing space ahead of brownfield developments<\/p>\n
Existing properties dominated market activity with 110,400 sq m, or 52% of total take-up. Lettings in new builds on former brownfield sites reached 91,200 sq m, or 43%, with JD Logistics and ASML accounting for three quarters of this volume. New builds on greenfield sites accounted for 9,400 sq m, or 5%.<\/p>\n
By building type, big-box spaces led with 143,900 sq m, or 68%, followed by other properties with 34,100 sq m (16%) and business parks with 33,000 sq m. Lettings accounted for 166,600 sq m, or 79%, while owner-occupiers contributed 44,400 sq m (21%).<\/p>\n
Berlin urban area was the strongest region<\/p>\n
The Berlin urban area recorded the highest take-up with 93,500 sq m, or 44%. Berlin South led within the urban area with 47,900 sq m, followed by Berlin West with 22,600 sq m, Berlin North with 14,400 sq m and Berlin East with 8,600 sq m.<\/p>\n
The surrounding area south of Berlin ranked second with 87,800 sq m, or 42%, followed by the surrounding area west of Berlin with 15,300 sq m and north of Berlin with 14,400 sq m. No take-up was recorded east of Berlin.<\/p>\n
Logistics\/Distribution leads ahead of retail and manufacturing<\/p>\n
Logistics\/Distribution ranked first with 78,100 sq m, or 37%, driven largely by JD Logistics and acut fulfillment. Retail\/Wholesale followed with 56,900 sq m (27%), split almost evenly between e-commerce and traditional retail. Manufacturing ranked third with 51,000 sq m (24%), with ASML and FST Industrie accounting for 75% of this total. Supply\/Others reached 25,000 sq m (12%).<\/p>\n
Large-scale segment driven by five lease transactions<\/p>\n
Large-scale units from 10,001 sq m remained market-defining, reaching 102,550 sq m, or 49% of total take-up. This volume was generated entirely by the five largest lease transactions of the first half of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Berlin logistics and industrial property market remained resilient in the first half of 2026, reflecting continued occupier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190,1978,5563,60653,4860],"class_list":["post-123356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-logistics","tag-property","tag-realogis","tag-warehouse"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}