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What are the prospects for distribution warehouses?

Distribution warehouse rents have not picked up as quickly over the past year or so as we thought they would. But output in the distributive trade sector of the economy is growing strongly and tenant demand for warehouse space is healthy. The upshot is that we think rental value growth and total returns for distribution warehouses will be higher than standard industrial property over 2014-15.

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