Shifting trends in e-commerce, retail, and consumer demands have disrupted the real estate industry over the last few decades, while at the same time industrial real estate has been flourishing. Now, logistics as infill is emerging as a strategy to respond this demand. What can developers do to better integrate these facilities with other uses in our neighborhoods? How can city zoning codes be designed to plan for these changes? Is e-commerce blurring the line between retail and industrial? Is there an opportunity to convert under-utilized retail into logistics space such as micro-fulfillment centers and if so, what are the physical attributes that would support such a conversion?

We’ll also be exploring the case of micro-fulfillment from the standpoint of public entities including public concerns (traffic, job creation and losses, street activation) and looking at a case study in Fremont, California where industrial space being used for fulfillment has introduced a point of sale for customers.

Join ULI’s panel of experts as they discuss the challenges and opportunities that micro-fulfillment present for the real estate industry and the public sector.