Shifting trends in e-commerce, retail, and consumer demands have disrupted the real estate industry over the last few decades and micro-fulfillment has emerged as a strategy to respond to the changing landscape. 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.