Industrial developers are going the Last Mile

Spurred on by consumer and retailer demand, industrial developers are focusing on the latest trend in logistics and shipping.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. May 10, 2019
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MARK WEMPLE — Keating Resources' Gerard Keating with Cushman & Wakefield's Julia Rettig, Jessica Mizrahi and John Jackson say last-mile distribution is the wave of the future.
MARK WEMPLE — Keating Resources' Gerard Keating with Cushman & Wakefield's Julia Rettig, Jessica Mizrahi and John Jackson say last-mile distribution is the wave of the future.
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Gerard Keating wants to help online and legacy retailers and others go the last mile.

The Naples-based developer believes so-called “last mile delivery” — a trend that has merchants of every stripe focused on getting goods in consumers’ hands in the shortest period of time — is here to stay, and he’s building to meet the ever-increasing demand.

 

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