Resilience and momentum despite a shortage of space

The market for industrial and logistics real estate in the central and eastern Ruhr region is proving to be extremely resilient: With approximately 410,000 m² of space transactions in 2025, the previous year’s result was significantly exceeded, driven primarily by the mid-sized segment between 500 and 5,000 m². Due to acute bottlenecks in new construction, the revitalization of existing properties and vacancies resulting from restructuring by owner-occupiers are gaining importance. The latter open up rare opportunities for expanding companies to secure established locations, which we often broker specifically even before official marketing begins and position them for the future. With a rise in the prime rent to 7.75 EUR/m² and growing pressure to modernize in line with ESG standards, space turnover could even rise to as much as 440,000 m² by 2026 if the situation stabilizes.