Shrinking warehouse space in high demand due to pandemic-era online shopping
Posted: Apr 23, 2021 2:26 PM ET | Last Updated: April 23 Supplies fill the warehouse at McKesson Canada in Toronto on Tuesday December 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) A boom in online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic is making it tough to find warehouse space in many provinces, industry insiders say. Industrial space is being gobbled up at a dizzying rate as companies expand their storage and fulfilment centres to cope with the demands of e-commerce. "We're seeing multiple offers on any space that's available, especially anything that's existing and ...