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Amazon Fuels North America’s Most Severe Warehouse Shortage The pandemic has seen the e-commerce giant increase its logistics footprint by nearly 12 million sq. ft. across nine major Canadian markets. Bloomberg | May 05, 2021 (Bloomberg)—Finding warehouse space around Toronto has never been harder, and the e-commerce fueled shortage is disrupting businesses and threatening the broader economy. With the pandemic driving a belated embrace of online shopping in Canada, Amazon.com Inc. has been gobbling up warehouses. That’s pushed the vacancy rate in the Toronto area down to just 0....
Article content Finding warehouse space around Toronto has never been harder, and the e-commerce fuelled shortage is disrupting businesses and threatening the broader economy. With the pandemic driving a belated embrace of online shopping in Canada, Amazon.com Inc. has been gobbling up warehouses. Thatâs pushed the vacancy rate in the Toronto area down to just 0.5 per cent, making it the tightest market in North America, if not the world. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Amazon is fuelling North America's worst warehouse shortage â an...
'Super competitive': Warehouse demand soars amid shift to online shopping by Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 23, 2021 11:44 am EDT Last Updated Apr 23, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT TORONTO — 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 an...
Save to Read Later TORONTO - A boom in online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic is making it tough to find warehouse space in many provinces, industry insiders say. Employees work at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, November 26, 2018. Commercial real estate and supply chain management businesses say a boom in online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic is making it tough to find warehouse space. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO - A boom in online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic is making it tough to find warehouse space in many provinces, industry i...