【United Kingd】Logistics & Supply Chain

We’re not just about space, we connect business strategy with your operational strategy through our supply chain insights and expertise. Whether you’re an occupier optimising operations or an investor seeking resilient assets, we help align real estate decisions with performance and growth.
That means your property decisions aren’t made in isolation, but will be integrated with the business trade-offs around costs and efficiencies, customer service, labour availability and growth goals. We go beyond finding space, helping you build high-performing logistics networks.
Collaborating with your company, we develop tailored logistics strategies that address your unique needs and objectives. An industrial property strategy is a comprehensive plan designed to align business and supply chain goals, optimise operations, and drive competitive advantage.

For logistics leaders, operating a competitive supply chain today requires constant adaptation to disruptive forces in order to drive competitive costs, achieve compliance, and retain talent.
Key challenges include:
• Rising costs, particularly in transport, energy and labour
• Steady growth in E-commerce, accelerating the need for channel cost-to-serve optimisation
• Stiff competition for skilled logistics talent
• Tougher sustainability and compliance rules

• Growing requirement to automate operations and the associated implementation risks
• Geopolitical uncertainty creating unpredictable supply chain disruptions and risk

Applying a supply chain lens to your property portfolio unlocks opportunities for proactive management and value creation.

Balance the trade-off between distribution costs, labour availability and site availability in selecting the best network locations for you.

Unlock strategic growth with our teams deep market expertise, structuring and secure funding solutions for new logistics facilities.

Maintain safety, uptime, and operational performance while ensuring facilities attract and retain the right talent across your supply chain network.

Retrofit, repurpose or build to net-zero standards.

Optimise portfolio transaction management.

We offer dedicated expertise across all logistics segments, providing the deep market knowledge and tailored solutions your supply chain needs.

Food Retail
Non-Food Retail
E-commerce
Fast Moving Consumer Goods
Automotive
Third Party Logistics
Aerospace & Defence
Cold Storage
Capital Goods

Supply chain operations and real estate decisions are interwoven and yet often not integrated. The supply chain consulting team at CBRE work at the interface of real estate, bringing together operations and real estate to deliver an optimal network capable of supporting the growth strategies needed for companies to reach their full potential, minimising the implementation timeline and mitigating risks. Our approach centres on delivering customised solutions that align with each client’s operational goals and future growth plans. By combining global expertise with in-depth local market knowledge, our Supply Chain consulting team helps optimise infrastructure and network design to support long-term success. This enables clients to make well-informed decisions that balance the trade-off across cost, service, and risk, driving improved performance and strategic advantage.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including supply chain strategy development, network design, operations assessment, and facility concept design. Delivered through data-driven methodologies and close collaboration with internal teams, our solutions are practical, scalable, and tailored to business needs. From evaluating warehouse and transportation performance to designing facilities that enhance productivity and cost efficiency, CBRE ensures every recommendation supports measurable outcomes.