TAKE-UP BUOYED BY HOME HELP

摘要

So far, 2013 is looking much brighter than the last few years for the sheds sector, latest research by Savills reveals. Buoyed by the growing e-commerce and home-delivery sectors, as well as demand from value retailers such as TJ Morris and Aldi, take-up to the end of August 2013 of 11.8m sq ft is putting the year on course to surpass the 2012 total, It should also beat the five-year average annual take-up, However, a saturation point is looming, There is a diminishing amount of supply, as sheds that were built in the last boom period have slowly been taken up, and it will be a reasonable period of time before any more are built and ready to let.