{"id":213547,"date":"2021-01-27T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T07:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/?p=213547"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T06:53:35","slug":"esr-alp-pi-labs-explore-logistics-proptech-on-mtd-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/esr-alp-pi-labs-explore-logistics-proptech-on-mtd-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistics Experts Reveal How Tech Is Reshaping Asia\u2019s Distribution Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-lazyload container-vimeo js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1e\" id=\"505075173\" class=\"lazy-load-vimeo preview-lazyload preview-vimeo\" data-video-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/1045227952-37eeb854b81af01a81e4cb4eca6a3da37e9c463b93d8cb9fa00c476a24e5992a-d_295x166\" data-video-title=\"Mingtiandi Asia Proptech Forum 2021: Tech Adoption in Logistics Real Estate\" title=\"Play video &quot;Mingtiandi Asia Proptech Forum 2021: Tech Adoption in Logistics Real Estate&quot;\">https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1e<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1e\" title=\"Mingtiandi Asia Proptech Forum 2021: Tech Adoption in Logistics Real Estate\">Mingtiandi Asia Proptech Forum 2021: Tech Adoption in Logistics Real Estate (https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1e)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The rise of e-commerce has helped make logistics one of the real estate industry\u2019s hottest sectors and is transforming the way that distribution centres are designed and operated, according to experts appearing today at Mingtiandi\u2019s Asia Proptech Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Asia Pacific\u2019s e-commerce market led the world at nearly $2.5 billion in value in 2020. That scale is driving a transformation of once-simple warehouses into tech-enabled fulfilment centres, senior leaders from regional developer ESR, Taiwan\u2019s Ally Logistic Property (ALP) and UK venture capital firm Pi Labs revealed in their panel discussion on Mingtiandi\u2019s MTD TV video platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"mingt-343593069\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.asia\/Resource\/?resource=Technology+Transformation+in+Asian+Real+Estate+%28White+Paper%29&#038;utm_source=mingtiandi&#038;utm_medium=website&#038;utm_campaign=wp23ttare\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Yardi &#8211; Asia Proptech Report 2023 v4_320\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yardi-Asia-Proptech-Report-2023-v4_320.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"320\" height=\"320\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLogistics is very much a business where everyone is involved,\u201d said Dr Michael de Jong-Douglas, senior managing director at ESR. \u201cEveryone is getting something delivered, whether it\u2019s from the factory to the warehouse to the store, or often now from the factory directly to the end consumer. So I think logistics is very much becoming the forefront of a lot of the technology adoption.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s programme was the second and final session in Mingtiandi\u2019s Asia Proptech Forum, which has focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating adoption of technology in the real estate sector.<\/p>\n<h3>Building a Better Warehouse<\/h3>\n<p>The one-hour programme brought together de Jong-Douglas, who also heads Hong Kong-listed ESR\u2019s Future Solutions Group; Gene King, director of international expansion at ALP; and Faisal Butt, CEO of Pi Labs, which is among Europe\u2019s most active proptech investors.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dr. Michael de Jong-Douglas, Head of Customer Solutions and Partnerships, Logistics, ESR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-367x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dr. Michael de Jong-Douglas, Head of Customer Solutions and Partnerships, Logistics, ESR\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/michael-de-jong-douglas-e1610614863484-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11283'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Michael de Jong-Douglas, Head of Customer Solutions and Partnerships, Logistics, ESR\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/gene-king_alp\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"210115\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"605,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gene King, Director of International Expansion, Ally Logistic Property\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789-400x389.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Gene King, Director of International Expansion, Ally Logistic Property\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gene-King_ALP-e1610614759789-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210115'>\n\t\t\t\tGene King, Director, Head of Vietnam, Ally Logistic Property\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/faisal-butt\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"212150\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Faisal Butt, CEO, Founder &#038; Chairman, Pi Labs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-400x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Faisal Butt, CEO, Founder &amp; Chairman, Pi Labs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-212150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Faisal-Butt-e1611053658132.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-212150'>\n\t\t\t\tFaisal Butt, CEO, Pi Labs\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With operators under pressure to achieve ever-faster delivery times, companies that develop and lease warehouses are increasingly turning to tech solutions, including hardware and software to help track and analyse how goods move through facilities.<\/p>\n<p>ALP\u2019s King likened the tech drive at warehouses to an \u201carms race\u201d for accuracy and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment, in the era of a new economy, it\u2019s all about efficiency and speed,\u201d he said. \u201cThe nature of e-commerce, it\u2019s about tech, and also it\u2019s very complex, and there\u2019s a very high requirement on immediacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Pandemic Drives Change<\/h3>\n<p>Pi Labs\u2019 Butt drew a comparison between how the global financial crisis gave rise to fintech solutions and how COVID-19 is triggering proptech use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic is acting as a major catalyst for proptech and driving adoption,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was already happening, but it was happening more slowly. The speed at which the real estate industry across the asset classes \u2014 offices, residential, retail, logistics \u2014 the speed at which the interest is growing has been very significant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/oxford-ivanhoe-kic-savills-on-singapore-india-markets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"14 NOVEMBER 2023 conrad centennial Singapore\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore-640x205.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" width=\"780\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The panel session on logistics real estate followed the launch last week of \u201cTech Adoption in Asian Real Estate: The Pandemic Drives Innovation\u201d, an in-depth study by Mingtiandi, which explored how the COVID-19 crisis has forced change in one of Asia\u2019s most traditional industries. Both the report and the event series were sponsored by property software provider Yardi.<\/p>\n<p>While e-commerce has long been a driving force for warehouse development in Asia, the coronavirus crisis pushed consumer demand to new heights and posed operational challenges at the same time, with both forces creating new incentives for tech-driven innovation in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the transformation of Asia\u2019s logistics real estate sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/download-tech-adoption-in-asian-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> to download Mingtiandi\u2019s proptech report.<\/p>\n<h3>Value-Add Strategies Up Next<\/h3>\n<p>With the proptech forum now concluded, Mingtiandi is preparing to host a three-part series of events in March and April on value-add investment strategies for Asia\u2019s real estate sector.<\/p>\n<p>Then in May, we will follow up with a three-part forum on multi-family real estate projects in the region. You can find out more about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/events\/mingtiandi-2021-asia-real-estate-event-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our full-year event calendar here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-lazyload container-vimeo js-lazyload--not-loaded\">https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1eVideo can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mingtiandi Asia Proptech Forum 2021: Tech Adoption in Logistics Real Estate (https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/505075173?h=2be7456e1e)<\/div>\n<p>The rise of e-commerce has helped make logistics one of the real estate industry\u2019s hottest sectors and&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/esr-alp-pi-labs-explore-logistics-proptech-on-mtd-tv\/\">Read&nbsp;More>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":214033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3456],"tags":[8492,5382,5167,5359,1594,8380,8400,8491,6587],"ppma_author":[8838],"authors":[{"term_id":8838,"user_id":553,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mingtiandi-team","display_name":"Mingtiandi Team","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2364918d8f7f71133487eb6f62e68fdf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Staff","first_name":"Mingtiandi","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213547"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=213547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}