Indias logistics and industrial hiring hits 30.7 msf in H1 2025

New -delhi [India]14 September (ANI): India’s logistics and industrial real estate sector recorded a double -digit growth in the first half of 2025, with a total leasing of 30.7 million square feet (MSF) – a 21.6 percent increase yoy and 12.1 percent higher than H2 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest H1 2025 Logs Marketb. Report. The growth is driven by a strong demand for warehouses and manufacturing segments, the report added. The performance underlines the strong fundamentals of the sector, with rental activities that exceed 50 MSF annually for the past three consecutive years. With strong momentum, gross leasing is expected to cross 60 MSF by the end of the year and set a new measure for India’s logistics and industrial market. According to the report, the warehouse remained the dominant driver, which accounted for 21.9 MSF of leasing and 71.3 percent, while the industrial space contributed 8.8 MSF, which constitutes 28.7 percent of total leasing. From a sectoral perspective, Engineering and Manufacturing (E&M) led overall leasing by 9.7 MSF, which was 32 percent of total absorption and recorded a 37 percent growth on the year. 3PL operators rented 7.4 MSF, which represents a 24 percent share and shows stable growth, which is an indication of the maturity of the market to earlier expansion waves. The e-commerce sector recorded the sharpest annual boom, with a growth of 158 percent to reach 4.6 MSF and gain a share of 15 percent of the total leasing, driven by the festive time and the expansion of the last mile. Abhishek Bhutani, Managing Director, Logistics and Industrial Services India, Chief Gujarat, Cushman & Wakefield, said: “H1 performance reinforces how India’s logistics and industrial sector moves further than cyclical shakes to demonstrate structural strength. efficiency, location and long -term. ” In terms of cities, Mumbai led the rental activity in H1 2025 with 7.0 MSF, which was a 23 percent share, with a remarkable 131.3 percent growth, powered by strong warehouses and industrial demand. Ahmedabad, although smaller in absolute volume at 1.7 MSF, achieved the highest growth in the yoy at an impressive 192.2 percent, which forms 5.4 percent share, which underlines the increasing prominence in the logistics and industrial landscape. Delhi NCR scored 5.1 MSF with a 17 percent share, and Pune reported 4.5 MSF with a 15 percent share, leading the total leasing. Chennai registered 4.4 MSF with a 14 percent share, Bengaluru 3.3 MSF with a 11 percent share, Hyderabad 2.7 MSF with a 9 percent share, and Kolkata 2.0 MSF and 7 percent share, also recorded a steady rental activity. The report added that a healthy supply pipeline of 25 MSF of Grade-A warehouses is expected over the next 2-3 years, and the supportive policy measures, powered by strong demand, are expected to be driven by India’s logistics and industrial real estate sector by continuing manufacturing, and continuing the provision of Tier-II and Tier-II, and the application. (Ani)