Savills’ February 2016 report on Germany’s logistics and industrial investment market noted that, across the country as a whole, EUR4,144mn in industrial property was traded in 2015. This represented a 4% increase relative to 2014. Across the seven largest markets, prime yields at the end of December were 5.4%, or 100 basis points lower than at the end of 2014. In the Cologne area, some EUR332mn in industrial/logistics property was traded last year, or 40% less than in 2014. This included EUR70mn in business parks, EUR22mn in industrial facilities and EUR41mn in logistics properties.

Source : Savills/Mar 2016/Cologne/IND