The REALOGIS Group, a leading consultancy for industrial and logistics properties and commercial land in Germany, registered a total take-up of 332,000 square metres in the Berlin logistics and industrial property market during the first three quarters of 2026. This figure was 9 percent below the strong previous year's period of 329,000 square metres, but it refers exclusively to warehouse space, which accounted for 300,500 square metres or 91 percent of the total take-up. Additionally, 21,400 square metres (6 percent) were office spaces and 10,100 square metres (3 percent) were mezzanine areas.
Five significant deals contributed substantially to the overall volume, collectively accounting for 37 percent of the space take-up. These included JD Logistics with 41,430 square metres and a further 28,070 square metres, ASML with 27,000 square metres, TACWRK with 14,000 square metres, and acut fulfillment with 11,520 square metres. Alexander Ego, Managing Director of REALOGIS Immobilien Berlin GmbH, commented that the high concentration of market activity on a few large-volume deals was noteworthy. He explained that companies from the logistics and retail sectors consistently pursued their space requirements despite the high rental levels. The broad distribution of the remaining deals across various size categories also indicated an overall sustainable demand base.
Rents and Space Types
Rental price development remained stable at a high level. The prime rent stood at EUR 10.50 per square metre at the end of the third quarter, matching the level of the previous year's period and 6 percent above the current 5-year average of EUR 9.94 per square metre. The average rent also remained stable at EUR 8.10 per square metre, exceeding the 5-year average of EUR 7.80 per square metre by 4 percent. Existing properties dominated space take-up with 190,200 square metres, accounting for 57 percent of the total volume. The deals from JD Logistics, TACWRK, and acut fulfillment together contributed 53,590 square metres to this, representing 28 percent of the existing property take-up. New builds on former brownfield sites reached 103,900 square metres (31 percent), with almost two-thirds attributable to JD Logistics (41,430 square metres) and ASML (27,000 square metres). New builds on greenfield sites accounted for 37,900 square metres (12 percent) of the total space take-up.
Big-box spaces represented the leading building type with 243,100 square metres (73 percent). Business parks reached 48,600 square metres (15 percent), while other properties comprised 40,300 square metres (12 percent). Lease agreements made up the majority of space take-up with 283,700 square metres (85 percent), while owner-occupiers accounted for 48,300 square metres (15 percent).
Regional Distribution and Industry Focus
The Berlin urban area maintained its top position among regions with 153,600 square metres or 46 percent. Berlin South led here with 80,900 square metres (53 percent), where the deals by JD Logistics and ASML totalled 55,070 square metres, making up 68 percent of the space take-up. This was followed by Berlin North with 25,700 square metres (17 percent), Berlin West with 25,300 square metres (16 percent), and Berlin East with 21,700 square metres (14 percent). The Berlin South surrounding area achieved 134,300 square metres (41 percent), with contributions from JD Logistics, TACWRK, and acut fulfillment, which together accounted for 66,950 square metres. The surrounding areas of West and North contributed 24,100 square metres (7 percent) and 20,000 square metres (6 percent) respectively. No letting deals were recorded in the Berlin East surrounding area.
By industry, logistics and forwarding companies were in the lead with 119,400 square metres (36 percent), with the JD Logistics deals and the acut fulfillment deal making up 81,020 square metres (68 percent) of the industry's take-up. Retail followed with 90,500 square metres (27 percent), divided into 59,200 square metres (65 percent) in traditional retail and 31,300 square metres (35 percent) in e-commerce. TACWRK contributed 14,000 square metres to this. Industry and production ranked third with 69,600 square metres (21 percent), with the ASML deal representing 27,000 square metres (39 percent) of this industry segment. The 'Other' category reached 52,500 square metres (16 percent).
Large spaces from 10,001 square metres dominated market activity with 163,100 square metres, which corresponded to 49 percent of the total space take-up. The five largest deals represented 75 percent of this volume. Spaces between 5,001 and 10,000 square metres followed with 68,900 square metres (21 percent). Accordingly, 70 percent of the total space take-up was attributable to deals of 5,001 square metres or more. The segments of 3,001 to 5,000 square metres and 1,000 to 3,000 square metres reached 50,600 square metres (15 percent) and 37,600 square metres (11 percent) respectively. Smallest spaces under 1,000 square metres contributed 11,800 square metres (4 percent).
