“Last Mile” Delivery Warehouses as Retail Tenants.

 THE NEW SYSTEM DEMANDS. 

Logistics is one of many professional fields of work that is changing rapidly. The growing demand for near instantaneous delivery of goods is changing the retail and restaurant business and the logistical apparatus that delivers goods and meals to the end users, usually in their homes. Remember the old adage – “Everything old is new again.” Consider: 

• “Retail”, or smaller “last-mile” warehouses are different from wholesale or large traditional warehouses and must be regulated differently. 
• The United States Postal Service [USPS] collects letters and packages and delivers them wherever in days for an insignificant cost with regional and local facilities. 
• UPS, FEDEX and DHL collect packages and deliver them overnight, next day or soon thereafter to wherever; they already have systems with consolidation centers in industrial areas with retail pick-up and delivery stations closer to residential areas. 
• Amazon, and a growing list of other large operators, record a purchase and deliver the product within hours, overnight or soon thereafter: they too have “last-mile” warehouses.