WCG – World Capital Group presents 40 edition of the Borsino Immobiliare della Logistica – H2 2025, created in collaboration with Real Estate Scenarios.
This edition marks a paradigm shift: the report becomes a dynamic map of Italy which analyses the entire national territory, goes beyond administrative borders and returns a objective reading of the vocation of Italian territories to be used for logistics real estate purposes.
The project is part of the consolidated experience of theAtlante della Logistica, the result of the collaboration started in 2012 between World Capital Group (WCG) and i-LOG – Center for Logistics and Supply Chain of LIUC – Università Cattaneo, and takes shape in an innovative research path aimed at concretely identifying the suitability of territories to host logistics activities.
This territorial classification is summarized in the index ReEAT[L] – Real Estate Eligibility and Attractiveness of Territories Logistics, with values between 0 and 100.
The index is calculated by the WCG Research Department on the basis of a broad basket of indicators which includes, among others, supply and demand, population, income levels, real estate stock, infrastructure accessibility, territorial fragility, rents lease and real estate returns.
The ReEAT[L] measures the degree of suitability and attractiveness of each territory for the logistics real estate sector and is defined at the municipal level.
This approach has allowed us to identify a macro level consisting of Logistics Regions (RL), divided into Aree Logistiche (AL) and further divided into Logistics Sub-Areas (SAL).
The basic unit of the calculation model is the municipality: the 9 RLs, the 68 ALs and the 161 SALs therefore derive from the aggregation of municipal data, with indices expressed as the average of the municipalities that compose them.
The analysis shows that, on a national scale, only 2.065 municipalities are potentially suitable for the development of logistics activities.
Of these, 1.082 already host logistics settlements, while 5.839 municipalities do not have sufficient characteristics to be eligible.
The Borsino also features the usual set of information on the logistics real estate market—property values, supply and demand, take-up, and yields—reworked no longer in a generic manner, but based on RL, AL, and SAL, thus providing a more precise reading that reflects specific territorial characteristics.
Looking at the transaction front, the market remains active, even in a context of increasing selectivity of demand, increasingly oriented towards high-quality properties, functionally and energy efficient and consistent with the local context.
"In 2025, logistics will confirm its strategic asset class not only for investors but for the entire national economy, with over €2,23 billion invested, equal to more than 18% of total volumes. For this reason, we have chosen to conduct an even more in-depth regional analysis to strategically support our clients' decisions." said Marco Clerici, Head of Research & Advisory at WCG.
The market's gradual recovery in the second half of the year allowed us to reach and exceed the 2024 investment level and consolidate the growth trend of the last decade. The logistics sector was able to adapt and address the numerous challenges brought on by the financial crisis, the pandemic, and geopolitical and trade conflicts thanks to its intrinsic properties, its cross-cutting nature with production and consumption, and its growing and widespread connection with the local community. said Federico Rivolta, Director of the Research Area of Scenari Immobiliari.
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