The growth in e-commerce has increased demand for bigger warehouses to fulfill orders, storage space that isn’t only larger in square footage but also height, according to a report from commercial realtor CBRE Group Inc.
In the 1960s, the average height of a warehouse was 24 feet; now it’s 33 feet. In some cases, e-commerce companies are looking for property with 40-foot-high ceilings with two mezzanine levels, not traditionally counted in the square-footage measurement.
