Sell logistics & warehousing in Bochum.

A logistics property needs to suit your goods flow, storage systems and transport routes. Floor area alone does not establish suitability. Usable clear height, floor load capacity and column spacing affect how the building can operate. Racking, cross-docking and smaller storage activities have different requirements. Specify the goods you handle and the equipment you intend to use in your search brief. Technical claims in a brochure should be checked against the property documentation before making a decision.

Loading docks and ground-level doors determine access for deliveries. Yard space, access widths and the separation of delivery traffic from staff routes also matter. Motorway proximity is useful only when the final approach accommodates the vehicles you plan to use. Delivery windows, permitted operating hours and the distance to customers or production sites belong in the location assessment. Office and staff facilities should reflect your actual workforce.

For a lease, we consider service charges, fit-out responsibility, term and handover condition alongside rent. For a purchase, land, maintenance obligations and existing leases require additional review. Listings here match the city, use category and rental or purchase intent. Warehouse pages also group industrial halls and self-storage listings, whose individual suitability still needs checking. A search brief records additional requirements without assuming that an advertised property has unverified technical features.

Bochum sits at the heart of the Ruhr logistics market, one of Germany's largest industrial and distribution regions, with dense motorway connectivity via the A40, A43 and A44 and a vast surrounding population that makes it a prime last-mile and regional-distribution location. The city's structural transformation has produced a flagship example in MARK 51°7, the former Opel site, which combines innovation-campus office with logistics and corporate-property uses anchored by occupiers including DHL and Mercedes-Benz logistics operations. This blend of last-mile demand and modern campus development defines Bochum's logistics profile. The regional context turned distinctly positive in 2025. Realogis reported that the Ruhr industrial and logistics market swung clearly back into growth, with large lettings shaping the year — a recovery from the subdued prior period. Nationally, new-build prime logistics rents rose around two percent to an average of 7.59 euros per square metre, and the Ruhr, including Bochum, sits within this band, supported by strong last-mile fundamentals and constrained availability of modern, well-located space. Older industrial stock from the region's manufacturing past is functionally adequate but increasingly subject to ESG-retrofit expectations. For occupiers the binding constraint is modern, well-connected space rather than demand: brownfield redevelopment (such as MARK 51°7) is a principal route to new supply given the scarcity of greenfield land in the densely built Ruhr. Built-to-suit and pre-let dominate larger requirements. Bochum's central Ruhr position and large catchment provide a durable last-mile demand floor that is less cyclical than pure big-box distribution. City-specific quarterly rent data is limited; national Realogis benchmarks and the Ruhr regional report are the orientation. The leasing outlook is constructive, supported by the 2025 Ruhr recovery and brownfield-led modern supply.

prime rent growth de: 2 % YoY (national); prime rent newbuild de: 7.59 EUR/sqm/month (national avg new-build, proxy).