Sell logistics & industrial in Nuremberg.

Nuremberg is one of Germany's most strategically located logistics markets, anchored by the trimodal Bayernhafen / GVZ Nürnberg – the largest multifunctional freight village in Southern Germany, spanning roughly 337 hectares, hosting more than 260 companies and handling around 15 million tonnes of freight annually via road, rail and the Main-Danube Canal. The metro region sits at the crossing of the A3, A6, A9 and A73 motorways, with an international airport and dense rail links, which is why virtually every major logistics operator maintains a presence here. From a leasing perspective the defining feature of the market is not demand but supply: free space inside the city is extremely scarce, and any area that becomes available – historically through insolvencies such as Grundig or Quelle – is absorbed almost immediately. Prime rents have risen through 2024 and 2025 to roughly 7.75 EUR per square metre per month, with average modern space around 6.30 EUR. Because the city has effectively reached its logistics land ceiling and declined a planned port expansion, occupier demand is increasingly channelled into surrounding municipalities. Established and emerging development corridors along the A6/A9 to the south – Feucht, Roth, Schwabach and Schwarzenbruck – plus Forchheim, Erlangen and Fürth to the west, now absorb the large modern boxes that the core city cannot accommodate. These periphery locations offer cheaper land and motorway frontage, making them the primary growth valve for XXL distribution and e-commerce fulfilment requirements. The tenant base is broad and resilient, ranging from global forwarders such as DB Schenker, Kuehne+Nagel, Dachser and DHL to automotive suppliers and contract-logistics providers serving the region's automation, medical-technology and energy industries. Lease activity is dominated by renewals and build-to-suit pre-lets rather than speculative availability, reflecting the scarcity of standing modern stock. JLL has cautioned that, after a strong run, prime rents in some German regions – Nuremberg among them – could see a mild correction in 2026, although the structural land shortage provides a floor under prime values. The twelve-month outlook is a late-cycle landlord's market for prime, trimodal and ESG-compliant space, where owners of well-connected assets retain pricing power. The key constraint remains physical: without new developable land inside the city, take-up growth depends on the periphery pipeline and on brownfield conversions near the port. For occupiers, securing modern, rail- or waterway-connected space requires early commitment, and the competitive edge increasingly lies in the A6/A9 corridor rather than the saturated urban core.

Average rent: 6.3 EUR/sqm/month (average modern space); Prime rent: 7.75 EUR/sqm/month (prime logistics, metro Nuremberg); take up national q1: 1,500,000 sqm (NATIONAL Germany Q1 2026 proxy; no city-specific quarterly figure published).