Apple founder Steve Jobs once called the computer a “bicycle for the human mind”. A revolution is taking place in the grocery trade with digital help that also has a lot to do with bicycles. Delivery services such as Flink and Gorillas, which ring the doorbell after ten minutes, are changing the shopping behavior of city dwellers – and concluding rental contracts on the assembly line. While brokers are inundated with searches by the fast delivery services, they are a threat to grocery market investors. more
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Source: Immobilien Zeitung
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Make the best version of yourself – it sounds like a slogan for finding the self. In reality, it is one of the favorite phrases of Kagan Sümer, founder of the Gorillas delivery service, who is currently turning the grocery trade inside out by bike. What he said when he was a virtual guest at a JLL event last week: “We are creating a new asset class with an impact on the real estate industry.” Behind this are hundreds of rental contracts for so-called micro-fulfillment centers, ranging in size from 500 m² to 800 m². Christoph von Schwanenflug tells what the success story – or rather the race – of Gorillas, Flink & Co. means from a real estate perspective. Katja Bühren flanks this with a piece about the Dutch grocer Picnic.
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