Capacity Check
Has the Netherlands been built to capacity?
Enormous space savings possible on existing industrial estates.
Savills estimates that this could be almost 30% of the G5 stock.
The low availability of commercial space is putting companies in the Netherlands under pressure. This is mainly affecting small and medium-sized businesses. They benefit from efficient and sustainable commercial space so they can continue to guarantee sustainable business operations.
A more efficient design and use of empty space on industrial estates can provide opportunities when new developments are limited, and may even offer a more sustainable solution.
Vacancy of commercial properties is still extremely low in the Netherlands with the supply of industrial space as little as approximately 3% of the total stock. The problem is even greater for commercial space located on industrial estates where vacancy has dipped below 2%. As expansion of industrial estates is becoming more difficult, it would be a good idea to examine their current design.
Inefficient use of space in the G5
Our analysis reveals that a lot of usable space can be created from looking more closely at developed plots. On average, just 57% of the developed plots on industrial estates in the G5 (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven) are in use. It is unrealistic to expect 100% use of the available space on industrial estates as space is also needed for infrastructure, parking spaces and recreational purposes, but as a rule of thumb, a developed area of more than 60% would be considered efficient.
The average use of space per plot appears to differ greatly between the G5 municipalities. This has to do with the nature of the business operations on individual industrial estates. Rotterdam, for example, has a relatively low use of space per plot, with commercial space focused to a large extent on transhipment, storage and transport of goods that arrive at the Port. These types of operations require large outdoor spaces and benefit less from high densities.
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