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The U.S. economy may have taken a breather in 2023, but demand for warehouse and industrial space remained high throughout the year. This had a positive impact on North American third-party logistics (3PL) companies that offer storage, logistics, fulfillment and/or transportation solutions to a range of different organizations.Cold chain 3PL providers that serve this market that's expected to grow from $67 billion in 2022 to over $104 billion by 2028, according to a report by IMarc, were in especially high demand throughout the 12-month period."Cold chain warehousing is an area that's experiencing a period of unprecedented growth, especially with the rapid expansion of online grocery shopping caused by the pandemic," says Evan Armstrong, CEO at Armstrong & Associates. And while temperature-controlled warehouses comprised a small portion of the overall U.S. industrial market, Armstrong says e-commerce, population growth and evolving consumer behaviors during and post-pandemic have "significantly increased the space demand from 3PLs serving the food industry." |