E-commerce is one of the fastest-growing retail subsectors in New York City, with new consumer brands launching at a relentless pace and 2.5 million packages delivered across the city each day.
Now, the companies that manufacture, print, fulfill and automate for these brands are racing for space in the country’s most competitive real estate market.
Chief among them is Highline Commerce, a third-party logistics provider that has just expanded to 60,000 square feet in its fourth year at Industry City and is now filling up to 30 percent of its clients’ orders with humanoid robots from fellow Industry City tenant Ultra Robotics. [Read more…] about Logistics firms, robotics startups and brands set up shop in Industry City, fueling a retail tech hub in Brooklyn