FEATURE
What drones mean for logistics and ageing populations across Asia Pacific In the not too distant future, getting
have to do with ageing populations
increasingly using home delivery
a pizza delivered might mean a
or real estate? As you probably
already. As more and more people
drone flies it to you. This would
know, Asia Pacific and the other
turn to online shopping and home
have been unthinkable even a
parts of the world are facing
delivery, the increased demand will
decade ago, but aviation regulators
rapidly ageing populations,
only exacerbate existing labour
have approved commercial drone
presenting real challenges for
shortage pressures facing the
trials in places like Japan and
communities and their economies.
logistics industry, however drones
Australia. After getting the green
In a recent report, M&G Real
or autonomous vehicles could be
light in April this year, Google’s
Estate’s research team suggests
the answer. Jonathan Hsu, APAC
parent company Alphabet launched
property investors can take
head of research at M&G Real
its commercial air delivery
advantage of the increasing take-up
Estate, tells APAC Real Estate
business Wing in Australia’s
of e-commerce to unlock the
what this all means for real estate
capital Canberra, where it delivers
“silver dollar”. Elderly people, who
investors.
burritos, coffees, pet treats, golf
tend to have more disposable
How can property investors take
balls and more via drones. It’s
income than working-age people
advantage of the developments in
exciting times, but what does this
but are often less mobile, are
drone delivery today?
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APAC Real Estate Aug-Oct 2019