Warehub named 2026 Influencer in Industrial Real Estate by Globest.com

Boston, MA Warehub, the technology platform building the operating system for industrial real estate, has been named a “2026 Influencer in Industrial Real Estate” by GlobeSt.com, recognizing the company’s role in introducing a more connected, flexible and performance-driven model for the industrial real estate industry.

GlobeSt.com’s annual Influencers in Industrial Real Estate recognition honors the professionals, teams and organizations making a measurable impact on the sector through innovation, successful transactions, industry leadership and the introduction of new practices that are helping shape the future of industrial real estate.

Warehub was selected as the industrial real estate sector evolves in response to the growing needs of supply chains, e-commerce, nearshoring and growing tenant demand for greater flexibility. While the underlying industrial sector remains resilient, the processes used to discover, lease and activate space have remained largely fragmented across landlords, brokers, tenants and service providers.

Warehub was built to change that.

 

 

“Industrial real estate has traditionally been viewed as a supply-and-demand business, but many of the constraints on performance are actually coordination problems,” said James Holbrook, founder and executive chairman of Warehub. “Warehub connects the participants, data and workflows required to move industrial space from availability to productivity. Being recognized by GlobeStreet reflects something larger than the growth of our company. It validates the need for a more connected operating model across the industry.”

Warehub functions as an execution layer for industrial real estate, structuring how space is leased, activated and operated across its lifecycle. In selecting Warehub for the recognition, GlobeSt.com said, “This organization serves as the ‘execution layer’ for industrial real estate, replacing fragmented leasing and activation processes with a coordinated operating system.” The platform connects landlords, brokers, tenants and service providers within a coordinated environment spanning leasing, underwriting, space readiness, compliance and operational activation.

Rather than treating leasing as a standalone transaction, Warehub enables industrial space to operate as dynamic supply chain infrastructure, allowing capacity to respond more efficiently to changing tenant requirements while helping owners improve occupancy, brokers accelerate transactions and tenants access space aligned with real-time operational needs.

The model has already been validated through significant transaction activity. Warehub’s leadership team has executed more than 2,500 short-term industrial leases representing approximately 60 million square feet and more than $500 million in lease payments. The platform has enabled activity across 40 markets, creating a substantial foundation of transaction and operating data that continues to inform its technology and execution model.

Adoption Accelerates Across the Industrial Ecosystem

Warehub’s recognition comes during a period of increasing commercial activation across the platform.

As of September 1, 2026 – Warehub has grown to:

• 200+ activated platform users

• 40+ qualified enterprise tenant requirements

• 200+ properties sourced/identified

• 232+ industrial suites fully onboarded and ready for leasing

• 150+ additional suites in the activation pipeline

• 50+ participating brokerage firms

• 52,410,00 s/f of industrial vacancy onboarded

• Activity spanning 40 markets nationwide

The growth reflects adoption across multiple sides of the industrial real estate ecosystem, with tenant demand, available inventory and industry participation advancing together.

Leading commercial real estate firms participating in the Warehub ecosystem include Avison Young, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, and JLL with additional institutional participants continuing to onboard.

“Adoption is important because an operating system becomes more valuable as the ecosystem around it grows,” said Keith Hovan, president of Warehub. “Every new tenant requirement, property, broker and transaction adds intelligence to the system and improves the ability of participants to act. We are beginning to see that network take shape at meaningful scale.”

From Static Real Estate to Dynamic Infrastructure

Warehub’s broader impact extends beyond digitizing an existing leasing process. The company is working to change how industrial real estate performance itself is defined.

Through a coordinated operating model, flexibility becomes a strategic tool rather than a concession, underutilized properties can be activated more efficiently, and tenants can align real estate capacity more closely with actual supply chain requirements.

The approach also has environmental implications. Increasing utilization of existing industrial infrastructure can reduce unnecessary new construction and its associated environmental impact while improving the productivity of existing assets.

The GlobeSt.com recognition follows a period of rapid expansion for Warehub as the company moves from platform development to broader commercial activation. With demand, inventory and industry participation growing simultaneously, Warehub is positioning its connected operating system as infrastructure for a more responsive industrial real estate market.