Prologis Offers to Buy Duke Realty in $23.7 Billion Deal as Warehouse Demand Soars

Prologis Offers to Buy Duke Realty in $23.7 Billion Deal as Warehouse Demand Soars
A general view of the main entrance of Prologis logistics complex which Amazon.com Inc is planning to rent in Cajamar, Brazil on Feb. 2, 2018. Gabriela Mello/Reuters
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Prologis Inc., a warehouse real estate company, said on Tuesday it had offered to buy its smaller peer Duke Realty Corp in an all-stock deal valued at $23.7 billion, as it looks to benefit from the booming demand for industrial space.

The deal comes at a time when Prologis is struggling to keep up with an uptick in demand from companies looking to park their finished products in warehouses amid a supply chain crunch.