The Calgary area has Canada’s fifth-largest inventory of industrial real estate — but when it comes to demand, the city is second only to Toronto

Packages piling up on doorsteps from eastern British Columbia to Manitoba likely came from a sprawling warehouse around Calgary — now one of the hottest industrial real estate markets in the country.

Distribution centres for some of the biggest retailers on the planet have cropped up inside the city and increasingly on its outskirts, which means boxes that tend to pile up in apartment lobbies and porches this time of year are arriving that much faster.

The Calgary area has Canada’s fifth-largest inventory of industrial real estate, such as warehouses, manufacturing facilities and distribution centres. But when it comes to demand, the city is s

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