Package Volume Projections Presented by FETCH

     With the emergence of Covid-19 in 2020, package delivery increased significantly in apartment communities. Renters turned to e-commerce to fulfill all of their shopping needs. As a result, property managers encountered numerous package deliveries to their communities and faced the unforeseen consequences of storage limitations and distribution difficulties. Unfortunately, the data suggests that the trend is not slowing anytime soon. On the contrary, it supports that e-commerce will only increase over the next few years. Fetch, a national off-site package solution company for multifamily communities and now serving over 3500 units in Nashville’s market, has released its three-year projection for package volume.

     As the coronavirus emerged in February 2020, package volume accelerated to 29% above figures from the previous year. It continued to rise throughout the year, with an average of 10 packages per apartment in May 2020. When the government and state representatives lifted mandated closures and stay-at-home orders, the exponential growth of package volume continued. Fetch predicts that the trend will continue to escalate for 2022 and 2023. The company reported a slight reduction to 8.19 packages per apartment home in 2021 but anticipates that the rate will climb in 2022 to 9.41 packages per apartment home. By 2023, the multifamily industry can expect to see 10.65 packages per apartment home each month. As the package volume flow increases, so does the responsibilities of property managers to accept and distribute packages to their communities.

     With the average leasing office measuring roughly 800 cubic feet, property managers are overwhelmed with managing an increased package volume in small office spaces. Fetch estimated they will handle 26,898, 393 cubic feet of packages for the year 2022 – which could fill 33,623 leasing offices. By 2023, it is estimated to reach 47,882,270 cubic feet – which could fill 59,853 leasing offices. Since the new package flow has surpassed the capacity of most multifamily properties, apartment communities are seeking off-site package solutions to lessen the stress of managing packages within confined spaces. One fact is certain: e-Commerce will continue to alter how apartment communities handle package distribution processes in the multifamily space.

 SOURCE: Fetch

Michael Patton

CEO & Founder of Fetch

Michael Patton, CEO and founder of Fetch, stated, “eCommerce saw a rapid acceleration due to the pandemic, but data indicates that level has not come down and in fact, it is estimated that eCommerce will continue to trend roughly 30% higher than last year.”

Information Provided by

Marlena DeFalco

LinnellTaylor Marketing

marlena@linnelltaylor.com