ahmedabad amid increased demand from sectors such as ecommerce retail consumer durables fmcg and manufacturing warehouse space absorption in ahmedabad is greatly gaining traction warehouse space of more than 3 million square feet sq ft was transacted in ahmedabad in 2017 against 2 million sq ft in 2016 states a report by real estate consultant knight frankaccording to the india warehousing market report 2018 most of the warehousing is concentrated in the aslalikheda and changodarbagodara belt additionally sanand has also been attracting interest from warehouse developers over the last few years but is still a relatively small market compared to the other two locationsafter gst goods and services tax the ahmedabad market recorded a staggering 86 growth as companies who were in waitandwatch mode have moved to execution mode we are witnessing consolidation and expansion of warehousing space for the first time said balbir singh khalsa national director of industrial and asset services knight frank indiathe increase in demand is from sectors such as ecommerce retail consumer durables fmcg and manufacturing coupled with the requirement for larger warehouses this has opened up the field for more organized players going forward we expect the trend to continue and get better he added