There has been a lot written about the way COVID-19 has disrupted the supply chain. But the issue isn't just about an undersupply of products and materials.

"There are companies that have way more goods than they can store," says Brad Wright, CEO and founder of Chunker. "Then there are companies on the other side of the market that have ended up with a lot of extra space that they weren't planning on having. So the pandemic really made people think outside the box to look for other solutions."

That has sent companies to platforms like Chunker, which creates a marketplace for short-term on-demand warehousing.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.