Industrial Real Estate Booms

Industrial real estate booms in front of expected consumer spending hikes

The same signs of increasing consumer spending that are expected to boost the retail real estate market are already positively impacting the industrial real estate market. The New York Times cited Cushman & Wakefield data that shows the vacancy rate in industrial properties declined in the first half of the year to 9.7 percent, year-to-date leasing activity is up 27 percent from a year ago, and sales volume in the first half of the year grew nearly 160 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Several companies have been especially aggressive in acquiring industrial properties, including Clarion Partners, Terren Realty Corporation, Morgan Stanley, the Cabot Group and CenterPoint Properties.

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