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In its “U.S. Industrial Outlook: Q2 2022,” JLL cited various factors driving continued market strength, paced by rents topping the $8.00 per square-foot (PSF) mark, at $8.01, its highest level on record, with annual rent growth up 21% annually. Average PSF rents for warehousing & distribution and manufacturing came in at $8.04 and $7.79, respectively, with special purpose at $11.07.

The national vacancy rate, despite an influx of new deliveries, heading down, for the sixth consecutive quarter, from 3.8% to 3.4%, and the average asking rent increased to $7.62 per square-foot (p.s.f.), up 7% compared to the fourth quarter, marking the largest quarter-over-quarter increase going back to at least 2000.

The national vacancy rate, despite an influx of new deliveries, heading down, for the sixth consecutive quarter, from 3.8% to 3.4%, and the average asking rent increased to $7.62 per square-foot (p.s.f.), up 7% compared to the fourth quarter, marking the largest quarter-over-quarter increase going back to at least 2000.

The report—entitled “The race for industrial space: Can supply keep up?”—focuses on the challenges that industrial real estate stakeholders are up against, at a time when industrial space availability continues to trend down.

The report—entitled “The race for industrial space: Can supply keep up?”—focuses on the challenges that industrial real estate stakeholders are up against, at a time when industrial space availability continues to trend down.

More than 137.9 million square-feet (MSF) of industrial product was leased, a new 2021 high, according to data recently issued by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate firm JLL, in its “Q3 Industrial Report."

More than 137.9 million square-feet (MSF) of industrial product was leased, a new 2021 high, according to Data recently issued by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate firm JLL, in its “Q3 Industrial Report.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Rich Thompson, International Director, JLL Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Rich Thompson, International Director, JLL Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Walter Kemmsies, principal of The Kemmsies Group.

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JLL observed that the combination of leasing and construction activity in the quarter helped drive industrial real estate momentum, with market availability extremely tight, due to all-time low vacancies and new market-high rents. What’s more, she added that as steel shortages and fluctuating prices continue, there has been a minimal impact on the construction pipeline, which saw 69 million square-feet delivered in the second quarter.

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