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Big-Box Industrial Demand Sets Record for Chicago
Demand for big-box industrial buildings in the Chicago region set a new record for the current cycle in 2019, totaling 17.4 million square feet of net absorption, said Colliers International VP Craig Hurvitz.
This figure eclipsed the previous record of 16.1 million square feet recorded in 2016, and was bolstered by 20.8 million square feet of new leases and lease expansions signed during the year in the market’s biggest, most modern industrial product—also a record for the cycle.
The vacancy rate correspondingly fell by 54 basis points over the year to 8.53%, its lowest level since the second quarter of 2017, Hurvitz said. The record absorption and new leasing volume would have pushed the vacancy rate down even further, but developers delivered 40 new big-box buildings totaling 17.5 million square feet during 2019, the most since 2017, when 20 million square feet of big box product was delivered.
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