Industrial leasing in Dallas-Fort Worth saw a resurgence in the first quarter

There was a certain degree of electricity that could be felt in Dallas-Fort Worth’s industrial real estate segment at the start of the year. Exuberance over the incoming Trump administration and what it could mean for taxes and regulation had companies coming out of the woodwork, willing to take on more space in what was still a high-cost-of-borrowing environment. Brokers were touting their busy schedules, saying this had been some of the most volume they had seen in a long time, and this is somewhat reflected in what we saw in the data.