Juan Arias is the National Director of U.S. Industrial Analytics at CoStar, specializing in industrial real estate. He advises clients on market conditions and contributes to CoStar's platform through articles, reports and presentations. In addition ...
Juan Arias is the National Director of U.S. Industrial Analytics at CoStar, specializing in industrial real estate. He advises clients on market conditions and contributes to CoStar's platform through articles, reports and presentations. In addition to being a regular contributor to CoStar News, his insights have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Real Deal, Bisnow and NREI.
Previously, Arias was CoStar's director of market analytics for South Florida and, before that, a strategic consultant with CoStar Advisory Services in Boston, where he provided market analysis, portfolio assessment, and investment strategy guidance to commercial real estate clients. Before CoStar, he worked as a commercial loan underwriter and servicer at an international asset management firm. Arias holds a B.S. in Finance from Bentley University and an M.S. in International Real Estate from FIU.
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The latest CoStar forecast for the U.S. industrial real estate market projects a further rise in the vacancy rate, even as demand remains at levels similar to those seen over the past two years.
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California’s logistics real estate market is navigating a period of recalibration in 2025, with large-format industrial properties facing elevated availability and muted demand. While containerized ...
While uncertainty over tariffs and the economy still influences logistics leasing, tenants signing new leases are more often trying to capitalize on an increasing amount of available sublease space.
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Despite industrial leasing performance slowing across all property-size ranges, the small bay segment of the market, typically catering to tenants occupying less than 10,000 square feet, has ...
Import activity keeps fluctuating, making it less desirable as a leading indicator of logistics property demand. But two other indicators remain more consistent: paperboard container production and ...