Forging the Future: Manufacturing Growth and Its Effects on North American Industrial Markets

The NAIOP Research Foundation commissioned this report to examine the trends behind reshoring and nearshoring and to evaluate how related investments in manufacturing are affecting North American markets for industrial real estate and its two largest components: warehousing/logistics space and manufacturing space. The study draws from secondary sources, Newmark market data and interviews with commercial real estate professionals to identify major new manufacturing announcements, quantify related construction activity and evaluate effects on adjacent real estate markets.