Retail and Industrial Vacancies Dip to 6%

The SW International Gateway Business Park in El Campo will break ground on June 19.

HOUSTON—Strong market conditions continue to lead the way across all property types. So say the experts at NAI Partners, which recently held its quarterly breakfast. This year’s edition was led by Griff Bandy, John Simons, Jason Gaines, Jim Tainter and Andrew Pappas, who provided insight on a variety of trends and topics across the company’s office, industrial, retail, landlord services and investment fund service offerings.

At the outset of the meeting, it was noted that NAI Partners had a very strong 2017. The company has professionals specializing in all three of its product types—office, industrial and retail—representing both tenants and landlords in Houston, Austin and San Antonio. That diversification has paid off, as the leader of investment sales, Joshua Lass-Sughrue, and leader of the retail division, Gaines, both ranked among the company’s top 10 producers in 2017 across all product types.