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What’s the One Thing That Sets Houston Apart?

Houston is one of the markets with very few 1 million-square-foot warehouses and has a compact area for its size, which allows companies to have smaller warehouses as satellites in the distribution chain.

Dril Quip HQ The Dril-Quip world headquarters at 1.62 million square feet was built in 2011.

HOUSTON—The rise of e-commerce and need for strategically placed distribution centers to meet growing customer demand are opening the door to a whole new era for US industrial development. In reviewing this sector’s evolution during the past decade, Yardi Matrix identified the 50 top targets for industrial construction–perhaps as an Amazon headquarters shortlist?

In terms of the largest amount of industrial space added to a city, the first spot goes to Houston. It added around 32.3 million square feet in 153 properties, outpacing Phoenix’s 22.3 million square feet and its Texas rival, Dallas Fort-Worth’s 17.6 million square feet. However, in terms of markets, Houston came in fourth with a total of 63 million square feet of industrial space, spread across 254 properties.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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