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Backlash to Inland Empire Warehouse Sprawl Growing

City councils enact moratoriums on new warehouses in the region with an industrial footprint of more than 1B SF.

By Jack Rogers | June 15, 2022 at 06:30 AM

The Inland Empire has the densest as well as the tightest industrial market in the US: the overall warehouse footprint in the two-county region that stretches from the LA city limits to the Arizona border is estimated to be more than 1B SF, most of which has been filled to capacity since the end of 2021.

As industrial space for 1M SF big-box warehouses has dwindled to a diminishing number of infill sites in the western half of Inland Empire, new warehouse construction has moved to the east and to the north, where it is encountering increasing resistance from residents, city councils and environmental groups.

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