As the market fires on all cylinders, Houston is increasingly competing with other major US industrial markets for big-box distribution deals, which are aggressively being pursued by investors ready to turn dirt.

The ICSC has signed a full-floor lease for its global headquarters totaling 44,100 square feet at Mitsui Fudosan America's 1251 Avenue of the Americas.

Glendale has one of the largest multifamily construction pipelines in the market, but active investors say the activity is only an example of the market demand.

There is such a high level of uncertainty at the moment, that any forecast for a project needs a wide best and worst case scenario.