Milwaukee

While warehousing and e-commerce fulfillment operations have dominated headlines as primary drivers of industrial real estate, the sector has other factors driving demand as well. As shipping bottlenecks from a global pandemic and ongoing trade disputes make international sourcing increasingly difficult, more companies are considering reshoring manufacturing operations to the United States. According to survey data from Thomasnet, 69% percent of manufacturing and industrial businesses report that they are likely to bring production and sourcing back to North America. Even without a pandemic or trade ... Read More

Many states have partially or fully reopened. In theory, this would allow employees to return to offices in at least some capacity. However, nearly 42% of the American workforce was still working remotely at the end of 2020, with more than 26% expected to continue doing so through 2021. With many workers no longer tied to a physical urban office, many U.S. workers have left expensive population hubs to live in less populated areas. Many Americans left unemployed by the pandemic also left major American ... Read More