The Rising Table: Boom, Pushback, Slowdown: A Warehouse Nation

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29 Jan 2023


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As the United States emerged from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, there was this collision of forces: cheap real estate and the rise of e-commerce. The result was a warehousing boom that continues to change this country's industrial landscape.

Construction skyrocketed as Amazon and others began building million-square-foot distribution centers. Since 2011, an estimated 2.3 billion square feet of new warehouse space has come to market.

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