MIAMI—Industrial employment is up across the nation and the industrial sector continued to register healthy demand numbers in the first quarter of 2014, according to Cassidy Turley's U.S. Industrial Trends Report for the 1st Quarter. But how does that translate to leasing?

Let's take a closer look at Miami's recent performance before answering that question. Miami posted $69.5 million in industrial sales in the first two months of the year, with an average sales price of $109 per square foot, according to Real Capital Analytics. On the leasing front, Miami saw a 521-square-foot absorption in the first quarter, CT reports.

We caught up with Blake Anderson, managing director and principal of Cassidy's Dallas office, to get his take on these and other industrial leasing questions. Be sure to come back this afternoon for part two of this exclusive interview, in which he'll offer nuts and bolts about his own industrial leasing strategies.