ELIZABETH, NJ—The velocity of change in the distribution and logistics sector is driving rapid technological change in transportation infrastructure, say panelists at NAIOP New Jersey's Transportation and Logistics Update, held at the New York Shipping Association here.
Heated demand for industrial space means that the 800 million square feet of industrial space in the northern New Jersey market are being stretched thin, according to Anne Strauss-Weider, director of freight planning for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Association, who moderated a panel of experts.
“What I'm hearing is that signing lease rates are actually above asking lease rates,” she says. “There is a near zero percent availability, not only here in New Jersey but also out to the Lehigh Valley. It is a hopping market.”
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