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San Antonio is Compelling For Occupier Demand

San Antonio is competitive with its steady residential growth, expanding local economic base and healthy housing market, as well as compressing rates for office and industrial product, says CBRE.

By Lisa Brown | lisabrown | Updated on October 03, 2017

Alamo Ranch The Alamo Ranch retail development is in San Antonio (credit: CBRE).

HOUSTON—Texas and Oklahoma continue to be attractive markets for investors. The class-A industrial markets of Austin, Houston and Oklahoma City are projected to experience decreasing cap rates. Cap rates across the vast majority of all remaining property types in the region are expected to remain flat throughout the second half of 2017 despite recent hikes in interest rates, as indicated in the CBRE North America Cap Rate Survey for half-year 2017.

In the CBD, San Antonio was the only regional market that recorded decreases in cap rates across the board, while all other metros held steady for assets in the urban core. Robert Kramp, CBRE director of research and analysis, Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas region, says that San Antonio is one of the compelling storylines right now.

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