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Delivery Peak Pushed Out as Apt. Builds Slow

The US apartment construction pipeline has filled up as demand has escalated, but year-to-date completions through Q3 aren't running far ahead of the pace set last year, says Yardi Matrix.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on December 05, 2017

Aerial view of Orange County Apartment completions in California’s Orange County now take over 11 months longer than they did four years ago.

SANTA BARBARA, CA—This was supposed to be the peak year of this cycle for apartment deliveries. However, the multifamily construction pipeline is taking longer than anticipated to clear out, due mainly to a shortage of qualified labor, says Yardi Matrix. The firm’s forecast now calls for 2018 to represent the peak for deliveries of newly built apartments.

“Some analysts posit other reasons—for example, construction materials and structures are more complex today and therefore take longer to complete, or that local government approvals are taking longer than past years—but the labor shortage is almost certainly the primary driver,” according to a Yardi Matrix report. “Multiple surveys done by trade groups associated with the construction industry have been beating the drums about the lack of skilled labor for a few years.”

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