Market conditions finally have begun to shift in what has been the nation's hottest industrial market for the past year: vacancy rates ticked up and rents ticked down in Southern California's Inland Empire in the first quarter.

The overall industrial vacancy rate in Inland Empire—which last year was as low as a microscopic 0.4%—increased 60 bps to 2.8% in Q1 2023, according to a new market report from Savills.

No, we don't expect to roll out any "boom to bust" headlines soon regarding the sprawling Inland Empire market—now home to more than 570M SF of warehouses—that encompasses Riverside and San Bernardino counties from the Los Angeles city limits to the Arizona border. The 2.8% industrial vacancy rate in Inland Empire remains one of the lowest in the US.

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