Many industries, including CRE, feel the impact of tariff and trade strategies and policies. Sometimes, the changes are positive for operations and the bottom line; other times, they are not. But so long as the rules are clear and steady, companies can plan appropriately.
There is always some uncertainty, but the greatest issue for commercial real estate with the Trump administration’s tariff policies is the degree to which no one knows what exactly will happen or when. CommercialEdge says this is particularly true for the industrial sector.
The report says that new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China—the U.S.' number one, two, and three trading partners that collectively account for more than 40% of imports here—will cause industrial occupiers to delay leasing decisions, construction costs to rise significantly, and uncertainty about the future of planned projects.
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