February 2012 - We are pleased to present the Southeastern Wisconsin 2011 Year-End Industrial Market Report and our analysis on the data.
For the eight county area of Southeastern Wisconsin in 2011, we saw the overall vacancy rate decrease from 8.4% in Quarter 4 2010 to 7.5% in Quarter 4 2011. This occurred as the region experienced 3,073,242 Sq. Ft. of net positive absorption. While a tremendous amount of the positive absorption occurred in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties, all of the counties except for Sheboygan experienced a positive trend in vacancy and absorption statistics.
The Dickman Company, Inc. will continue to monitor various market indicators to predict the short term direction of the market and serve as effective real estate advisors for our clients.