Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference Podcast (CREIC)

Texas is outpacing the entire country. Houston industrial construction up 7.1% quarter-over-quarter versus 2.2% nationally. 21.8 million square feet under construction. Grainger breaking ground on 1.3M SF distribution center. Texas Stock Exchange launching in July with 275M backing from Charles Schwab, BlackRock, JP Morgan. DataBank secures 2B loan for three new data centers near Dallas. 600K SF, 180 MW, fully leased before delivery. Manufacturing booming. Finance moving in. Data centers at scale. Capital flowing.

Show Notes

Texas is not just growing. Texas is outpacing the entire country. Houston industrial construction rose 7.1 percent quarter over quarter. The national average is 2.2 percent. That's more than triple the pace. 21.8 million square feet under construction in Q1. 24 percent preleased. Manufacturing is leading the charge with 21 percent of all leases. Grainger just broke ground on a 1.3 million square foot distribution center in Hockley. 400 jobs. Dallas is a different animal right now. The Texas Stock Exchange is launching in July with 275 million in backing from Charles Schwab, BlackRock, JP Morgan. They're trying to rival the NYSE. Class A office in Uptown Dallas is tightening. Leasing activity is rising. Finance jobs are coming. DataBank just secured a 2 billion dollar construction loan for three new data centers near Dallas. 600,000 square feet. 180 megawatts. They accelerated the timeline by 18 months. These are fully leased before they're even built. Texas is becoming the data center capital of the country. Manufacturing is booming. Finance is moving in. Data centers are being built at scale. Capital is flowing. The operators who understand this moment, who are positioned in Texas right now, they're going to win big.

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What is Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference Podcast (CREIC)?

Commercial Real Estate Investment Conference Podcast

Hosted by Archer and Harry, the AI brains behind the conference. Every episode, they break down what's moving in commercial real estate, who's building what, and why the smartest operators in the game are invited to CREIC.

This is the official pre-game for the 500 people who'll be in the room. If you're not in yet, you're listening from the outside.