Lancaster Remains Top Choice for New Manufacturing Space in Dallas County

Lancaster continues to be the premier choice for new manufacturing and fulfillment space in Dallas County. The community has more than doubled its stock of industrial and distribution space between 2016 and 2021, adding 6.9 million square feet of new space. A total of approximately 7.8 million square feet of additional space is under construction or far along in the planning process, most of which is expected to be online by 2025.

The growth in Lancaster’s industrial real estate market is the result of both a strong leasing environment and build-to-suit construction for national and international companies like Walmart, DSV Logistics, Niagara Bottling and McKinley Packaging. Construction of spec buildings is continuing with Oakmont’s recent completion of a 600,000-square-foot facility, and new construction is starting for a few projects by White Tract that are expected to add more than 1.5 million square feet of industrial space. The vacancy rate for industrial property dropped from close to 25% in 2017 to close to 5% today.

Lancaster is also well positioned to attract additional manufacturing companies. Approximately 3,000 acres of prime industrial land is available and fully served by utilities and proximate to the Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Facility, I-45, I-20 and I-35E. High-capacity electric lines are adjacent to many of these sites, and Atmos has completed a superior gas service for the area. Besides this, Lancaster has enough water and wastewater capacity available to attract manufacturing companies that utilize water in their manufacturing processes. Click to read more at www.rednews.com.