A surge of double-digit employment growth in Dallas-Fort Worth’s tech industry has helped push office rents up in the last two years as high-tech companies demand tech-savvy real estate.

With the largest tech-related labor pool in Texas, real estate sources say there’s no sign the demand for workplaces in North Texas will taper off anytime soon.

“Dallas-Fort Worth is identified as one of the five markets with the greatest growth potential,” said Jeff Eiting, a first vice president in CBRE’s Dallas office.

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The big economic boom in the Big D has hit North Texas’ hospitality sector in a big way, with the region leading Texas in the industry and outperforming the rest of the United States.

And that’s saying a lot since CBRE researchers expect hotel occupancy to continue to increase through 2019, which has triggered real estate investors and developers to bank on the industry’s future.

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With nothing expected to stop Dallas-Fort Worth’s strong and growing economy next year, some analysts say North Texas will be one of the top housing markets in the United States.

The region ranked as the No. 2 housing market in the country, behind Las Vegas, based, in part, on the region’s economic prowess, which includes a low unemployment rate and ability to build new homes for a fast-growing residential population, according to realtor.com’s 2018 National Housing Forecast released Wednesday.

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Dallas-Fort Worth’s growing number of billion-dollar data centers and campuses seem to be attracting an even bigger investor type to the region.

The massive returns seen on pricey data centers have attracted large financial institutions and real estate investment trusts alike to the ever-expanding real estate class, said Ali Greenwood, a vice president in JLL’s Dallas office.

“Investors see tremendous returns and dividends on data centers,” Greenwood told the Dallas Business Journal. “This is a very capital-intensive industry sector, and the growth we’ve seen in this asset class gives investors greater returns compared with traditional real estate classes.

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Toyota North America delivering its long-awaited corporate campus in Plano’s Legacy West could seemingly slow the amount of construction in North Texas.

But those on the ground in the region still see big projects looming on the horizon.

“I think cranes will still be flying for a while,” Neal Sleeper, president of Dallas-based Cityplace Co., told the Dallas Business Journal. “I think construction will be hot and heavy for the next two to three years.”

Cityplace Co., along with Cleveland-based Forest City Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB), is nearing completion on a long-awaited boutique hotel and high-rise luxury tower within the West Village.

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