The PARADIGM Shift

The PARADIGM Shift: Market Insights & Opportunities As 2025 concluded, the Southeast Wisconsin industrial market finished in a position of balance. Leasing activity remained steady, vacancy tightened to historically low levels, and disciplined development allowed the market to absorb new space without disruption. Demand persisted across the region, reinforcing...

Q3 2025 Southeastern WI Industrial Market Update The Southeastern Wisconsin industrial market continues to adjust, with vacancy rising from 5.5% in Q3 2024 to 6.2% in Q2 2025 as new construction is delivered and older inventory lags with lower transaction velocity. Still, occupier demand is holding firm: after two...

Industrial Real Estate | Market Update The Southeast Wisconsin industrial market saw mixed results in Q1 2025, with overall negative absorption of 344,400 SF driven by large single-tenant vacancies. Kenosha County led leasing activity with strong deals from Uline and ID Logistics, while multi-tenant properties performed well with 396,500...

Q4 2024 U.S. & Wisconsin Industrial Real Estate Market Update U.S. Industrial Market: 2024 ends strongThe U.S. industrial real estate market closed 2024 on a high note, with a 6.7% vacancy rate, well below the 10-year pre-pandemic average, and Q4 absorption reaching 36.8 million SF. Leasing activity remained robust,...

In Q2 2024, the Southeast Wisconsin industrial real estate market absorbed 2.2 million SF, with the vacancy rate slightly decreasing to 5.7%. This is notably higher than Q2 2023’s 3.5% vacancy rate, reflecting increased availability. Key activities included 87 leases (1.4 million SF) and 68 property sales (2.2 million...

PARADIGM’s Industrial Real Estate Snapshot for Southeast Wisconsin The Southeast Wisconsin industrial real estate market remained strong in 2023, but softening demand from larger tenants along with over 10 million square feet of new construction, mostly in Kenosha, has caused a notable increase in the overall market vacancy rate...

– MARKET NARRATIVE – It’s safe to say that industrial values have peaked, but have generally held strong.  Despite more uncertainty in the overall commercial real estate market, both from a valuation and capital markets & liquidity standpoint, the industrial vacancy rate in Southeast Wisconsin remained stable at 3.6%...

IREM® Milwaukee Forecast Breakfast with PARADIGM Vice President & Partner, Matt Friedman Matt Friedman, Vice President & Partner of PARADIGM Real Estate Corp., presented the industrial market forecast at the IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) Forecast Breakfast on Thursday, January 19th, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Watch Matt’s predictions...

Message from Brian Parrish, MBA, SIOR | President & CEO – FEATURED LISTING – High-Tech Manufacturing Facility FOR LEASE300,000 – 800,000 SF Build-to-Suit Industrial Space LEASE ACCOUNTING CHANGES & THE IMPACT ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Important changes: Issued in 2016, new lease standards now take effect that supersedes and replaces all prior...

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