Dallas, Houston among top metros for industrial transactions

​​HOUSTON – Colliers International ranked Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston first and fourth, respectively, ​​among U.S. metros for volume of industrial transactions in first quarter 2017.

First-quarter industrial transactions in DFW totaled $710 million, according to Colliers’ Industrial Market Outlook​. Industrial transactions totaled $569 million ​​​in Houston.

​​​​DFW also ranked third in net absorption (5.9 million sf).

Other MSAs ranking in the top five in transaction volume ​are San Jose ($700 million), Los Angeles ($658 million), and ​Northern New Jersey ($550 million).

In the report, Colliers said industrial was the only real estate sector to post year-over-year sales volume gains last quarter.​​​