Midwest industrial market trails demand. Here’s how much space St. Louis needs to compete.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on January 27, 2021. 

Thanks to e-commerce, the industrial market is in demand more than ever.

To meet that surge, St. Louis will need to add roughly 16.2 million square feet of industrial space in the next five years, according to new research from commercial real estate firm JLL.