Industrial Sales Momentum Carries Into 2026
Investors closed 522 sales totaling $9 billion in the first two months of the year, Yardi Matrix shows.
Year-to-date through February, investors closed 522 transactions involving 63.6 million square feet of industrial space, generating just under $9 billion, according to the latest Yardi Matrix data.
The average sale price reached $143.89 per square foot during the first two months of 2026—a 19.7 percent jump from the $120.23 per square foot average from last year’s first quarter.
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The last quarter of 2025 closed with less space selling for higher prices. At the end of 2025’s fourth quarter, a total of 1,584 industrial transactions closed. These involved 198 million square feet, selling for a total of $30.8 billion—nearly 50 percent more from the same quarter in 2024.
More specifically, at the end of 2024’s fourth quarter, investors sold 207.5 million square feet specifically across 1,667 sales, generating $26 billion.
Sales prices also increased in late 2025. The average sale price per square foot stood at $164.70 in late 2025—30.5 percent above the $126.19 average registered during 2024’s last quarter.
Stronger performance in 2025
There were 5,544 industrial sales in 2025, encompassing 673.8 million square feet and totaling $90.4 billion. Overall, 2025 ended with higher investor appetite—the total dollar amount recorded had a 18 percent increase from the $76.6 billion registered in 2024.
Last year, properties sold at $134.70 per square foot, with prices 11.3 percent higher from 2024, when industrial assets sold for $121.08 per square foot.
—Posted on March 26, 2026
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