2026 Austin Industrial Summit

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Why You Should Attend this Austin Industrial Commercial Real Estate Event

What We’ll Cover:

• Austin Industrial Market Snapshot: A current view of industrial performance across Austin and Central Texas, including vacancy, absorption, rental rate movement, and how the market is digesting new supply while demand patterns evolve by submarket.
• Capital Conditions and Deal Feasibility: How developers and investors are underwriting industrial projects today, including lender expectations, equity requirements, risk tolerance, return thresholds, and how financing terms are shaping what can realistically move from concept to construction.
• Land and Site Selection Strategy: The factors influencing where industrial development is still penciling, including land pricing, entitlements, infrastructure readiness, utility availability, municipal process differences, incentive structures, and long-term corridor strategy across key Central Texas routes.
• Deliverability and Execution Challenges: How project teams are navigating real constraints that impact timelines and budgets, including permitting hurdles, construction costs, labor availability, supply chain volatility, and schedule risk from predevelopment through delivery.
• Power and Infrastructure Readiness: How energy capacity, transmission timing, and utility coordination are affecting industrial site viability, along with strategies teams are using to plan earlier, reduce delays, and protect project schedules.
• Leasing Strategy and Tenant Decision-Making: How leasing is being approached in a market with shifting competitive dynamics, including tenant timelines, lease structures, concession trends, preleasing expectations, and what is driving demand across different user types.
• Next-Generation Industrial Requirements: What modern occupiers are prioritizing and how that is influencing development and design, including building flexibility, clear heights, truck court functionality, parking ratios, office finish trends, sustainability expectations, and technology readiness.
• Automation, Technology, and Operational Efficiency: The growing impact of robotics, AI, and advanced building systems on space needs, layout planning, and infrastructure requirements, and how owners are future-proofing facilities to remain competitive over the long term.
• What Creates Long-Term Value: What differentiates industrial projects that maintain pricing power and leasing velocity, including product positioning, location fundamentals, tenant durability, and design or infrastructure decisions that improve long-term relevance.

How You'll Do More Business: Join us at Bisnow’s 2026 Austin Industrial Summit, where developers, investors, and industry leaders will unpack the trends, challenges, and opportunities defining Central Texas’ industrial market. From capital and construction costs to site selection, manufacturing growth, and tenant evolution, this event offers a front-row seat to the forces reshaping one of the nation’s most dynamic industrial hubs. Connect with peers, gain actionable insights, and discover where the next wave of deals is taking shape.

Join us and Network with Fellow Attendees From: Ryan Companies, Endeavor, Partners, Stonemont Financial Group, Balcones Real Estate Group, Brinegar Properties, St. Clair Commercial Realty, and other owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, bankers and technology leaders.

Why You Should Attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us. Join Bisnow and jump into the market to analyze its strengths and strategize on its areas of opportunity. You don't want to miss this event!

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Austin Industrial News And Projects

• Austin Industrial Market Dynamics - Q2 2025
• It's a good time to be a tenant in Austin's industrial market
• Marketbeat Industrial Q4 2024 Austin Economy
• With Austin's industrial vacancy rate reaching 14.1% in Q2 2025, this session will explore adaptive leasing strategies, tenant incentives, and how landlords can maintain competitiveness in a market favoring tenants.
• Houston-Based Lovett Industrial Making Big Move Into Austin
• MDH Partners Quietly Buys Over $1 Billion in Second Half of 2024
• Industrial revolution rolls on
• New San Marcos industrial business park breaks ground on first $22 million building
• Rezoning clears path for expanded industrial development in Pflugerville

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