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Atlanta industrial market fundamentals continue to stabilize to start 2026
Atlanta’s industrial market carried the stabilizing trends seen at the end of 2025 into the start of 2026, with vacancy declining 50 basis points (bps) quarter over quarter to 9.6%. While vacancy remains elevated, 250 bps above the five-year quarterly average of 7.1%, improving vacancy suggests the market is gradually absorbing space and gaining firmer footing after an extended expansion cycle. Asking rents also reached a new high of $7.19 per square foot (psf), up 2.3% year over year and 64.9% compared to five years ago, though rent growth has remained more measured than the sharp gains recorded in earlier cycles. These trends suggest Atlanta’s industrial market is entering 2026 on firmer, more balanced footing.