CRE Daily reported this week that Avison Young is now tracking 124 proposed or announced U.S. manufacturing projects worth about $3.4 trillion in potential investment, with roughly two dozen plants already under construction and about $500 billion committed. Most of the industry is reading that as a site selection story. I read it as a housing story.
The Factory Boom Is Real. The Housing for It Is Not.
October 14, 2026