Over the past 12 months, the market has seen the delivery of more than 4.3 million square feet of new industrial space. This increase in supply has ultimately caused overall vacancy to remain elevated at 8.6 percent. Multitenant vacancy is currently at 23.2 percent, slightly below the record high of almost 24 percent seen at the end of June. Overall months of supply has also increased to 18.7 months, up from 12.6 months at this time last year. 

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North Idaho's Industrial market saw over 630,000 square feet of new Class A space come online with over 90 percent delivering in Post Falls. A large portion of this is attributed to the buildings at 140 & 150 Beck Road that completed earlier this year and added more than 400,000 square feet of space to the market. All the new space has pushed total vacancy up to 19.5 percent. Overall lease rates are also up 7 percent from the beginning of the year averaging $1.07 per square foot (NNN, Monthly) with Class A rates averaging slightly higher at $1.10 per square foot with some new construction reaching as high as $2.00 per square foot.

The number of commercial land transactions in Eastern Idaho surged by 23 percent compared to this time last year. Over the first half of 2024, more than 119 acres of commercial land sold, with total consideration exceeding $8.6 million. Additionally, the number of commercial permits issued has increased by 9 percent, while the total value of these permits has skyrocketed by nearly 140 percent year-over-year. This dramatic uptick in permit value is partly due to a $32 million permit pulled for Idahoan Foods’ new building in the West Idaho Falls submarket.

Capitalization rates have remained relatively flat from the end of 2023, with cap rates in the office, retail, and industrial sectors averaging at or near six percent. Multifamily cap rates have seen a significant jump, averaging 5.9 percent, the highest multifamily cap rates have been since 2016. Average cap rates are anticipated to stay near six percent in all sectors, though more deals are trading in the high six to low seven percent range, most notably in the office and industrial sectors.