Raleigh/Durham, NC industrial asking rent

Raleigh/Durham, NC: $11.08/sf NNN asking rent, 9.0% vacancy, $0.88 above the cited national $10.20/sf. Cushman & Wakefield Q1 2026.

Q1 2026 figures

Overall asking rent (NNN, all property types)
$11.08/sf/yr
Overall vacancy
9.0%

Source / as of: Cushman & Wakefield, United States Industrial Marketbeat, Q1 2026 (preliminary). Overall weighted asking rent, NNN, all property types. JLL national figure: JLL, United States Industrial Market Dynamics, Q1 2026. Average direct asking rate. The two national series are not blended.

Compared with the cited national figures

Raleigh/Durham, NC ranks 54 of 83 metros in the Marketbeat when ordered by overall asking rent, from lowest to highest. Its asking rent of $11.08 per square foot is $0.88 above the Cushman & Wakefield national figure of $10.20 per square foot. Vacancy is 9.0%, compared with the cited national vacancy of 7.0%.

JLL reports a national average direct asking rate of $10.34 per square foot and national vacancy of 7.5% for Q1 2026. That series is shown alongside the Cushman & Wakefield figures and is not subtracted from or blended with the Raleigh/Durham, NC rent.

Adjacent asking rents in the same report

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Raleigh/Durham, NC Industrial Rent, Q1 2026 questions