New, high-quality Hamilton industrial property space filled up last year as fast as it was built, with squeezed-out Auckland companies contributing to a record low vacancy level.
An annual survey of Hamilton industrial property occupancy by CBRE and NAI Harcourts showed strong occupier activity last year with demand particularly high for new quality space, most of which was at the city's northern gateway.
Overall industrial vacancy sunk to a record low 1.5 per cent, representing a nearly 13,000sqm reduction in vacant space in the 12 months to end December, said the survey report.
This despite more than 61,600sq m extra space being added to the city's stock, mostly due to completion of new, fully occupied, Grade A buildings in Te Rapa North and increased leasing of Grade C space in Frankton and Te Rapa South.
Nineteen new developments were under construction at the time of the survey, representing more than 25,000sq m of industrial stock in the pipeline.