- CoStar data showed U.S. retail construction activity fell in Q1 2026, signaling supply growth remains constrained.
- Retail space under construction totaled 64.2 million square feet, down from about 70 million square feet a year earlier.
- Pipeline remained well below 10-year average above 90 million square feet, keeping activity near multi-decade lows.
- Higher land prices, construction costs, interest rates lifted required rents above prevailing market levels, limiting new project viability.
- Dallas, Houston, Austin led construction volumes, with much of space pre-leased in those high-growth Southern markets.
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