Building permits rose 5% to $13.3B in January, beating expectations for a 2% decline

… thanks to the largest industrial permitting increase in two years (~$360M), reinforcing growing interest in the asset class. Institutional activity was up too, offsetting some softness in commercial…

… while a rise in single-family carried weakness in multi-unit intentions out west.

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