Writing Ā· Real Estate (general)
šØ Immigration Crackdown = Construction Crisis in the Making?
āConstruction costs are going to go up radically.ā
ā Hamid Moghadam, CEO of Prologis (via Bloomberg TV)
The head of the worldās largest industrial developer just issued a warning we canāt ignore:
Aggressive immigration enforcement may create a labor shock that sends construction costs soaringāand not just for buildings, but for staffing the warehouses inside them.
š¹ Already down 450,000 workers
š¹ Facing a potential loss of 15ā23% of the workforce (Skanska)
š¹ Absenteeism and project delays rising (JLL)
The result?
ā”ļø Delayed projects
ā”ļø Shrinking margins
ā”ļø Even more pressure to automateābefore the economics make sense
This isnāt just a policy debate. Itās a bottom-line issue.
For real estate investors and builders, the question isnāt if this will hit your P&L⦠itās when.
And itās enough to make the current owners of real estate deals smile.
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