Baltimore has the highest industrial vacancy rate in the nation. The city's 18.3 percent availability rate for industrial space for the first quarter of 2001 was more than double the national rate of 8.1. These rankings measure the supply of available space in manufacturing plants and warehouses of 100,000 feet or larger.
City Industrial vacancy rate Rank
Baltimore 18.3 percent 1
Washington 15.9 percent 2
