Table A7-11. Industrial Land Users that Experienced Job Growth: 19902005 (growth rate) Construction: Construction of buildings (1.6 percent) Specialty Trade Contractors (2.3 percent) Manufacturing: Textile Product Mills (6.0 percent), Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (1.7 percent), Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (0.5 percent) Wholesale: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (0.3 percent) Transportation and Warehousing: Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (2.6 percent) Support Activities for Transportation (11.3 percent) Warehousing and Storage (9.2 percent).
Source: QCEW, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Summary of Subregional Analysis In Chapter I of this Appendix, the demand for industrial land and buildings in Prince George’s County subregions was analyzed using a framework of four cases: Case 1, where there never has been market demand for industrial land; Case 2a, where there is current weak industrial demand along with weak demand by other job creating uses; Case 2b, where there currently is weak industrial demand, but strong demand by other uses, including residential, retail, and/or office; and Case 3, where industrial land uses are thriving. Table A7-12 summarizes the findings. Table A7-12. Summary of Indicators of Demand for Industrial Land in Prince George’s County, Ranked by Subregion with the Strongest Demand
Subregion
Percent of Acreage in Nonconforming Land Use
Share of Share of CounAcres in County’s ty’s IndusIndusIndustrial trial trially Zoning Bldg. Sq. Zoned Footage Land
Land area vacancy rate
2
7.8
25.0%
681.7
5.9%
14.0%
3.6%
4
2.0
40.0%
3126
27.1%
36.0%
12.9%
1
7.2
42.0%
1933
16.8%
23.0%
8.3%
169
Industrial Bldg. Sq. Foot Vacancy Rate
Conclusions
High demand for land and Industrial space Above average demand for land but above average building vacancy rate Average demand for land and below average demand for industrial space