The industrial real estate market in Las Vegas is struggling, with vacancy rates reaching their highest levels in 15 years at 12.92%. This spike in vacancies is largely due to the overbuilding of new industrial space in recent years, over 50% of which remains vacant. Rents have fallen to $0.70 per square foot. Going forward, new construction is expected to decline dramatically as developers hesitate to build in the current economic environment. The recovery of the Las Vegas industrial market depends on absorbing existing vacant space through demand growth, which may not occur for several years as the housing and credit markets continue to struggle.