Milwaukee’s industrial real estate market is showing renewed strength, with manufacturing facilities leading demand, vacancy rates continuing to fall and investment activity increasing even as trade-policy uncertainty clouds the outlook.

Fairly often, potential new investors ask us whether our consistently strong investment results are the product of a “secret sauce.” There is no secret sauce, but this question recently triggered an internal discussion to try to define our actual perceived advantage. Our conclusion was that CREC’s superior long-term performance is a result of our size, our ability to be very focused, and our commitment to a highly disciplined investment strategy.