Land Prices Soar As The Warehouse Boom Transforms Traditional Farming, Factory Communities

A boom in warehouse construction fueled in large part by e-commerce is bringing sweeping change to municipalities that once relied on farms and factories to fuel the local economy.

As companies like Amazon and FedEx develop large fulfillment centers in areas like Jackson County, Georgia, which is roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, it has led to an increasingly tight labor market. This has subsequently put pressure on employers to raise wages, Bloomberg reports....

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RSK: This is exactly what is happening in S.E. Wisconsin and the Pleasant Prairie area...