D-FW industrial building demand outpaced supply in first quarter North Texas leads the nation in total warehouse and distribution construction. Almost 25 million square feet of warehouse space was under construction in North Texas in the first quarter..(Daniel Carde / Staff Photographer) Office leasing in Dallas-Fort Worth continued to drag in early 2021, but demand for North Texas industrial space surged. Expanding and relocating warehouse and distribution tenants net leased 5.9 million square feet of D-FW industrial space in the first quarter, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield. Net leasing significantly outpaced the 3.9 million square feet of new warehouses that opened in the area in the first three months of the year.