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Nashville, Austin, or Atlanta would be my guesses. The south is a very underrated real estate market, lots of firms already based there and hopefully more to come. They are also in general just 3 rapidly growing cities, with a decent real estate market.

 
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I'm interested in hearing peoples opinions on what they believe will be the top cities in the US for MF real estate 2, 5, 10, 20 years down the road.

Anywhere not in the Sun Belt, Gulf Coast, or California.  In other words, places with massive water scarcity or major weather event issues.

A lot of the answers below seem to be regurgitating "what were the biggest growth cities over the last 20 years," which is a safe answer but not necessarily a good one.  I think some of the rust belt cities that have bounced slightly back (Pittsburgh, Cleveland) will do well.  Pre-existing infrastructure, moderate political climates, moderate actual climates, not too expensive.

 
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The pipeline in markets like Austin, Dallas, Orlando, etc. are going to slow rent growth and scare away investors from these areas for a while. There is also environmental issues that will slow development in certain areas in the south and west (water being rather scarce now, let alone in 10 years). I think we will see growth in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and inland states like Colorado. These places have job growth as people want to live in cheaper cities than NYC/Chicago/Miami/LA and companies will relocate offices to states that people want to live in. A great example of this was an article that recently came out saying JPM is expanding their presence in Columbus, OH and planning to have as many or more employees there than NYC. There is also infrastructure in these cities that can support growth unlike some areas that were developed too fast and is still catching up and slowing down investment. 

 

It's a LCOL city, plenty of young professionals/ college students, professional sports teams there and in nearby cities, and one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Is it sexy like Miami or LA? No. But I'd comp it to a place like Charlotte, NC in terms of appeal which is seen as a relatively attractive city to move to. If a company like JPM, Nationwide Insurance, IBM, and others want to expand their presence in that city it's clearly attractive to talent. 

 

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