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The leasing of buildings used to collect and distribute imported goods has slowed at least temporarily as businesses wait to see whether the tariffs hold at their announced rates or ease through negotiations.

Just before noon, she went to the leasing office to ask if her locks could be changed.

It didn’t resume orders until 2020, when it contracted for five aircraft — two for a domestic cargo airline and three for a leasing company.

“Coming into this year, the outlook was quite positive,” he said, with lower mortgage rates, growing inventory of homes for sale and a stabilizing office leasing market as many employers tightened their work-from-home policies.

Three years later, with less than half of the 1,716-acre project completed, dozens of companies interested in leasing the land are having second thoughts.