A Marcus & Millichap 2017 US Office Investment Forecast reported that 82 million sq. ft. of new office space will be delivered nationally in 2017, the peak for
new office construction in the current cycle.
The 2.5 million - square - foot (232,000 - square - meter) building would be the first major project under New York City's Midtown East rezoning plan, which
encourages new office construction in the area, the bank and Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement Wednesday.
The surging demand for office space today has led to a development boom, with 105 million sq. ft.
of new office construction now underway.
Torto expects San Francisco and Boston to struggle the most over the next few years, especially
if new office construction supply accelerates in either market.
But the higher interest rate will have little impact on office building values, mainly because of dramatically
low new office construction over the last seven years, notes John Chang, first vice president of research services for brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investmen.
Over that period,
new office construction outpaced demand, but the market will see less new office product coming on stream over the next couple of years, which should keep vacancy rates from going back up.
All of this further buttresses the need
for new office construction, a trend that should benefit office REITs, particularly those with leasing and development strategies in the Sunbelt.
New office construction in downtown Fort Lauderdale — and Sunrise, Plantation and Miramar to the west — have not helped the situation.
Two years ago, almost
all new office construction was build - to - suit, but in the past year speculative building has come on strong.
PMI differentiates project management from operations management conceptually, with projects, like IT equipment upgrades or
new office construction, moving organizations in strategic directions and balancing out the operations work that is the core function of the organization.
New office construction is at a low level compared with its historic pace.
All three markets have exceptional job growth, positive office space absorption, rising rents and tightening vacancy, with limited or
no new office construction.
Nationally,
new office construction hasn't risen much from its anemic levels of the last two years, when less than 6 million square feet of office space was completed, Cushman & Wakefield said.