Just a few short years ago, real estate experts were warning that Toronto was building far too much office space downtown, but observers are changing their tune now that the latest rental figures show the city has the lowest
office vacancy rate of any major centre on the continent.
U.S.
office vacancy rates of almost 16 percent in third quarter 2002 have made landlords more pessimistic about the prospects of a recovery in 2003, says Reis Inc..
Not exact matches
In Beijing, where the official commercial
vacancy rate is 30 % but approaches 50 % in many pockets, developers go to great lengths to make empty buildings look occupied, going so far as to paint silhouettes
of office workers in stairwells.
With a reputed
vacancy rate of less than 2 % on more than 40 million square feet
of industrial,
office and retail property in the GTA, the company is known for moving fast, despite the high - octane distraction
of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Fidani's pet project.
CB Richard Ellis director
of office leasing Andrew Denny said that even these figures masked an unrealistically high future CBD
vacancy rate.
Anthony Scott, director
of research with Barclay Street, said the first - quarter
vacancy rate in Calgary's suburban
office market was 17.7 per cent.
The suburban
office sector ended last year with an average
vacancy rate of 9.3 percent, compared to 12.3 percent for the central business district (CBD), reports Valuation International, Ltd., (VIL)
of Atlanta in its publication Viewpoint 1998.
Office buildings located within 500 meters
of rapid transit stations generally benefit from lower
vacancy rates and higher rents than those areas not served directly by rapid transit.
«Despite the fact that Metro Vancouver has one
of the lowest
vacancy rates, we're still the third-most affordable in North America, which would suggest that perhaps we've got some runway in terms
of rental -
rate appreciation,» Trepp said while leading a panel discussion on the
office market.
With
vacancy rates shrinking and rents climbing, developers see a safe bet in a city with a lot
of condos, but not a lot
of offices
Sydney real estate is going through significant regeneration, which coupled with ongoing light rail works have resulted in very low
vacancy rates of around 4 % in commercial
office space.
Low
vacancy rates in
office spaces are important to the continuing success
of both the cleaning and carpet cleaning sectors, as they depend on getting most
of their business from
offices and commercial buildings.
Salesforce's lease is expected to accelerate improvements to Downtown Indianapolis»
office market, which for years has had a
vacancy rate of around 20 percent.
Conditions in the
office market continued to be soft over the first half
of the year, with the national
vacancy rate rising and effective
office rents declining.
Lots
of commercial
office building complexes so I wonder how stable
vacancy rates are due to supply?
Data tell another story: Job growth in Erie and Niagara counties last year lagged behind the nation and rest
of the state, the downtown
office vacancy rate rose last year and poverty in the city
of Buffalo — like its sister city Rochester — is climbing and ranks among the worst in the United States.
The Platinum Mile, a section
of Interstate 287 in Westchester County, is fighting to reduce its Class A
office vacancy rate, which now sits...
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of the local market than
vacancy rates and rent trends alone can provide.
With the current national
office vacancy rate for all classes
of space hovering between 14 % and 16 %, landlords these days are as intent on signing and retaining tenants as Shaquille O'Neal is on winning NBA championships.
In New York the
office vacancy rate, at about 4 percent, was one
of the tightest in the country.
Vacancy rates in the
office sector are forecast to fall from 16.6 percent in the third quarter
of this year to 16.3 percent in the third quarter
of 2012.
Looking at commercial
vacancy rates from the third quarter
of this year to the third quarter
of 2012, NAR forecasts
vacancies to decline 0.3 percentage points in the
office sector, 0.6 points in industrial real estate, 0.7 points in the retail sector, and 0.9 percentage points in the multifamily rental market.
In addition to San Francisco's five - point drop in the
vacancy rate to 12.6 % between the second quarters
of 2004 and 2005, the city was expected to add 4,600
office jobs by year's end, according to the San Francisco
office of Newmark Pacific, a full - service real estate firm.
With less than half
of that total space built, the direct
vacancy rate in downtown
office buildings was 15.5 % in the second quarter, up from 14.1 % during the same period a year ago, reports CB Richard Ellis.
According to the report, Canada's
office vacancy rate reached 7.8 per cent at the midway point
of 2011, down from 9.9 per cent at mid-year 2010 and 8.4 per cent at mid-year 2009.
Double - digit
office vacancy rates typically have a way
of restraining even the boldest developers.
Though the technology sector might be the heart
of today's
office leasing activity, in Boston the life sciences sector is the life blood, as the city's market attracted eight
of the industry's top 10 firms and is currently experiencing an average
vacancy rate of only 5.5 percent.
The city's
office -
vacancy rate jumped in the second quarter by the most since the last recession, while the amount
of space available for sublease almost doubled, according to a report to be released this week by brokerage Cushman & Wakefield Inc..
The national
office vacancy rate for all classes
of space in the central business districts (CBDs) rose to 14.4 % in the third quarter, up from 10.6 % during the third quarter
of 2001, according to New York - based Cushman & Wakefield.
From his Los Angeles
office, Craig Meyer, SIOR, sits in the middle
of an exceptionally - tight industrial real estate market, featuring what the 2008 - 09 SIOR President says is a «16 - year - low in
vacancy» with
rates «under 2 %.»
The national
vacancy rate for the
office sector fell to 16.8 percent in the second quarter, a 10 basis point decline over the first quarter
of the year.
Still, the city's
office -
vacancy rate remains well below the national average
of 13.5 percent, and its first - quarter
rate of 5.7 percent was the lowest in the country.
According to New York - based Reis Inc.'s survey
of the top 50
office markets, the
vacancy rate grew by 0.4 % to 15.7 % in the third quarter, compared with a 0.6 % increase in the second quarter and a 1 % jump in the first quarter.
«Robust
office demand is expected to continue to outpace new supply in the near future, leading to further tightening
of the
vacancy rate and keeping rent growth above inflation in a majority
of U.S.
office markets.»
The stubbornly soft
office market, which posted a national
vacancy rate of 14.4 % in the third quarter, according to CB Richard Ellis, faces a long - term challenge.
The stubbornly soft
office market, which posted a national
vacancy rate of...
For instance, Nashville has one
of the lowest
vacancy rates for
office — 7.7 percent, I think.
This
rate of job growth, if it persists, should be strong enough to start pushing down
office vacancy rates.
«We see the
office vacancy rate climbing toward the end
of the year, which is something we've been anticipating as job creation slows,» says Sam Chandan, chief economist for Reis, a New York - based commercial real estate research firm.
And with 4.4 million sq. ft.
of office space scheduled to be completed this year, the
vacancy rate for
offices could nudge above 20 % for a brief period, he said.
«The past few years have been booming in Atlanta, but with the technology decline there has been a noticeable increase in
office vacancy rates; the apartment occupancy
rates have been touched by the decrease in the number
of jobs created each year; all
of which are affecting the retail market.»
Vacancy rates in the
office sector are expected to decline from a projected 15.6 percent in the fourth quarter to 15.4 percent in the fourth quarter
of 2014.
In the fourth quarter
of 2012, the
vacancy rate at medical
office properties nationwide averaged 11 percent, according to research by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
Real estate services firm Transwestern's fourth - quarter
office report noted 31 quarters
of positive absorption and a
vacancy rate of 11.5 percent, a 10 - year - low.
In addition, the San Francisco Bay Area remains the tightest
of the top 10
office markets with a 5.6 percent overall
vacancy rate, and
vacancy as low as 2.0 percent in the Silicon Valley markets.
Our rankings were based on a number
of metrics, including average
vacancy rates for medical
office properties, rents per sq. ft., building sales volumes, prices per sq. ft. and volume
of recent space completions.
According to local officials, class - A
office buildings in the area have a
vacancy rate of 5.0 percent.
Vacancy rates in the
office sector are forecast to decline from 16.5 percent in the first quarter
of this year to 16.0 percent in the first quarter
of 2012.