The
national office vacancy rate declined by 10 basis points during the first quarter to 17 percent, marking exactly the same pace as the decline recorded in the prior quarter.
National office vacancy rates are forecast to slightly decrease 0.1 percent over the coming year as improved hiring increases the demand for office space.
The report says that of the five surveyed markets, only Calgary will see a rise in
office vacancy rates in the coming year.
Reis places San Francisco as having the third
lowest office vacancy rate in the country at the moment, with 10.2 percent, following New York City and runner - up Washington, DC.
A closer look at the results reveals a national
downtown office vacancy rate of 6.2 per cent at mid-year 2011 — down 200 bps from one year ago.
U.S. office vacancy rates remained close to a four - year in the first quarter, rising to 12.6 percent from 12.5 percent the previous quarter, according to New York - based Cushman & Wakefield.
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.
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 markets with the lowest
office vacancy rates presently (in the fourth quarter) are New York City, with a vacancy rate of 9.8 percent; Washington, D.C., at 9.9 percent; Little Rock, Ark., 12.0 percent; and Nashville, Tenn., 12.9 percent.
Class -
A office vacancy rate in the CBD sits at 14.4 %, below the national average but the highest level in three years, according to CoStar Group Inc..
The national
office vacancy rate remained unchanged from the first to the second quarter, mired at 16.6 percent and moving down just 30 basis points over the past 12 months.
The markets with the lowest
office vacancy rates currently are Washington D.C., with a vacancy rate of 8.6 percent; New York at 10.1 percent; and Long Island, N.Y., 13.0 percent.
Merrill Lynch & Co., meanwhile, puts the national
office vacancy rate closer to 17 percent already and projects that it will hit 18 percent by the end of 2003.
His firm's recent first - quarter report shows the national
office vacancy rate at 13.9 percent, almost flat from the fourth quarter.
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.
Driven by employment growth,
Canadian office vacancy rates have decreased, while rates in the U.S. have stalled relative to one year ago, says Avison Young's Mid-Year 2011 Canada, U.S. Office Market Report.
The overall national
office vacancy rate dipped to 9.3 per cent in the first quarter, compared to 10.1 per cent for the same period in 2010.
Where else can the overall
office vacancy rate cling tenaciously to the 10 % level while there is about 5 million sq. ft. of office space under construction or can industry developers add 15 million sq. ft. in one year...
The downtown
Chicago office vacancy rate dropped in the third quarter to a 10 - year low of 10.7 percent from 11.1 percent in the previous quarter and 13.9 percent a year earlier, according to CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate firm.
The downtown
office vacancy rate came down to 17.2 percent at the end of 2005 from 17.6 percent at midyear, and sublease space is being absorbed despite the addition of new buildings, Mattox said.
Office vacancy rates nationwide hit a five - year peak during 2002's first three months, 14 percent in the Central Business District, 20 percent in the suburbs, according to recent data published by Cushman & Wakefield, among the world's biggest real estate service companies.
«With a class A
office vacancy rate around 3.5 percent, the creative office space that exists in Hoboken today is highly inefficient, while the balance of the office space on the market is more corporate,» says Transwestern's Matt McDonough.
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.
Meanwhile, Torto identified a few troubled areas where
high office vacancy rates and negative job growth have paralyzed the commercial real estate market.
The downtown
office vacancy rate rose sharply during the fourth quarter, to 15.1 percent, as downtown businesses continue to contract.
The Platinum Mile, a section of Interstate 287 in Westchester County, is fighting to reduce its Class
A office vacancy rate, which now sits...
The markets with the
lowest office vacancy rates presently are Washington, D.C., with a vacancy rate of 9.3 percent; New York City, at 10.3 percent; and New Orleans, 12.8 percent.
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..
The national
office vacancy rate of 17.2 percent was unchanged from the first quarter and down from 17.5 percent a year earlier.