The outlook for 2016 is expected to be extremely slow in Houston, with rising vacancies, flat or even declining rents and a heavy load of space still left to absorb due to a high volume of
sublease space coming back to the market and a wave of new construction completions.
Not exact matches
There will likely be more
sublease office
space coming on the market soon as «at least one major tech firm» is looking to relocate its offices, noted Cushman.
Office
spaces come in a variety of options, but
subleasing a
space in someone else's office is -LSB-...]
No new buildings are likely to be announced in the short term due to the vacant
space created by tenants relocating to new buildings, as well as some large
sublease spaces that have
come on line.
Sublease space in the city's top office sub-markets is now more than double the average inventory, with about 587,000 sq. ft.
coming on - line monthly.
Oil companies trying to stem losses have shrunk personnel and put
sublease space on the market, but demand for the
space just isn't there, with available
subleases coming to market five times faster than new leases are being signed, according to a recent JLL report on Houston.
Commercial Realtors should consider targeting their efforts toward
subleasing, particularly office and warehouse
space, as the opportunities in these markets are expected to be more prevalent in the
coming months.
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.