Friday, June 19, 2009

Tenant Demand Stalls; Available Space Continues to Grow—Grubb & Ellis NYC Office Market Trends—June 2009

June 2009 Office Market Highlights

• Leasing velocity is down 40% through May compared to one year ago

• The professional services sector accounts for 31% of 6.3 million square feet leased this year

• Availability (13.5%) and vacancy (7.8%) continue to rise

• Generous concessions and falling prices are making transactions more cost-effective for tenants

Here's the report

1 comments:

Richard Stabile Bergen County Real Estate said...

Like the late 80's and early 90's the market is over built. The economy has been slowing. There will have to be the same pain in office as there has been in residential. No one gets away free unfortunately.