Office Vacancies to Recover Quickly Due to Limited Construction of New Offices
Commercial Real Estate – Office: Vacancy growth is slowing down and is expected to recover relatively quickly due to the limited construction of new offices during the recession. Tight credit markets continue to hamper office investment activity but also restrict new development. The latter bodes well for office property owners in the next recovery cycle, building on the benefits of below-trend construction during the past several years. In 2010, less than 30 million square feet of new office space is slated for delivery, the lightest period for completions since the mid-1990s. Many projects have been deferred or abandoned in recent quarters, and the planning pipeline continues to thin due to weak office space demand and a lack of financing. As a result, owners of existing properties should have an extended opportunity to fill vacancies ahead of the next upturn in construction. This may even drive rents up when demand grows in the upturn against limited supply of offices.
Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.






