"Developers and investors should be wary, however," Steven M. Ekovich, vice president/regional manager of the California real estate investment brokerage firm, tells GlobeSt.com.

"Office vacancies in these submarkets are among the fastest rising in Central Florida and the resultant competition for tenants has led to largely stagnant rents," Ekovich says.

By comparison, Orlando's 28 million-sf market is showing a first-quarter, 10.8% vacancy level, up from 9.3% in the fourth quarter, according to a separate report by Grubb & Ellis Co.

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