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Stability Emerges in 3Q Office Market Data

PHILADELPHIA-Although third-quarter office market data shows a drop of $0.11 per sf in asking rental rates, the vacancy rate held at 15.7%, and sublease space availability is slowing, suggesting the worst is over, according to Grubb & Ellis research.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on November 07, 2002

PHILADELPHIA-While hardly positive, third-quarter local office market data suggests “the market is turning the corner towards recovery,” says J. Robert Clements, executive vice president and managing director of the Philadelphia office of Grubb & Ellis. Overall vacancy remained steady 15.7%, and “sublease space gained only 78,000 sf since the end of last quarter. This is a small increase after rising precipitously in each of the last four quarters and indicates that sublease availability has slowed,” Clements says.

The vacancy rated in the CBD continued to increase “at a marginal pace,” he says, “indicating that a vacancy peak has either arrived or is close at hand. Vacancy rates actually started to decline in several submarkets, including the entire East Market and class-B space in the Independence Square Market. Surprisingly,” he adds, “this is the first time since 1999 that class-A1 space has seen its vacancy rate turn downward.”

Asking rental rates dropped $0.11 per sf in the overall suburban market, however effective rates were lower due to concessions. The overall CBD full-service rental rate is $23.74 per sf, which Clements says “is probably 5% to 10% above the effective rate. Tenants still have the upper hand.”

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