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DC's Office Pipeline Leads the Nation

WASHINGTON, DC-Counting development in the suburbs, there is more than 12 million sf of construction under way here.

By Erika Morphy | Updated on November 10, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC-Washington, DC is at the top of a list of cities with office properties under construction in a Colliers International ranking. According to the firm, there is more than 12 million sf under construction here, including the near suburbs. In the District alone there is some 5.3 million sf under construction. Construction activity in the northern Virginia suburbs is even more robust at 6,684,429 sf.

Similar high levels are reported in other markets ranging from New York to Phoenix to Chicago to Orange Count. One projection posited in the report is that nationwide this new construction, at least in certain markets, is expected to overtake demand next year, possibly realigning market fundamentals.

Washington, DC, though, has little worry about. Ross Moore, senior vice president and director of market and economic research at Colliers International, tells GlobeSt.com that while current construction will introduce an additional 5% of supply into existing inventory “our research director in that market has assured me that it will be all leased up with barely a hiccup. If there is any market that can handle an additional five million, it is DC.”

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