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Office, Industrial Markets Rack Up Higher Q1 Vacancies

FAIRFIELD, NJ-The first-quarter results are in from Grubb & Ellis, and the numbers don't paint an encouraging picture for the office and industrial markets in the Garden State.

By Maria Wood | Updated on April 13, 2009

FAIRFIELD, NJ-Both the office and industrial markets in northern and central New Jersey took hits in Q1, with vacancies rising to peak levels. Those trends came to light in a pair of just-released reports by Grubb & Ellis.

Combined, the office market in northern and central New Jersey registered a 21% vacancy rate, the highest level in more than four years. Currently, more than 32.1 million square feet is available on a direct and sublease basis.

Looking at each region separately, northern New Jersey fared a bit better. The class A vacancy rate there dipped slightly from 19.7% at year-end 2008 to 19.5% in Q1. Downtown Newark and the Hudson Waterfront submarkets both sported class A office vacant inventories in the single digits. For all classes, absorption was positive at 462,434 square feet. The class A office sector in the central portion of the state, meanwhile, hit its highest level since mid-2007 at 24%. Market-wide, absorption was negative at 366,779 square feet.

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