(Mark Your Calendars: RealShare Orange County, August 18 in Newport Beach).

ORANGE COUNTY-Nothing dazzling took place in the second quarter in this county’s office market, but the market continued a recovery that began about four quarters ago and has emerged from the downturn to look good compared with how it was performing a few years ago. As execs from both Jones Lang LaSalle and Voit Real Estate Services said in phone interviews with GlobeSt.com, the consensus is that the market will continue its slow, steady recovery for the rest of the year.

“We didn’t have much change to write about since the first quarter. The forecast is for slow and steady improvement,” said Jeff Ingham, senior managing director for Jones Lang LaSalle in Orange County. Jerry Holdner, Voit VP of research, echoed the outlook, pointing out that the Orange County office market has now posted positive net absorption for four consecutive quarters.