OLD BRIDGE, NJ—The retail vacancy rate in northern New Jersey's six major shopping corridors fell to 7.3% from 8.1% a year ago thanks to ongoing absorptions of empty 'big-box' stores—including some long-dormant spaces—according to R.J. Brunelli & Co.'s latest survey of the market.
With Routes 17 and 10 leading the way, conditions improved on all roadways with the exception of Route 4, as the region's vacancy factor reached its lowest level in five years.
The Old Bridge-based retail brokerage firm's 24th annual study of the six-county northern New Jersey market found 2.19 million square feet of vacancies in the 30.12 million square feet of space examined along the six corridors, with availabilities in 173 of the 915 properties reviewed. In the 2013 study, the firm found 2.4 million square feet of vacancies in 29.5 million square feet of space.
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