MIAMI—Going into 2015, commercial real estate industry watchers have plenty of concerns—and plenty of opinions. I asked Christian Driussi, vice president of Brickell Bay Office Tower, for his musings about what 2015 will bring to the market and how he's preparing for those probabilities.

“I believe that in 2015 we will see a consistent strong performance in both the job market and the economy overall,” Driussi tells GlobeSt.com. “The Brickell Downtown area office market will benefit from such positive signs and we will see vacancy rate going down and rates get stronger.”

From where he sits, Driussi perceives companies are feeling more comfortable about the future and looking to expand. At Brickell Bay Office Tower, his team recently signed over eight lease expansions and he reports there are five more in the works.