PARSIPPANY, NJ—Office space in New Jersey is being absorbed at a level not seen since before the recession, buoyed by significant activity in waterfront markets near New York City – most specifically on the Hudson Waterfront and near the George Washington Bridge – according to Transwestern's First-Quarter 2017 Office Market Report.
Two-thirds of the submarkets covered in the report experienced positive year-over-year net absorption, contributing to a total of nearly three million square feet of absorption between the start of second quarter 2016 and the end of first quarter 2017 – the highest year-over-year total since the end of 2007.
Average rents in the market continued to climb during the first three months of the year, averaging $26.38 per square foot – the highest level since third quarter 2008 and nearly 10 percent higher than the post-recession-low seen in 2011. Two-thirds of submarkets experienced both quarterly and year-over-year rent increases, with Somerset/Interstate 78 East, Parsippany Region and Bergen Central growing fastest.
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