PARSIPPANY, NJ—Renewed interest in New Jersey's suburban office properties, combined with consistently strong leasing activity downtown, has pushed average asking rents for office space to $26.42 per square foot, according to Transwestern's Second-Quarter 2017 Office Market Report. Nearly $2 higher than it was just five years ago, the figure represents the market's highest mid-year level since 2001.
Small- and mid-size tenants are eschewing the downtown markets in favor of lower rents in the suburbs, where property owners have invested significant capital to redevelop and modernize buildings to meet the standards of today's tenant.
With downtown and suburban submarkets flourishing, New Jersey's office vacancy rate improved slightly during the second quarter, from 15.1 percent to 15 percent. During the past 12 months, more than 2.7 million square feet of space has been absorbed, marking the second-highest year-over-year total since 2006.
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